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Fourie and Odendaal fastest at Sappi Karkloof enduro
Enduro mountain biking competitors took to Karkloof’s renowned trails on Saturday, getting the 2016 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival underway with a bang and setting the tone for Sunday’s second day. Saturday afternoon’s STIHL Karkloof Enduro was a dry, dusty affair but the change in course location and fresh trails worked a treat as Tiaan […]
Hill and Louw secure second Zuurberg title
Andrew Hill and Adriaan Louw were able to play it safe on the final day en route to securing the overall title at the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek mountain bike race at Addo, near Port Elizabeth, on Sunday. Adriaan Louw leads TIB Insurance-Contego team-mate Andrew Hill on the third and final stage of the 2016 […]
Davids & Du Toit victories bring down 2016 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival curtain
Brendon Davids returned to winning ways when he claimed a commanding victory at Sunday’s 60km Sappi Karkloof Marathon title while the women’s crown of the 2016 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival’s feature race went the way of rising young talent, Frankie du Toit. Trek’s Brendon Davids charges through the Gauntlet en route to victory at […]
Mission accomplished at Zuurberg for Hill and Louw
Having lost out on a possible stage win after veering off course on the opening day provided the spark for Andrew Hill and Adriaan Louw to assert their authority on stage two of the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek outside Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Adriaan Louw (left) and Andrew Hill of TIB Insurance-Contego win the second […]
Legendary trail weekend awaits Sappi Karkloof adventurers
The feast of trail adventure that the 2016 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Adventure’s diverse programme offers will attract thousands of mountain bikers and trail runners to the KZN Midlands this weekend. The well-established STIHL Karkloof Enduro at midday on Saturday and the full line-up of mountain bike events on Sunday – headlined by the 60km […]
2016 BSi Steel dusi2c reunites Ntuli/Dreyer combo
It has been two years since John Ntuli and Jeannie Dreyer last tackled one of the country’s wealth of mountain bike stage races but fittingly it is this year’s BSi Steel dusi2c from Pietermaritzburg to Durban on 11 and 12 June that will reunite the pair once again. Ntuli and Dreyer raced to third place […]
Team Spur: Ariane and James gear up for World Championship battles
It has been a month of hard lessons and hard-fought victories spanning both hemispheres for mountain bike stars, Ariane Kleinhans and James Reid of Team Spur. The final local Olympic selection races had our South African XCO Champion, James battling rivals at cruel altitudes and in a variety of harsh conditions throughout April and May. […]
Tshoko selected for African Team training camp in Europe
South African road cyclist Zanele Tshoko has been invited by the UCI (International Cycling Union) to take part in the African Women’s Cycling Team Training Camp at the UCI World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, from 9 June – 1 August 2016. Zanele Tshoko of the Time Freight eTeam has been invited by the UCI […]
Course Preview: Claudio rides a loose Fort William
A refreshed Claudio cuts loose on the long, tough and demanding Scottish downhill track. Fort William has been basking in sun and high temperatures for much of this week, leaving Claudio with a dry and dusty track that’s just itching to catch him out.
Team Dimension Data look for stage wins at Criterium du Dauphine
The Criterium du Dauphine gets underway on Sunday, June 5th, and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will start this 8 stage UCI World Tour event with a strong and motivated team. The Criterium du Dauphine, as one may know already, is used as the final dress rehearsal for the Tour de France. As the Dauphine […]
Online entries now open for first Western Cape Spur Schools MTB race
Online entries are now open for the first Western Cape Spur Schools Mountain Bike League race, which will take place at Southey Vines Cycle Park in Somerset West on Thursday, 16 June. Andrew Reaper from SACS finished sixth in the junior men’s race at the Southey race in 2015. Eight years into the Spur High […]
Adrenalin junkies embrace Karkloof Enduro fix
KwaZulu-Natal’s strong interest in Enduro mountain biking is reflected in another richly talented men’s and women’s field for this weekend’s STIHL Karkloof Enduro as day one of the 2016 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival at Karkloof Country Club gets underway on Saturday with double defending champ Tiaan Odendaal keen to lead the charge once more. […]