USN backs Woolcock, Lill for 2016 Cape Epic
Leading international sports supplement brand, USN, has announced it will back top South African marathon racers Waylon Woolcock and Darren Lill in their quest for success at the 2016 ABSA Cape Epic, the world’s most prestigious international mountain bike stage race. Darren Lill pictured at the end of the Ashburton Investments Series Ballito race earlier […]
Hill2Hill to firm up ROAG Series standings
The Sunday Tribune Jeep Hill2Hill mountain bike marathon forms the penultimate leg of the 2015 Quattro ROAG Series and has ensured that the series’ ‘big three’ and the country’s top ultra-marathoners go head to head for the prestigious event’s spoils. TIB Insurance’s Andrew Hill will hope to fend off a strong men’s field at this […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lill and Hearder draw first blood at Karkloof with Night Race wins
Crisp yet favourable autumn conditions greeted the riders who took on the Peri Night Race at the 2015 Sappi Karkloof MTB Festival and it was the inform Darren Lill who was the strongest rider as he claimed the overall victory ahead of an impressive Jedson Tooms whilst it was the young Chriestie-Leigh Hearder who was […]
Lill and Woolcock spice of Tour Durban cyclocross race
Cape MTB stars Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock have added their names to the aQuellé Tour Durban presented by Sunday Tribune cyclocross entry, dramatically reshaping the race for the 55km title. With the last two defending champions Andrew Hill and Rourke Croeser missing from the line-up through commitments abroad or to the Old Mutual Joberg2c, […]
Red hot racing for Absa African & Dimension Data masters jerseys
Two fierce “races within the race” are adding extra intrigue to the 2015 Absa Cape Epic. The first is the battle for the red Absa African special jersey, which has been worn by three teams and changed hands at the finish of each of the past three stages. The other is the race for the […]
Sauser & Kulhavy on brink of victory
Heat, dust, headwinds and a mechanical hiccup could not prevent Swiss Christoph Sauser and Czech Jaroslav Kulhavy from winning Stage 5 of the Absa Cape Epic from Worcester to Wellington on Friday – their fourth stage win of the 2015 race. Jaroslav Kulhavy and Christoph Sauser of Investec-Songo-Specialized celebrate winning 121km stage 5 and their […]
New faces in Red Jersey
The red Absa African special jerseys changed shoulders for the first time in the 2015 Absa Cape Epic on Wednesday when Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock (RED-E Blend) put in their second compelling performance in two days. Philip Buys of Scott Factory Racing chases during stage 3 of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic. // Photo […]
Red hot racing for Absa African special jersey
Little more than two minutes separate the top three South African teams after Tuesday’s windswept Stage 2 of the Absa Cape Epic. Waylon Woolcock and Darren Lill of RED-E Blend. // Photo by Nick Muzik/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS. RED-E Blend’s Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock, managed to put a poor Stage 1 behind them and were first […]
Reid & Kleinhans win Tankwa Trek
Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock (Red-E Blend) won the final stage of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race on Sunday, but the day’s runners-up, Erik Kleinhans and James Reid (RECM), secured the overall title after three days of fiercely competitive racing in the Kouebokkeveld region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. Red-E Blend’s […]
Unyielding persistence pays off for Lill with deserved MTB Rooiberg win
Persistance paid off for Darren Lill (Cannondale Blend) this weekend when he pulled off the win at the 5th round of the MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan at Rooiberg in the Limpopo Province South Africa. Tipped by many to be a real African bush mountain bike riding experience over delivered with abundant close […]