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The Oak Valley and Lourensford race villages at FNB Wines2Whales rely on hundreds of square metres of canvas. Key features however are built of steel; made secure, protected from the elements and vitally refrigerated by Big Box Containers. This is the story of how they help dreams flourish…
Cannondale Factory Racing capitalised off a finish line fall, by Marco Joubert, to increase their general classification lead to 12 seconds on Stage 2 of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz.
Alan Hatherly and Simon Andreassen held off Imbuko Giant A in a sprint finish to win the opening stage of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz race, on Friday.
The prestige of FNB Wines2Whales ensures that South Africa’s best mountain bikers descend on Hermanus for the Shiraz to race from whales to wines in the Switchback edition. Among the pre-race favourites are previous winners, cross-country campaigners and dark horses for the 2023 title.
E-Bike World Champion, Joris Ryf teamed up with, Specialized Factory Racing manager, Benno Willeit to storm to the 2023 FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage title. The winners were 32 minutes and 4 seconds quicker across the three days than Giniel de Villiers and Bobby Behan, of Toyota Specialized. FuelX’s Wayne van der Walt and Jovan Jacobs rounded out the podium places.
With 210 E-Bike riders taking on the Pinotage race, in the mid-week FNB Wines2Whales, the event boasts the largest ever field of E-Bikers in a South African mountain bike race. This is a boon for the bike industry in the country as nothing drives bike sales like races.
Sun’s out guns out at the Pinotage. After a wet weekend at the Chardonnay the eBikers and social teams were treated to a hot and dusty day on the trails of Lourenford on Stage 1 of the mid-week race.
By Epic Series 03/24/2023, 9:30pm HST
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By Absa Cape Epic 03/24/2023, 3:30am HST
Tag(s): Absa Cape Epic
By Absa Cape Epic 03/23/2023, 1:30am HST
Tag(s): Absa Cape Epic