Cycling News and Race Results

Nic White (Toyota/CSA) won't try and defend his title in Sunday’s Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge. As an officially retired professional he sees his role mainly as that of a racing advisor.

Bernardo Riccio from the Italian d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo team won the final stage of the Cell C tour of South Africa which took place in the streets of Paarl over a 10 km circuit raced 10 times and in doing was the only rider to win two stages of the tour!

Bloukrans Bridge to George, stage four of the Cell C Tour of South Africa was won by Itailian Davide Torosantucci of d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo. It was a stage that was expected to offer a spring board for the top climbers to launch free of the bunch and into George.

It was expected to be a windy day in Port Elizabeth, for the third stage of the Cell C tour of South Africa, and nature did not disappoint. The 171km stage ended with Yohann Gene of Europcar winning from Johann Rabie (Bonitas), and Gregory Habeaux (Verandas Willems Accent). How did we get there:

The Pick 'n Pay Fast One was characterized by good weather and fast flat racing! Hanco Kachelhoffer (Bonitas) won the event from a small break away group of three riders including Johann Van Zyl (Toyota SuperCycling) and Jacques Janse van Rensburg (Burgos).

Cycle Lab Supercycling, the largest cycling club in South Africa, has taken the development of cycling to another level by creating an Under-21 women’s road cycling team.

Over a few days in early December a band of mountain bike travelers were lucky with a gap in the weather to make the crossing of one of the highest roads in Southern Africa!

Nic White’s victory in the 2010 Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge – his final race as   full-time pro – couldn’t have been scripted better by a best-selling novelist. That he won the inaugural edition of one of South Africa’s most iconic races back in 1997, just before turning professional, created an appropriate bookend to an illustrious pro racing career.

On a day in Johannesburg when cyclists rule the streets, 24000 people race a lap around the city in the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge. This Sunday I made it to the finish line first! This is my tale of the race…

Nic White (Medscheme) turned the South African cycling clock back 14 years today when he time trialled to his second victory in the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge.