Toil and tears among triumph for the women on Stage 3
Ariane Kleinhans and Annika Langvad of Spur-Specialized moved a step closer to clinching their third straight Absa Cape Epic title by winning Stage 3 in a time of 5:18.47. Annika Langvad & Ariane Kleinhans of Spur-Specialized win stage 3 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held from Saronsberg Wine Estate in […]
Interview: Nic Lamond talks Team Spur
Nic Lamond, founder of Podium Sports athlete management company, was instrumental in putting together the newly formed Team Spur duo Ariane Kleinhans and James Reid. We caught up with Nic to get his views on professional mountain biking, putting together a professional team in South Africa and the ambitions of Team Spur. You are no […]
A sizzling start to 2016 for Team Spur
Team Spur hosted a picturesque sunset launch event on Thursday, 4 February in Sea Point, Cape Town. It was an opportunity to celebrate the team and reflect on a fine first month representing headline sponsors Spur Steak Ranches and equipment sponsors Specialized Bicycles. CEO of Spur Corporation, Pierre van Tonder welcomed Team Spur to its […]
Here comes the Ariane and Annika show
Switzerland’s Ariane Kleinhans and her Danish partner Annika Langvad electrified Stage 3 of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic with a breathtaking performance. The previous day they had suffered a potentially devastating setback when they were penalised an hour and 13 minutes for inadvertently taking a shortcut when they missed a route marker. That penalty moved […]
International stars boost Attakwas Extreme Challenge field
The 10th Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge kicks off the South African mountain bike racing year on Saturday and it has once again attracted a strong field of contenders for the overall men and women’s titles. Switzerland’s five-time winner and multiple Cape Epic champion, Ariane Kleinhans (Team Spur), heads up possibly the strongest ever […]
Kleinhans and Reid join new Team Spur
Swiss Cape Epic legend Ariane Kleinhans and South African Cross-country Mountain Bike Champion James Reid have joined forces with Spur Steak Ranches to create a new mountain bike team for the 2016 season. Team Spur will pursue a local and international race calendar that includes the Absa Cape Epic as well as the UCI World […]
Reid, Kleinhans secure second stage victory at FNB W2W MTB Race
Team RECM’s James Reid and Erik Kleinhans continued their winning streak at Oak Valley Wine Estate (Elgin-Grabouw) on Saturday, 07 November 2015 after completing Stage Two of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Race in an impressive time of 02 hours 33 minutes 57 seconds. Starting and finishing at the picturesque Oak Valley Wine […]
Kleinhans & Combrinck rule at Rooiberg
The Ashburton Investments National MTB Series prides itself on travelling around South Africa to different venues to offer a variety of challenges. This past weekend, Round 6 of the seven-race series stopped of at Rooiberg in the Limpopo Province with a rough, rocky course that saw South African champion, Gawie Combrinck and multiple Cape Epic […]
Croeser, Kleinhans master the mud to claim Ballito MTB titles
South African Rourke Croeser and Swiss Ariane Kleinhans conquered strong competition and atrocious conditions to claim victories in the men and women’s races respectively at Round 5 of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series at Ballito on South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal coast at the weekend. It was Croeser’s first Ultra-marathon victory and it came in his […]
Lill and Woolcock seal the Nedbank sani2c deal
Blend’s Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock triumphed at the end of a final stage laced with drama to claim the 2015 Nedbank sani2c title over EAI Wheeler’s Johan Rabie and Swiss speedster Konny Looser whilst the dominant RECM pair of Cherise Stander and Ariane Kleinhans dominated once again to claim an emphatic overall women’s victory […]
Race on at Nedbank sani2c after thrilling second stage
The 2015 Nedbank sani2c men’s race is on a knife’s edge going into Saturday’s third and final stage after EAI Wheeler’s Johann Rabie and Konny Looser slashed overnight leader’s Waylon Woolcock and Darren Lill’s advantage to just twenty-eight seconds while the RECM Women’s pair of Ariane Kleinhans and Cherise Stander strengthened their stranglehold on the […]
Lill and Woolcock barnstorm first stage of Nedbank sani2c
Riding for their professional lives the Blend pair of Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock blitzed the 79km first stage of the Race at the Nedbank sani2c from Glencairn outside Himeville to the Mackenzie Club to set up a handy two minute lead whilst it was the dominant RECM Women’s Team pair of Ariane Kleinhans and […]