Masterful show from Hill and Louw to claim 2014 dusi2c
Having negotiated some bitterly cold conditions early in the day riders once again had clear skies and dry trails for the second day of the 2014 BSi Steel dusi2c and it was the Team TIB pair of Andrew Hill and Adriaan Louw who inflated their overnight lead by a minute to cross the finish line […]
Victory at Valloire puts Mosley and Graves at top of Enduro World Series standings
After 6 stages of wild alpine racing, epic hammer-down descents that lasted up to 18 minutes, and a winning overall combined time of 1h20:39.921, the final podium of the the third round of the Enduro World Series this weekend in Valloire, France, came down to a microscopic four second spread between the top three men. […]
Final SA MTB Cup race set to light up Hayterdale Trails
The fourth and final round of the 2014 Southern African Mountain Bike Cup Series takes place at Hayterdale Trails near Addo in Port Elizabeth, from 21-22 June. Image credit: Morne Marais The last event in the National Cross-country (XCO) and Downhill (DHI) Cup Series for 2014 will see riders in some of the age categories […]
Collapsed bridge forces final change to dusi2c route
The collapse of the water pipeline running across the uMngeni River in the outskirts of Durban has forced a last minute change to the BSi Steel dusi2c mountain bike stage race this weekend. The bridge collapsed after ongoing theft of cables supporting the water pipeline that supplies the northern suburbs of the city. Race organiser […]
Sondela offers family mountain biking festival
The Bestmed Sondela Mountain Bike Classic will roll out a weekend festival of riding and family entertainment just outside Bela-Bela in the Limpopo Province at the end of June. Some 1 400 participants are expected to take part in the two-day line-up of races, making it the largest event of its kind in the Bushveld. […]
The Munga Mountain Bike Race adds team entry limit
Organisers of The Munga, the new single-stage 1000-kilometre mountain bike race in South Africa, have decided to limit the number of teams to 450 for the inaugural edition, which takes place from 3-8 December 2014. Since its launch on 22 May, global interest in the event has been significant, largely due to the guaranteed US […]
Enduro World Series revisits French Alpine roots at Enduro Series Valloire
After the incredible welcome Chile and Scotland gave to the enduro mountain bike racing community in the first two rounds of the Enduro World Series, it’s hard to say that enduro has any particular physical headquarters. But if there’s a spiritual home to the sport, it would be France, and if there’s a spiritual godfather, […]
Spectacular route launched for 2014 Cape Pioneer Trek
The route for the 2014 Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race in South Africa has been finalised and holds some spectacular highlights for the more than 800 riders to look forward to come 12 October when the sixth edition of the race gets underway. For the first time, the Bridge Cape Pioneer […]
Entries open for final round 4 of SA MTB Cup Series, Hayterdale Trails, PE
Entries are open for the fourth and final round of the 2014 Southern African Mountain Bike Cup Series, which takes place at Hayterdale Trails near Addo in Port Elizabeth, from 21-22 June. Image credit: Morne Marais The last event in the National Cross-country (XCO) and Downhill (DHI) Cup Series for 2014 is almost upon us […]
Big opportunities for MTN-Qhubeka at Tour du Suisse
The 78th Tour du Suisse will start on Saturday with a 9.4km prologue around the town of Bellinzona. After receiving a wild card entry to this World Tour race earlier in the year, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung are excited to finally grab hold of the many opportunities that await them over the duration of the […]
Süss searching for 2010 Marathon Worlds repeat
It has been four years since Swiss marathon stalwart Esther Süss last tasted UCI MTB Marathon World Championships glory but the 40-year-old believes that 2014 could be the year she ends her victory drought as she returns to a familiar stomping ground at the Cascades MTB Park for the women’s 74km race on Sunday 29 […]
National title adds to Reid’s Marathon Worlds confusion
Freshly re-crowned national marathon champion, James Reid is faced with a tough conundrum of decisions ahead of the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships which take place in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 29 June. Trek South Africa’s James Reid’s victory in the recent SA National MTB Marathon Champs has left him deliberating as to whether […]