The first edition of the Garden Route Giro begins on Monday, 13 April, with R700 000 in total prize money up for grabs. The men’s and women’s elite winners will each receive R100 000. In the men’s elite race, established gravel racers like Marco Joubert, Travis Stedman, Jaques Hanekom, Daniel Loubser, and Jan Withaar face off…
Every year, the South African mountain biking scene ramps up from the quiet miles of summer base training through the early season races of January, towards the first major stage race of the calendar in February, the Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen. Since its inception, 14 years ago, the race in the…
Famed and feared, the Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, is known as the Hell of the South for good reason. Temperatures in the Klein Karoo can soar in January, the Attakwaskloof is formidably rocky, and the rolling roads in the second half of the 120-kilometre-long course are corrugated and packed with climbs…
The final stage of the 2026 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, on Sunday, 8 February, saw Greta Seiwald and Sara Cortinovis wrap up a perfect overall victory. The Decathlon Ford | Unno pairing completed their fourth stage win of the race to underline their dominance in the Anderson Transport UCI Women’s competition.…
Marc Pritzen and Hermann Pernsteiner ascended to glory on the Queen Stage of the 2026 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, claiming the King of the Mountain prize atop the Merino Monster and winning the stage. Andreas Seewald and Jakob Hartmann were second across the summit and finish line on Saturday, 7 February,…
Stage 2 of the Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, on Friday, the 6th of February 2026, saw dramatic racing on the trails of the Witzenberg Valley. In the men’s race, there was a puncture, for Wessel Botha, and a crash, for Marco Joubert, which would eventually prevent the Toyota Specialized Imbuko team…
Toyota Specialized Imbuko and Decathlon Ford | Unno won the opening stage of the 2026 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, on Thursday, 5 February. The 32-kilometre-long Stage 1 presented a fast and relatively flat course, which favoured the explosive power of Greta Seiwald and Sara Cortinovis in the UCI Women’s race. In…
The 2026 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, is South Africa’s flagship four-day UCI stage race. It boasts S1 Union Cycliste Internationale status and a deep field of fiercely competitive age-category racers, alongside one of the most formidable elite start lists on the local cycling calendar. Such is the strength of South and…
The champions of the inaugural Garden Route Giro will ride away with R100 000 each after 685 kilometres of pure gravel racing. Starting just outside Mossel Bay, on the 13th of April 2026, and finishing six mountain passes and six days later in Wilderness, on the 18th, the first edition will challenge and reward. Blending the…
Alan Hatherly and Hayley Preen started their 2026 seasons with stellar victories in the Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen. The 120-kilometre race from Chandelier Game Lodge, near Oudtshoorn, to the Pine Creek Resort, in Great Brak, featured a revised route that lent itself to faster times. As did the cool weather on…