Lill ousts Sanders at Van Gaalen nail-biter
Candice Lill confirmed her superiority when racing at Van Gaalen, when she won a nail-biter of a marathon to claim the Elite women’s title at Round 5 of the Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series at the weekend. Candice Lill (dormakaba) and Samantha Sanders (Valencia) Catching their breath after thrilling duel to the finish line […]
Sauser, Langvad beat strong fields to win Ashburton Investments National MTB series opener
Swiss mountain bike racing legend, Christoph Sauser, continued his strong comeback from retirement with another victory when he outsprinted South African champion, Max Knox, to claim the title at the opening round of the Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series in Grabouw, South Africa on Saturday. Christoph Sauser hot on the heels of Matthys Beukes […]
Revamped Ashburton Investments National MTB Series opener attracts big names
The opening round of the 2017 Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series will boast a super strong international field and should deliver high-pressure racing as South Africa’s best racers will be up against some of the world’s biggest names. Karl Platt (Bulls) set to continue his rivalry with Christoph Sauser (Investec-Songo-Specialized) and Kristian Hynek (Topeak […]
New format boost for Ashburton Investments National MTB Series
Three fresh venues and a new format will give the Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series a boost for the 2017 South African mountain bike-racing season. The 2017 Ashburton Investments National MTB Series will open for the first time at Grabouw. Photo Credit: www.zcmc.co.za Five of the seven rounds of the 2017 Ashburton Investments National […]
De Groot, Knox continue winning streak at Dullstroom
Max Knox and Robyn de Groot continued their winning ways when they claimed the men and women’s titles respectively at Round 6 of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series at Dullstroom, Mpumalanga at the weekend. The two current South African champions won in dominant fashion on a tough course at relatively high altitude. It was […]
Knox out to extend winning streak as top field gathers for Dullstroom
South African champion, Max Knox (Lowveld Tractors) will be gunning for a fourth consecutive victory as he aims to secure the 2016 Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series title at the penultimate round at Dullstroom on Saturday. Knox, overall winner of the prestigious series in 2013 and 2015, won the last three rounds of the […]
Star-studded field set for Sabie Mountain Bike showdown
Angry service-delivery protests in the town of Sabie almost forced the postponement of Round 2 of the Ashburton Investments South African National MTB Series in the Mpumalanga province this weekend. But while peace has been restored in the local community, there’s likely to be little in the way of peace on the race route as […]
Fluckiger, Suss on top at Ashburton Investments National MTB Series opener
Swiss stars, Mathias Fluckiger and Esther Suss confirmed their good early-season form when they won the men and women’s titles respectively at the opening round of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series held at Meerendal, outside Cape Town, South Africa at the weekend. Fluckiger, who races for the Stockli team, was in no mood to […]
Mountain bike stars aligned for Meerendal showdown
The 2016 Ashburton Investments National MTB Series, South Africa’s National marathon mountain biking gets underway on Saturday when a number of international stars will line up at Meerendal Wine Estate, near Cape Town. Germany’s four-time Absa Cape Epic winner, Karl Platt, will be joined by Team Bulls teammate,Tim Bohme for the 101km race, which has […]
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 […]
Terrain tester as Ashburton Investments National MTB Series heads to Rooiberg
The unyielding terrain is what most title contenders fear at Round 6 of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series, which takes place at Rooiberg in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Saturday. The bushveld race has attracted a strong field as a number of riders are still in title contention in the seven-round series. But the […]
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 […]