Cycling News and Race Results

1 March 2012 saw South Africa’s top cycling talents lining up for the 2012 SA National Championships Individual TT events.

MTN Qhubeka’s Women’s Cycling Team has started to emulate the exploits of their male counterparts. This young, talented team of riders has won their last three races and filled at least 2 of the podium positions of their last 4 events.

MTN-Qhubeka’s Arran Brown won the Lost City Race that took place on Saturday 20 August, outsprinting Nolan Hoffman over the last kilometre to take the victory. Dusty Day (Matlosana) finished third.

She didn’t cross the finish line first, but Cherise Taylor (Team USN) was declared the winner of the 2011 Powerade CANSA Lost City Cycle Classic following a dramatic finale at the Sun City Resort near Rustenburg on Saturday.

An-Li Pretorius (MTN-Qhubeka) will represent South Africa at the World Student Games in Shenzen, China next Saturday (13 August). Pretorius cannot wait. “The best thing that happened to me as a pro-cyclist this year, was that MTN-Qhubeka gave us an opportunity to race internationally. It was a life-changing experience."

An-Li Pretorius (MTN-Energade) has played the role of “bridesmaid” in South African women’s cycling for the past two years, but she looks set to come of age in the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge on November 21^st.

The MTN-Energade riders certainly know how to win races.

A quick study of this year’s results tells the story.  So far this year MTN can boast with 100 victories and still counting.  During the past weekend (23-24 October) it was the privilege of An-Li Pretorius to achieve MTN-Energade’s 100^th victory of the year when she won the Jacaranda Satellite race.

The MTN-Energade women’s cycling team totally dominated Sunday’s Amashova Durban Classic women’s race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban by taking first, second and third.

Ten days ago An-Li Pretorius (MTN-Energade) finished third in the women’s race of the Carousel Classic and four days ago she was second in the EPR Cycle Challenge.

The MTN-Energade women’s cycling team totally dominated Sunday’s Amashova Durban Classic women’s race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban by taking first, second and third.