2016 UCI Mountain Bike Race Calendar
The Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI’s) 2016 season of major mountain bike events will be marked by the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the UCI World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic (for Olympic cross-country – XCO) and Val di Sole, Italy (downhill and four-cross – DHI and 4X), as well as the return of Cairns (Australia) […]
Entries for the Stihl MTB Cup XCO and DHI #3 close at midnight
The third round of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Cup Series (XCO and DHI) takes place at Mankele Bike Park in Mpumalanga on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April. Online pre-entries for both events close at midnight tonight. Men’s Elite Rider, Tim Bentley, is looking forward to racing this weekend. “I think that I could […]
Thaba Trails in top condition for Mountain Bike National Champs, Gauteng
Gauteng’s Thaba Trails Mountain Bike Park is gearing up to welcome South Africa’s top cross-country (XCO) and downhill (DHI) competitors as it plays host to the 2014 Cycling SA-MTB National Championships, on 19 and 20 July. Image source: thabatrails.webs.com Situated in the south of Johannesburg at 101 Klip River Drive, Mulbarton, the 450 hectare nature […]
Sneaky tweaks could surprise downhillers in 2014
Cascades MTB Park’s downhill course designer Nigel Hicks might have sprung a few subtle surprises on the downhill competitors for the 2014 UCI MTB World Cup, presented by Shimano, after all the riders had the opportunity to have a look at the layout during their course walk on Tuesday afternoon and hometown rider Tim Bentley […]
Minnaar back on the beat after knee injury, Fourie takes women’s victory
Downhill World Champion Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) took his World Champs rainbow jersey to his local track and claimed victory in his first race since his knee operation late last year, posting a winning time of 3 minutes 17.631 seconds in the opening round of the Southern African MTB Cup Series in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, […]
Southern African MTB XCO and DHI Cup Series dates
The 2014 South African mountain bike racing scene had an early start when the Western Cape hosted the African Continental Championships for the cross-country (XCO) and downhill (DHI) disciplines in January. Looking ahead, the Southern African Mountain Bike Cup Series dates have been finalised for the 2014 season, presenting four series events, plus a once-off […]
Neethling nails Continental Champs downhill title in close encounter
Western Cape local Andrew Neethling, a professional racer for the international Giant Factory Racing Team, claimed the 2014 African Continental Championship downhill title at Contermanskloof on Sunday 26 January. Neethling’s victory was not entirely a walk-in-the-park as he secured the winning time of 2 minutes 6.94 seconds in a close encounter with just under 4 […]
Entries close next week for African XCO/DHI Continental Championships
The Western Cape plays host to the 2014 African Continental Cross-Country and Downhill Championships, taking place in Durbanville on 25 and 26 January 2014. The cross-country (XCO) will take place at the Slammer track at the Willowbridge Shopping Centre on Saturday 25 January, with the downhill (DHI) discipline on the slopes of Contermanskloof onSunday 26 […]
Smith takes the win and World Cup title at final DHI race of the year
The women’s and men’s titles were both down to one race, the last leg of the DHI World Cup in Leogang, Austria. It was a nail-biting sort of weekend as the DHI titles were being slug out. Rachel Atherton vs Emmeline Ragot; Stevie Smith vs Gee Atherton. The results are in, the winners named and […]
Preview of the final DHI World Cup and 4X World Champs in Leogang, Austria
This weekend is the last time the top gravity riders in the world will be able to show what they’re made of as Leogang, Austria hosts the 4X World Championships and final round of the DHI World Cup. Thomas Dietze DHI World Cup © Red Bull Media House It may come as no surprise that […]
Highlights from this weekend’s World Cup In Hafjell, Norway
What was initially thought to be a dry weekend quickly turned around as riders met slippery conditions and had to adjust their strategies to suit the wayward weather. The practices on the dry courses couldn’t prepare the riders from either XC or Downhill for what the actual race runs would be like. Image credit: live.redbull.com […]
The fairytale becomes reality for Minnaar in PMB
Greg Minnaar became only the third rider to win a men’s downhill World Championship title on home soil when the Pietermaritzburg local hero won an emotionally charged final in front of tens of thousands of fans at the Cascades MTB Park. South African hero Greg Minnaar hits the final jump on his way to claiming […]