Enduro and Night Race add dimensions to Karkloof MTB festival
While thousands of riders will enjoy the single track carved through the countryside on Sunday’s Sappi Karkloof Classic Marathon races, the hugely popular mountain bike event will be preceded by two unique races, and their course designer Hylton Turvey is urging MTB lovers to turn their hands to the discipline of enduro racing and the […]
A very wet and slippery Round 3 of WP DH in Paarl
The day started off pretty bleak with the sun only managing to get a few rays past the clouds, but in the end, 40 riders came out and braved the conditions for the third round of the Western Province Downhill in Paarl. Glorious looking, but the sun didn’t do much to sway the rain With […]
UCI MTB Marathon World Champs show off PMB’s best assets
Having established himself as one of the top cross country mountain bike course designers globally, Nick Floros will return to something that is very familiar to him when he patches together a route that will take the world’s best mountain bike marathon riders through some of the more scenic terrain of Kwazulu-Natal when the UCI […]
Bell and Ralph take top honours at UCI World Series MTN Clarens
The UCI World Marathon Series headed to the Free State town of Clarens where Nico Bell (Team RE:CM) and Theresa Ralph rode to glory. Image credit: Zoon Cronje The German multiple Cape Epic winner Karl Platt (Team Bulls) was on of the main protagonists on the day together with the Team RE:CM duo Nico Bell […]
Rabie and Combrinck win joBerg2c
Fortune smiled on Johann Rabie and Gawie Combrinck as they rode safely into Scottburgh to claim their maiden win in the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Saturday. EAI Cycling’s Gawie Combrinck (left) and Johann Rabie celebrate their victory in the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race, […]
Lead changes hands at joBerg2c as Cannondale-Blend take fourth win
The racing took a dramatic turn on day eight of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c as Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock surged into the overall lead on the 99km stage from Ixopo to Highflats in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. Cannondale-Blend’s Darren Lill (left) and Waylon Woolcock take their fourth stage win and the overall lead on […]
Van Niekerk, Matthee claim Pursuit titles at Track Champs in Durban
New national champions have been crowned at the 2014 SA Track and Para-cycling Championships, currently underway at the Cyril Geoghegan Cycle Stadium in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The competition is well underway as we enter day three today, on our national Worker’s Day public holiday, culminating on Saturday, 3 May. Covering all the age group disciplines, the […]
Karkloof festival deepens Sappi’s MTB ties
Back for a second consecutive year as title sponsors of the Karkloof Classic MTB Festival in 2014, forestry giants Sappi are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to reaffirm their commitment not only to the event, but the sport of mountain biking as a whole, when this year’s annual three day trail adventure takes place at Karkloof […]
Lill, Woolcock sprint to third stage win at joBerg2c
Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock outsprinted race leaders Gawie Combrinck and Johann Rabie to level the scoring at three stage wins apiece on day seven of the Old Mutual joBerg2c on Thursday. Cannondale-Blend’s Darren Lill (left) and Waylon Woolcock sprint to their third stage win on day seven of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain […]
Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek set for next-level status
The sixth edition of the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race, scheduled to take place in South Africa from 12-18 October, 2014, is set to deliver a next-level experience for its 500 entrants, both the podium chasers and those aiming just to complete the event within the cut-off time. Anika Langvad (left) […]
Platt returns to world stage with MTN Clarens
Karl Platt (Team Bulls) will be competing at the fourth leg of the MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan that also forms part of the UCI World Marathon Series. Karl Platt on his way to victory at MTN Tulbagh earlier this year | Photo: Zoon Cronje The multiple Absa Cape Epic winning German will […]
Race Report: 2014 Trans Karoo
After 240 gruelling kilometres across the plains and passes of the Karoo, from Eselfontein outside Ceres to the Jupiter Guesthouse in Sutherland, Johan Kruger emerged victorious at the 2014 Trans Karoo MTB. Johan Kruger setting the pace through the plains of the Tankwa Karoo| Photo: Oakpics Kruger completed the route in a new record time, […]