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Lesotho Sky Introduces Solo Category
The Lesotho Sky Event is designed for riders that are passionate about mountain biking. Like veins of the mountains, a network of trails connects rural villages and communities and makes the experience of riding the Lesotho Sky Race like no other. Lesotho is a country free of fences and boundaries. This land belongs to the […]
FNB Wines2Whales MTB Race announces prize purse for 2015
The organizers of the revered FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Events are excited to announce that the prize purse for the 2015 FNB W2W MTB Race has increased by R31 500, taking the overall total to a whopping R381 500. According to Michael Meyer, Director FNB W2W MTB Events, although only in its 7th […]
Gauteng Junior Eliminator Series Round 3: Heronbridge College
Sunday 2 August saw the third round of the Junior Eliminator Series for Gauteng hosted by Heronbridge College in Nietgedacht. After a very technical course in round two, riders arrived to find a lot more friendly course in terms of technicality but still testing with two short sharp leg burning climbs with plenty of overtaking […]
Tour of Utah #1: Johann van Zyl finishes 5th on opening stage
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung got the Tour of Utah off to a great start with Johann van Zyl taking 5th place after a 200km long breakaway. The stage win went to Kiel Reijnen (United Healthcare). With a long 212km stage on the cards today, Johann “vanSnail” threw caution to the wind and attacked with 6 […]
MTN-Qhubeka to hunt for stage wins in Denmark
Tomorrow Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will start the Tour of Denmark. The UCI 2.HC race is a 6 stage event run over the course of 5 days, with both a road and short individual time trial stage on the 7th of August. Our African team first took part in the Tour of Denmark last year […]
Statement on bike jacking incident at Die Burger MTB Challenge
A woman participating in the 50km event was confronted by a man wielding a knife who, after threatening her, stole her bike. As organisers we are all very grateful that she was not injured. The incident took place during the 10th running of Die Burger MTB Challenge. Organisers were alerted via the emergency line that […]
Video: Dash For Cash Pump Track Race
Highlights video from the Dash For Cash bicycle pump track race held on 1 August 2015 at Mambaskate.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg0uXvvby2s& The event was sponsored by Fox Racing and MoZamBik restaurant. On-site First Aid was provided kindly by the Ballito Rescue Unit. PA system and energy provided by Red Bull. Filmed by: Pete Kohne, Brode Vosloo, Travis […]
Ride London Classic: Kristian Sbaragli finishes in 5th place for MTN-Qhubeka
The Prudential Ride London-Surrey Classic came down to an exciting 4 man sprint with Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing) taking the win. Mike Teunissen (Lotto-Jumbo) was 2nd and Ben Swift (Team Sky) took the final podium placing. There was a fair amount of action before the eventual sprint finale as 5 riders went clear in the […]
Fedhealth kids MTB events set to take Meerendal by storm
Calling all junior mountain bike enthusiasts! On Saturday, 05 September 2015 one of South Africa’s leading medical schemes, Fedhealth, together will Stillwater Sports will host three exciting mountain bike events, the Fedhealth Kids 500m, 1.5km and 5km races at the picturesque Meerendal Wine Estate (Durbanville) as part of the ISUZU MTB Festival Cape Town. “Mountain […]
Video: XCO World Cup Finals Highlights Mont-Sainte-Anne
Highlights from this weekend’s World Cup XCO Men’s and Women’s finals at Mont-Sainte-Anne. Watch the action below:
Video: World Cup Downhill Highlights Mont-Sainte-Anne
Highlights from this weekend’s World Cup downhill finals at Mont-Sainte-Anne. .
Reid & Du Toit rule the Eston 2015 roost
In what turned out to be one of the most competitive fields in years the 2015 Illovo Eston MTB Challenge saw two new champions crowned as recent national cross country champions James Reid and Junior women’s champion Frankie du Toit proved too strong for their respective fields on Sunday. It was a great day for […]