joBerg2c racing ends with another win for McDougall and Du Toit
The final racing day of the Old Mutual joBerg2c went according to plan for the big names as all the respective leaders in the major categories duly wrapped up their titles for 2018 on the 96km stage from Ixopo to Highflats on Friday. In the AmaBokkeBokkie Global Mixed Champs category, after they rode over the […]
SCOTT Sports Africa bids farewell to African MTB Team
SCOTT Sports Africa announced on Thursday that it would not be extending its title sponsorship of the African MTB Team, officially known as SCOTT LCB Factory Racing, beyond 2016. What started as a support structure by SCOTT back in 2012 for Philip Buys, who got a late call up to compete at the 2012 Olympics […]
Phil Buys edges closer to Rio
It was a wet and muddy affair this past weekend at the Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival. The XCO was rated as a UCI HC (hors class) event, which means that there were more points up for grabs leading up to the Rio Olympics. Aspiring Olympics qualifiers did not let the most horrid conditions keep them from […]
Scott LCB Factory Racing add Olympic focus in 2016
Philip Buys, one of South Africa’s most successful mountain bike racers, will continue to lead the SCOTT LCB Factory Racing professional mountain bike team in 2016. But being an Olympic year, the team will have dual objectives. The four-man squad remains unchanged from 2015 and comprises Buys, a London Olympian and former multiple African and […]
New Nissan TrailSeeker winners crowned at Hakahana
Round 4 of the Nissan TrailSeeker Series Gauteng saw fresh faces on the top of the podiums at the weekend with SCOTT Factory Racing LCB’s Phil Buys and Arno du Toit racing to a tied win in the men’s event and Theresa Ralph (RBS) claiming the women’s title. It was the first time they’d won […]
Du Toit, Sanders and Odendaal tops at third XCO and DHI Nationals, MPU
Arno du Toit (Heart-Sports ASG), Samantha Sanders (Valencia) and Tiaan Odendaal (Green Team) walked away with top points in the Elite cross-country and downhill categories at the third round of the 2014 Southern African Mountain Bike Cup Series, which took place at Mankele Mountain Bike Park near Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, at the weekend. The small field […]