Bike Check: Cherie Redecker’s Head Trenton
After a tough season racing as a privateer in Europe, Cherie Redecker’s efforts were rewarded with a team ride for HEAD CICLO XC in 2018. Cherie now lives in Germany but made the trip to Stellenbosch to kick off her World Cup season. Cherie confirmed that she will be participating in many of the World […]
Strong end to the season for Cherie Redecker
The last of the MTB Bundesliga XCO series in Freudenstadt, southern Germany was an exciting end to the season, with a drama filled race. With double the points on offer and five contenders racing for the overall, the tension was high. Hanna Klein, Anne Terpstra, Sabine Spitz and South African Cherie Redecker all had a […]
Cherie Redecker: Racing as a privateer in Europe
Cherie Redecker is an accomplished cross country rider with an impressive resume, including SA XCO champion, winner of the Cape Pioneer Trek, and Lesotho Sky stage races among others. Despite not having the backing of a pro team Cherie is continuing to race the UCI World Cup XCO series after relocating to Germany with her […]
Bell, Combrinck triumph in dramatic Cape Pioneer Trek finale
The final stage of the Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race took place on Saturday. Fittingly, Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell won the short 57km leg from Chandelier Game Reserve to Oudtshoorn, sealing overall victory in the process. But there were major upsets behind them as the final podium was given a late […]
Course Preview: SA MTB Champs XCO
Straight off the plane from the Lenzerheide World Cup, Mariske Strauss and Cherie Redecker of OMX Pro Bike Team have been hard at work training on the SA National MTB Champs XCO track at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg. Watch as Mariske and Cherie give us a guided tour of the National Championship course. The […]
Cherie Redecker anticipates defending her XCO Championship title in home town
Current XCO Elite Women’s Champion, Cherie Redecker has enjoyed the pride felt from wearing the National Championship jersey over the past year, and hopes to keep it in her possession for the next season when she tackles the 2016 South African National Mountain bike Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 16-17 July. “It […]
Reid and Vale snatch up National XCO titles
It was a tale of two races at the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Championships presented by Subaru Cape Town/Novus Holdings with James Reid snatching victory in an end sprint whilst Cherie Vale put in a commanding performance to win the ladies cross country title on Saturday. Team RECM’s James Reid is the new cross country […]
Record field ready for thrilling 2015 SA MTB Champs battle
The student town of Stellenbosch is all set to host the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Championships presented by Subaru Cape Town/Novus Holdings this weekend with the country’s top cross country and downhill mountain bikers set to stake a claim for their respective discipline’s national colours. Defending South African Cross Country Champion and Full Dynamix/USN’s Rourke […]
Great racing wraps up season logs for SA XCO and DHI
The fourth and final rounds of both the XCO and DHI 2015 SA MTB Cup Series took place at Cascades MTB Park, Pietermariztburg from 27-28 June and both events made for some surprising and impressive results in the final races, and even more thrilling points logs. Stihl 2015 SA MTB Cup Series Results Co-ordinator, Grevile […]
Croeser & Vale clinch victory in final round of SA MTB Cup Series
Cold conditions greeted the riders at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg for the fourth and final round of the Stihl SA MTB Cup Series, which saw tough competition and hard racing amongst all the categories today. The sun broke through at the beginning of the Elite Men’s seven-lap race at 1pm, five minutes before the […]
SA team announcement for MTB African Champs (RWA)
Cycling South Africa’s Mountain Bike Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2015 African Mountain Bike Continental Championships in Musanze, Rwanda, from 8-10 May. The following riders have been selected according to the 2015 CSA-MTB Selection Criteria. Cross-country (XCO) ELITE Philip Buys Matthys […]
Victories for Woolcock and Vale at 9th Die Burger MTB Challenge
Waylon Woolcock (Cannondale Blend) and Cherie Vale (Paarl Media) won the ninth edition of Die Burger MTB Challenge over 75km in Stellenbosch. Men’s Podium. Waylon Woolcock (centre), Darren Lill (left), and Johann Rabie (right). // Photo credit: Eunice Visagie The MTB Challenge was held over six distances – the invitational only 75km, 60km, 50km, 42km, […]