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Kinetic Pro Cycling · Cape Town

Built in Cape Town. Racing the world.

Kinetic finds young riders across the Cape, coaches them on the bike and off it, and takes them to race in Europe.

Partner with us The road to Assen
A Kinetic youth rider racing on the velodrome in the yellow and blue team kit
Youth academy · Track
Next stop Youth Tour of Assen Netherlands · 26 to 30 July 2027 (expected)
294days
to go
  • Tour de Worcester 2026: 2nd U19, plus 8th and 9th overall
  • Mzansi Series 2026: Kinetic riders 1st and 6th on the leaderboards
  • SA Road Championships 2026: five youth riders on the start line
  • African Continental Track Championships: five gold medals
  • UCI Junior Track Worlds, Germany: two riders selected
  • 2nd, Grote Prijs Alfons Willems, Belgium
  • SA U15 road champion
  • 14+ Kinetic riders have represented South Africa
  • Full team finish, Tour de Limpopo (UCI 2.2)
  • Top 10, Tour of Good Hope (UCI 2.2)
2017

racing every age category since

16

riders in the 2027 academy, boys and girls

6

riders racing in Europe in July 2027

14+

Kinetic riders who have worn South Africa's green and gold

9,733km

Cape Town to Assen, as the crow flies

75%+

of riders from historically disadvantaged communities

Our story

A Cape Town club with a world-sized ambition

Our objective is to provide an opportunity for aspiring young cyclists to excel at the highest level, locally and internationally.

Kinetic has raced every age category since 2017 and became a registered non-profit company in December 2018. The directors are unpaid volunteers, a chartered accountant signs off the budget, and at least three in four riders come from historically disadvantaged communities.

Riders in Kinetic colours have won national and provincial titles, raced in Belgium and the Netherlands, and more than fourteen of them have worn South Africa's green and gold.

Kinetic Pro Cycling riders in the yellow and blue race kit
Race-day yellow
The 2021 Kinetic race team in red and blue kit, with Lion's Head behind them
2021 race team, Cape Town

A new chapter for 2027

Kinetic Cycling Academy

From 2027 Kinetic focuses on what it does best: developing U15 and U17 riders, boys and girls aged 13 to 16, in a squad of 16. The six strongest earn a month of racing in Europe.

Coaching that counts

A head coach writes every rider's plan. Team managers and coaches hold UCI or Cycling South Africa qualifications.

School first

Selection for Europe weighs race results, training, school marks and conduct, published in advance. Education is never traded for a race.

Safe by design

Every rider is a minor. Two adults on every trip, police-cleared staff, a named welfare officer and signed parental consent.

Mentors who made it

Academy alumni come back to mentor the next group, on the bike and in life.

Results off the bike

Three Microsoft certifications. One former rider earned them with academy support, now works as a data engineer and mentors academy riders.

Matric, away from home. Another moved from a rural town to a host family in Cape Town and finished Matric through a school partnership.

July 2027

The road to Assen

Six riders, a team manager and a mechanic. Three weeks of Belgian racing, then five stages of the Youth Tour of Assen against riders from 30 nations.

Indicative dates, based on the 2026 race calendars.

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  1. January to June

    Cape Town

    Selection on four tests, published to riders and parents in advance: race results, training, school marks and conduct. Passports, visas and parental consent are sorted months ahead.

  2. 2 July

    Amsterdam

    Six riders, two staff and eight bike boxes land at Schiphol, then drive south to a cycling house in Flanders for three days of recon rides.

  3. 6 to 24 July

    Flanders

    Youth kermis racing in the heartland of the sport: 8 to 10 race days per rider, with the mechanic setting every bike to the youth gear limits.

  4. Mid-July

    Ronde van Limburg

    A three-day U17 stage race: the first real taste of racing on general classification.

  5. 26 to 30 July

    Assen

    Five stages in five days: criterium, circuit race, hill circuit, time trial and the Omloop Asserbos. U15 and U17, boys and girls, 30 nations.

    Not our first time: a Kinetic junior raced the International Youth Tour in the Netherlands in 2017/18.

The pathway

From 13 years old to the pro peloton

Stage 1

U15 and U17

Kinetic Cycling Academy

Stage 2

U19

Strong junior teams

Stage 3

U23 and Elite

Kinetic Continental, planned for 2028

Stage 4

Pro

Teams in Europe

A UCI Continental team from Cape Town

The plan for 2028: ten riders, six South Africans and four Belgium-based, with three paid staff and six months of UCI racing from a team house in Belgium or the Netherlands. South Africa has one Continental team in 2026. A Cape Town team would be the second, and the only one with its own youth academy behind it.

