A record 130 cyclists from The Sports Trust Development Cycling Programme including 15 cyclists from the Elite Development Cycling Squad, will be competing in the 2018 109km Cape Town Cycle Tour. "Our cyclists are super-keen to get out there on March 11. It’s such an exciting time and I think we are going to see fantastic times and results," says Mike Tippet, cycling development manager for The Sports Trust. "We didn’t realise how soon this programme would produce talent like this, in addition to positively influencing these young people’s lives." One of the stars in the elite squad is Vuyolwethu Nkomo, a Grade 11 pupil at Matthew Goniwe Memorial High School in Khayelitsha, who finished a brilliant fourth in the under-19 time trials at the South African National Road Championships in Oudtshoorn in February. "I was motivated to start cycling at my school in 2014 after watching cycling races on TV," Nkomo says. "I tell myself that there is no one who can stop me from what I am doing b...
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