Day 1 results is available on the Cycling Champs website.

The Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge brought JoBurg to a halt on Sunday Morning as thousands of cyclists took to the streets! The 25000 riders were spearheaded by the first finishers of the elite race, Arran Brown of Team Medscheme won a tight sprint from Malcolm Lange (Team Medscheme) and Christoff van Heerden (MTN Energade).

Joanna van der Winkel, a 27-year-old qualified electrical engineer, grabbed the first victory of her short cycling career when she won the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge Elite women’s title in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Jay Thomson and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg claimed the Elite and u23 Time Trial titles at the African championships in Windhoek, Namibia, while Cassandra Slingerland and Lynette Burger followed their earlier example, by the two top spots on the podium as well.

Jay Thompson RSA 38m28sec
Reinard v Rensburg RSA 38:41
Erik Hoffmann Namibia 39:14
Yannick Lincoln Mauritius 40:14
Abdelati Saadoune Morocco 41:08
Heiko Redecker Namibia 41:18
Jacques Celliers Namibia 41:32
Lahsaini Mouhssine Morocco 41:34
Mahmoud Mohamed Egypt 41:54
Obert Chembe Zambia 42:50
Ali Boubrik Libya 43:02
Hugo Caetane Mauritius 43:08
Mohamed Ehmed Egypt 43:38
Bright Chipongo Zimbabwe 43:45
Issiaka Fofana Ivory Coast 45:34

Women's final standings to follow.

South Africa won the Team Time Trial at the African Cycling Championships in impressive style on Wednesday when they finished nearly three minutes ahead of second placed Namibia. The South African team, consisting of Jay Thomson, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Ian McCleod and Christoff van Heerden, completed the 40,40km time trial in 50 minutes 4 seconds, at an average speed of 48,42km.

Jay Thomson and Robyn de Groot won the men and women’s titles respectively at the MTN OFM Classic, the Free State’s biggest road cycling race, on Sunday, but it was Arran Brown and Jennie Stenerhag who left Bloemfontein with green jerseys on their backs as leaders of the 2009 Alpha Pharm Seeding Series.