Barberton XCM launches 2016 route
One of the country’s oldest and traditionally toughest events is The Barberton XCM Mountain Bike Challenge. Fortunately, when I accepted an invitation to attend the route launch for the January 2016 event, I was blissfully unaware of what lay ahead – or rather, above. Nico Bell, Igna de Villiers, Lise Olivier, Gawie Combrinck and Heila […]
Barberton XCM Ultra Marathon results
Nico Bell’s productive off-season is starting to yield big returns already with an impressive win at the Barberton XCM this past Saturday. Only the second race for Bell in Team RECM colours, he finished the 125km in 5:25’35”, with a lead of over 27 minutes on second and third place. Image credit: Jazz Kuschke Still […]