This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(October 2023) |
Race details | |
---|---|
Date | April |
Region | South Africa |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Africa Tour |
Type | One-day race |
History | |
First edition | 2015 |
Editions | 1 |
Final edition | 2015 |
First winner | Reynard Butler (RSA) |
Final winner | Reynard Butler (RSA) |
The PMB Road Classic was a one-day road cycling race held in South Africa in 2015. It was held as part of the 2015 UCI Africa Tour, as a 1.2-categorised race. [1]
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | South Africa | Reynard Butler | Team Abantu |
The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar. Some of these events date back to the 19th century. They are normally held at roughly the same time each year. The five most revered races are often described as the cycling monuments.
A cyclosportive, or often simply sportive, is a short to long distance, organised, mass-participation cycling event, typically held annually. The Italian term Gran Fondo is commonly used for these events in the United States, Australia and some other English-speaking countries.
Lotto Dstny Ladies is a women's professional cycling team based in Belgium, which competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team was established in 2006, and its colours are white, black, and red. The team manager and representative is Kurt Van De Wouwer, and the assistant team manager is Annelies Dom. Sponsors Lotto and Soudal also sponsor the Lotto–Dstny men's UCI WorldTeam.
Daryl Impey is a South African professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Israel–Premier Tech. Impey is an all-rounder; he generally comes to the fore on tough uphill sprints.
Dan Craven is a Namibian racing cyclist, who last rode for Namibian amateur team NCCS Cycling Team. He is the grandson of Danie Craven, the South African rugby union icon.
Cherise Willeit is a South African professional road cyclist. She has won a single African and four South African championship titles, in both the road race and the time trial, and later represented her nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Willeit also raced for Belgium's Lotto–Belisol Ladies professional cycling team in 2011 and 2012.
Heidi Dalton is a South African racing cyclist, who currently rides for South African amateur team, Demacon Ladies Cycling Team. She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In 2017, she won the South African National Road Race Championships.
An-Li Kachelhoffer is a South African former road cyclist. She participated at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In 2016, she won the South African National Road Race Championships. She represented South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's road race in which she finished 39th with a time of 4:01:29.
The 2015 national road cycling championships began in Australia with the time trial event on 8 January, as is tradition.
The KZN Autumn Series was a series of road cycling races held in Pietermaritzburg and Margate, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa between 27 April and 3 May 2015. The series comprised three races, the Freedom Day Classic on 27 April, the Mayday Classic on 1 May, and the Hibiscus Cycle Classic on 3 May. Both the Freedom Day Classic and the Hibiscus Cycle Classic included women's races, while all three men's races formed part of the 2015 UCI Africa Tour.
Nolan Hoffman is a South African road and track cyclist, who currently rides for South African team Enza. He was suspended for eighteen months after he tested positive for the use of testosterone on 18 October 2009. He competed in the scratch event at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014, winning the silver medal in 2012.
Stefan de Bod is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.
Carla Oberholzer is a South African professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team Bizkaia–Durango. She rode in the women's road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.
Ryan Gibbons is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Nicholas Dlamini is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka NextHash.
Gustav Basson is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for South African team Team DMS Pro Cycling.
Reynard Butler is a South African cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team ProTouch.
Hendrik B. Kruger is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for South African amateur team Alfa Bodyworks–Titan Racing.
David Maree is a South African road and track cyclist, who currently rides for South African amateur team Enza. He qualified to compete in the omnium at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Morné van Niekerk is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93.