The South African Press Association is reporting that South African Olympic mountainbike ace Burry Stander died after being hit by a taxi on Thursday, this has been confirmed by Cycling SA “He was returning from a training ride in Shelly Beach, on the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) south coast, and was hit by a vehicle,” said CSA […]
Lance Armstrong has cut formal ties with his cancer fighting charity to avoid further damage brought by doping charges and being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. Armstrong resigned from the board of directors for Livestrong on November 4. He had previously resigned as chairman from the charity he founded on October 17 […]
By Timothy R Clark Dear Mr Armstrong I remember watching you ride the mountain stages of the Tour de France. You powered up the Pyrenees like a mountain goat. No one could touch you. It was amazing. We used to come up with theories. The lore said your trainer had perfected advanced training techniques that […]
Former Lance Armstrong teammate David George will have the opportunity to reveal how and when he took the blood-boosting drug EPO and if he used it when he raced with the disgraced American over a decade ago. SAPA-AP reports that George on Tuesday admitted to using EPO, shortly after the announcement of his positive test […]
First National Bank has increased the official prize money for the Rocky Mountain Garden Route 300 mountain bike race, which takes place around Knysna in February next year. Race organiser Louise Wilson of Garden Route Events said the financial institution’s involvement was “massively exciting” as it meant that the prize purse would almost double for […]
AFP reports that “overwhelming” evidence shows Lance Armstrong engaged in the biggest doping conspiracy in sports history to win the Tour de France seven times, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said Wednesday. USADA chief executive Travis T. Tygart said USADA has submitted a report on why it banned Armstrong for life in August to the […]
With their first two races already full, organisers of the FedGroup Berg & Bush are giving mountain bikers another opportunity to experience one of the top multistage races in the country. The addition of the inaugural three-day Great Trek to the seventh running of the event now gives prospective entrants three options, which also include […]
Lance Armstrong, the sports world’s ultimate battler, has given up. He announced on Thursday night that he will not contest the very serious charges by the US Anti-Doping Agency that he engaged in a massive doping conspiracy for 13 years, which means the seven-time Tour de France winner and famous cancer survivor now has officially […]
A federal judge has thrown out Lance Armstrong’s lawsuit against the US Anti-Doping Agency — leaving the cyclist three days to decide if he will head to arbitration to fight charges that he engaged in blood doping during his storied career. USA Today reports that US District Judge Sam Sparks on Monday upheld the jurisdiction […]
The newly announced Moon to Noon endurance race around Knysna will keep adventurous mountain bikers quite literally in the dark when they ride out at midnight on Friday, October 26. In contrast to other long-distance events, which start in the day and finishes at night, the inaugural 170km race will set out under the stars […]