Brandon Downes and Joanna van de Winkel emerged as the champions in the 2023 Underberg Gran Fondo gravel cycle race,

The Southern Drakensberg town of Underberg will be inundated with off road bicycles – both mountain and gravel – this weekend.

The Underberg Gran Fondo this weekend will have an interesting aeronautical theme thanks to Sling Cycles, which has joined the event as a supporter.

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard defended his Tour de France title after Sunday’s final Stage 21 concluded in Paris.

South Africa’s lone rider in this year’s edition of the Tour de France, Louis Meintjes, crashed out of the race on Saturday.

Mark Cavendish crashed out of the Tour de France on Saturday ending the British cyclist’s quest to break the all-time record of stage wins.

The Tour de France starts in Bilbao on Saturday with two favourites – defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and two-time winner Tadej Pogacar.

Tour de France, with its vast caravan of teams, media, publicity and security, was visible everywhere around the Spanish city of Bilbao.

The 3 404km route for the 21 stages on the 2023 Tour de France which starts in Bilbao on Saturday, 1 July 2023.

Julian Alaphilippe headed Quick Step’s Tour de France team announced on Tuesday for this year’s race which starts on Saturday, 1 July.

Ahead of the second edition of the Underberg Gran Fondo, organisers have heard calls from riders and included a shorter 45km option.

Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar will have Adam Yates as his righthand man with the duo heading Team UAE’s Tour de France line-up.

Jonas Vingegaard will be supported by Wout van Aert in the Jumbo-Visma team in his Tour de France title defence.

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome was on Friday left out of Israel Premier Tech’s eight-rider roster for this year’s race.

The young cyclists partaking in the Youth Day cycling event at the Killarney Race Track on June 16 were unfazed by the bitterly cold weather. 

The Underberg Gran Fondo on 30 July will be Team Honeycomb Pro Cycling’s maiden event in the Drakensberg.

Swiss rider Gino Mader died on Friday from the injuries he sustained when he plunged into a ravine during the Tour of Switzerland.

Chief trail manager at Karkloof Country Club, Keira Duncan, made full use of his home-course advantage to take a convincing lead after Saturday’s opening day of the Stihl Enduro MTB event that forms part of the Karkloof Classic.

As cycling gains popularity in Lagos, there is a growing concern among residents about the safety risks associated with transportation.

Howick local Keira Duncan continues to fuse his passion for gravity-defying racing and trail building ahead of the Karkloof Enduro.

Michael Foster and Sarah Hill wrapped up their respective wins in the Karkloof Classic Trail Festival on Sunday, but the two races could not have been more different.

The Karkloof Classic Trail Festival will once again provide trail runners and mountain bikers with adrenaline-pumping trails.

Tthe Sappi Karkloof Classic trail festival event organisers have taken time to thank their sponsors and partners for their valuable support.

The Karkloof Classic Trail Festival will once again dish up an exciting tussle in the elite women’s race with a number of elite title hopefuls.

Mark Cavendish will retire at the end of the season, bringing the curtain down on the career of one of cycling’s all-time great sprinters.