Cycling News and Race Results

Team Contego's Ariane Kleinhans has won her fourth race of the season in only the second month of 2012. Kleinhans won the second race in the MTN National marathon series in Tulbagh over 70km.

Yolande Speedy, winner of the first round of the 2012 South African National Cross-country Series last weekend, showed on Saturday that she’s able to win in all conditions when she claimed first place in the Elite & Under-23 women’s race at the first round of the 2012 Momentum Health UCI XCO Series at Giba Gorge, in the KwaZulu-Natal province.

Ariane Kleinhans from Team Contego/28E has won the first race of the MTN Marathon series when she crossed the finish line in first place at Barberton, Mpumalanga, over 75km.

South Africa's Mariske Strauss won the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National D2 Collegiate Championships in Madison, Wisconsin this past weekend. It was Mariske's first race as part of the Mars Hill Cycling Team. She flew to the US on Monday 2 January.

Team bizhub's Ischen Stopforth and Catherine Williamson once again proved to be unbeatable at the Contego Wine2Whales stage race.

Yolandi du Toit from team bizhub put in another consistent ride on Saturday at the final leg of the Nissan Trailseeker series to claim the overall series win ahead of Samanatha Saanders.