Atherton and Pierron tame rainy track for Fort William victories
Reigning UCI Mountain Bike World Cup downhill champions Rachel Atherton and Amaury Pierron put down their marker for a 2019 repeat with victory at a weather-hit Fort William. Briton Tahnée Seagrave and world champion Loic Bruni triumphed in the 2019 season opener at Maribor with Atherton and Pierron determined to hit back in Scotland. Rain […]
Race Report: Contermanskloof WP DH#3 and SA DH#3
The Contermanskloof track in Durbanville came alive with action on Sunday 19 May when it hosted the WP DH #3 and the SA DH #3 events simultaneously. The track was littered with spectators from the rock garden to the finish. The course was really dusty and really loose with a very strong head-wind. The dusty […]
Race Report: 2019 South African Downhill Championships
2019 saw South African Downhill racing return to Afriski Mountain Resort for the South African National Downhill Championships over the weekend of the 4th and 5th May. Situated in the heart of the Drakensberg-Maluti Mountains, the venue is one of only two lift-assisted downhill venues in Southern Africa, and at 3222m above sea level poses […]
Race Report: Zevenwacht and Gravity Downhill
Well, the ‘Zevenwacht and Gravity Downhill – The Perfect Combination’ race was exactly that. Great space, delicious food and wine, perfection planning, autumn sunshine (with a good bit of the old Cape Doctor wind), dust and of course, plenty of amped riders on bikes…..and what an exciting finish the riders provided at our second event […]
2019 SA Downhill Champs moves to Lesotho
Cycling South Africa informs the Downhill MTB community of changes to the current National Cup and National Championships calendar for 2019. Due to unforeseen technical circumstances, the SA DOWNHILL National Championships has been moved from the Western Cape to Afriski, Lesotho, from 4-5 May 2019. Photo credit: Andrew McFadden Due to unforeseen technical circumstances, the […]
Race Report: WP DH Series #1 Paarl – 24 February 2019
Welcome to all new downhill riders. It is great to have you in the WP DH family. A big welcome back to all the ‘old”, faithful supporters. Master men Chris Nixon PHOTO Djon Nell Congratulations to Theo Erlangsen (EM :44.334) on winning the first Western Province race of the year at Paarl on Sunday 24 […]
WATCH: Lenzerheide World Champs DH track preview
Johann Potgieter takes us down the Lenzerheide 2018 UCI MTB World Championships track.
Highlights: UCI MTB World Cup La Bresse
The final stop on the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup calendar was in La Bresse, France this weekend. With Champions being crowned in the final race of the season, and thrown in some very wet weather, there was dramatic racing in both the Downhill and XCO races. Watch the highlights action below. Women XCO […]
World Cup Preview: Watch Pottie tackle the La Bresse track
South African downhill mountain bike racer Johann Potgieter is in La Bresse, France to compete in the final World Cup of the 2018 season. The track is short but it has variety with an interesting mix of tight natural turns and jumpy bike park obstacles. Watch Pottie take on the La Bresse course!
Pierron and Seagrave clinch classic wins on ‘toughest’ downhill track
France’s Amaury Pierron and Briton Tahnée Seagrave held their nerve on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup’s toughest downhill track to triumph on Saturday at Val di Sole in Italy. Amaury Pierron. Bartek Wolinski/Red Bull Content Pool. Pierron produced an extraordinary run to edge out Britain’s Laurie Greenland for his third 2018 win in a […]
WATCH: Pottie’s Val di Sole World Cup track preview
Four-time South African Downhill Champion Johann Potgieter takes you down the absolutely frightening 2018 Val di Sole track ahead of Saturday’s UCI World Cup race. Watch the video below.
Bike Check: Connor Fearon’s Kona Operator CR – 29 vs 27.5?
The Kona Factory Racing team have been riding the prototype Operator for some time. So it was no surprise when Australian rider Connor Fearon and the rest of the team appear with a brand new Operator for the 2018 downhill season. Our man on the ground caught up with Connor ahead of the Leogang World […]