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Mzansi (m-‐zun-‐zee) – A popular word for South Africa. Mzansi - South Africa (uMzantsi in Xhosa means "south")

A warm South African welcome to the Mzansi Tour. Mzansi is the Zulu word meaning ‘the South’ and is often used as a colloquialism to refer to South Africa. It’s appropriate then as the name for the Mzansi Tour, the only UCI-graded road cycling stage race in South Africa. There has been road racing in South Africa for over 120 years. In fact the 1893 road race world champion, Lourens Meintjes, was

a South African, as was Randolph Lewis, the road race gold medallist at the 1912 Olympic Games. Due to South Africa’s relatively remote geographic location, however, it never developed road racing at the same pace as Europe and the USA. There has been professional road racing in South Africa since the early 1970s, but only a handful of international races, aggravated by the former government’s apartheid policies, which led to a two-decade sporting boycott on South Africa. The two most well known international road stage races in South Africa in recent times are the Rapport Toer (1973–2000) and the Giro del Capo 1992–2011. Both helped establish local tours in which the top South Africans could compete against international competition. The Mzansi Tour will be the first international South Africa road stage race to take place in professional cycling’s ‘new era’. Anti-doping control will be a high priority at the tour as our mission is to create a truly fair contest to showcase the strongest riders and smartest teams; an event at which the next generation of young riders – South African and international – and sponsors and fans, can feel reassured.

08/05/2014

All good things must come to an end, your absolute last chance to catch the highlights on SuperSport Select at 20h00 this eve

07/05/2014

highlights on SuperSport Select at 09h00 this morn.

06/05/2014

Relive the action at 16h30, highlights package on SuperSport 208!

05/05/2014

You guessed it, highlights on today, 22h30 till 23h30 on SuperSport 208!

02/05/2014

highlights on at 16h45 till 17h45 on Supersport 208 today! Check the full broadcast schedule here > http://buff.ly/1k8cxLz

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01/05/2014

You still haven't seen the highlights? From 13h00 on Supersport 208 & CSN today!

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