Course Preview: 2016 Downhill World Championships – Val di Sole
Don’t miss the World Championship DH course preview featuring Claudio Caluori, Steve Peat and Rob Warner!
Team SA prepare for DHI World Championships
The 2016 UCI MTB World Downhill Championships is upon us, and takes place this year in Val di Sole, Italy from 6-11 September. The South African team prepares for a great week of bike building, preparation and practice ahead of the main competition events on Saturday and Sunday. South African National Elite Men’s Downhill Champion, […]
Course Preview: Claudio and Loïc ride Vallnord on a tandem
Climb on board with Claudio Caluori and Loïc Bruni for a special GoPro course preview celebrating the season-ender of the 2016 UCI MTB World Cup. Join the duo as they attempt the technical course on a tandem downhill bike, though they quickly realise the dangers and revert back to their trusty steeds. Albeit not too […]
Video: Course Preview – Mont-Sainte-Anne
Claudio takes on the Mont-Sainte-Anne track following the quick Canadian Mark Wallace. The legendary Mont-Sainte-Anne course has been on the World Cup circuit since 1991, longer even than Claudio’s co-rider Mark Wallace has been on the planet! It’s one of the longest, roughest tracks of the series, and also one of Claudio’s favourites, having made […]
David Trummer and Carina Cappellari win in Les2Alpes
The fifth round of the iXS European Downhill Cup 2016 is in the books and the stage has been set for the final round in Leogang. This weekend David Trummer and Carina Cappellari clearly dominated the field of 200 riders from 27 different nations. This season the iXS European series made its way to Les […]
Rider Photos: SA DH Champs 2016
This past weekend saw SA Downhill Champs taking place in Pietermaritzburg. In between the practice and race runs we caught a few of the riders and their rigs up on the mountain. And in case you missed it Stefan Garlicki was fastest down the mountain in the Mens and Sabine Thies claimed the Womens title. […]
Garlicki and Thies secure national DHI titles
Capetonian Stefan Garlicki (Investec) and Martitzburger Sabine Thies (Greg Minnaar Cycles/Pizzology/Foxhead South Africa) descended the mountain slopes of Cascades MTB Park in the quickest overall times in the Men and Women’s categories to claim the National Titles at the STIHL 2016 South African National Mountain bike Downhill Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 17 July. For […]
Course Preview: SA MTB Champs Downhill
A brand new downhill track has been built at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg for the 2016 South African National Mountain Bike Championships this weekend. Watch local downhill shredders Jonathan and Christopher Philogene from the 2Bro’s Downhill Racing Team show us down the track. The downhill race takes place on Sunday 17 July at Cascades […]
Team Announcement for DHI World Champs – Val di Sole (ITA)
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 2016 UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Championships at Val di Sole – Trentino, Italy, from 6-11 September. The following riders have been selected according to the 2016 CSA-MTB Selection Criteria: Elite […]
SA Downhill Champion returning to defend title
Current Downhill Champion, Stefan Garlicki is returning home from Europe to race on one of his favourite tracks and defend his 2015 title at the 2016 South African National Mountain bike Championships, which take place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 16-17 July. “I’m looking forward to next weekend, and I’m really looking forward […]
Course Preview: Claudio and Peaty take us down Lenzerheide
Steve Peat joins Claudio for a verbal joust down the picture-perfect Swiss downhill track. It’s home turf for Claudio Caluori this UCI MTB World Cup round with a second-ever visit to Lenzerheide in Switzerland. Claudio was involved closely in getting the Lenzerheide downhill track prepped for its World Cup debut in 2015, alongside regular design […]
Johannes Fischbach and Jana Bartova win in Spicak
Johannes Fischbach and Jana Bartova are the winners of the fourth round of the iXS European Downhill Cup. More than 300 riders from 26 nations started in Spicak’s race this weekend and made it another highlight of the season. Course Preview by Johann Potgieter and Stefan Garlicki Spicak already hosted iXS EDC races several times […]