  • 10riders
  • 6months in Europe
  • 15-20UCI races
A Kinetic rider on a training ride in the yellow kit

Our riders

Boys and girls, 13 to 16, racing for the Cape

Track, road and time trials through the season. In September 2026 five of them lined up at the SA National Road Championships.

Youth rider on the velodrome in the Kinetic kit
TrackVelodrome
Youth rider smiling at a road race start in the Kinetic kit
RoadStart line
Youth rider with a medal standing next to a road bike
ResultsMedal day
Youth rider sprinting on the velodrome
TrackFull gas
Youth rider with a track bike outside the velodrome
TrainingTrack session
2027 squad
16

riders: 8 in U15 and 8 in U17, boys and girls, coached all year in Cape Town.

Honours and milestones

Small club. Big results.

Netherlands2017

First time in Assen

O'Ryan Bruintjies manages South Africa at the INAS World Cycling Championships in Assen.

Netherlands17/18

Youth tour debut

A Kinetic junior races the International Youth Tour in the Netherlands.

Cape Town2018

A non-profit company

Kinetic Pro Cycling registers as a non-profit company in December 2018, run by unpaid directors.

Track2019

Five gold medals

Kinetic riders win five golds at the African Continental Track Championships, and two are picked for the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Germany.

Belgium2019

Podium in Belgium

2nd at the Grote Prijs Alfons Willems criterium in Oetingen, Belgium.

Africa TourUCI

Racing the pros

A full team finish at the Tour de Limpopo, and top 10 finishes at the Tour of Good Hope (2.2) and the 100 Cycle Challenge (1.2).

Western Cape2020

Provincial titles

Western Province road time trial and track titles, and the Western Cape junior road race title.

Road2021

The race team

An eight-rider race team carries Kinetic's red and blue, photographed under Lion's Head.

Oudtshoorn2026

SA Nationals

Five youth riders, four boys and a girl, start the SA National Road Championships, their entries paid by a corporate donor.

Worcester2026

Tour de Worcester

2nd in U19, plus 8th and 9th overall. A Kinetic rider guesting for another team won U19 women, and Kinetic riders sit 1st and 6th on Mzansi Series leaderboards.

Next2027

Kinetic Cycling Academy

U15 and U17 only. Six riders race in Belgium and at the Youth Tour of Assen in July.

The plan2028

UCI Continental

A Cape Town UCI Continental team, with academy graduates as its long-term pipeline.

The team behind the team

Run by people who have done it

O'Ryan Bruintjies
Director · team manager

O'Ryan Bruintjies

UCI-licensed team manager. Chairs Kinetic Cycling Club, is Vice President and a selector for Western Cape Cycling, and managed South Africa at the 2017 INAS World Championships in Assen.

Rodney Pedro
Director · team manager

Rodney Pedro

UCI-licensed team manager and a Kinetic Cycling Club executive since 2012, with experience managing youth teams racing in Europe.

Justin Bouwer
Director · finance

Justin Bouwer CA(SA)

Chartered accountant and former PwC partner who signs off the budget. Has finished the Cape Epic and the Freedom Challenge.

Partner with Kinetic

Put your name on the road to Assen

Back young riders and get reporting a finance team can rely on: a ring-fenced account, quarterly income-and-spend reports and a year-end impact report.

The Kinetic Pro Cycling race kit, front and back, in yellow, blue and black
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Lead partner

Kinetic Cycling Academy presented by your brand. Front of the jersey, all media, and first right of refusal on the 2028 Continental title.

02

Road to Assen partner

Your name on the European tour, the team van and the travel kit, with daily content from Belgium and Assen.

03

Rider sponsor

Send one rider to Europe. Personal updates from your rider and your name on their bike.

04

Education bursary

A year of study support for one rider, reported each school term.

05

Product partner

Kit, nutrition, wheels and power meters, with official supplier status.

B-BBEE Level 4

At least 75% of riders come from historically disadvantaged communities. Contributions should count toward socio-economic development; your verification agency confirms.

Signed-off numbers

Unpaid directors and a chartered accountant on the board. Sponsor money sits in a ring-fenced account and is reported back every quarter.

Stories people follow

A race report every week in Europe, a monthly newsletter and a season film for your own channels.

Let's talk

Ride with us to Assen

Tell us what you would like to back and we will send the 2027 partnership pack, with every figure in rand and euros.

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