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Dutoit Tankwa Trek
Dutoit Tankwa Trek shifts up a few gears for 2017
The DUTOIT Tankwa Trek international mountain bike stage race is expected to carry International Cycling Union (UCI) grading status in 2017 as the organisers continue to grow the stature of the event, which has fast become a calendar favourite for many of the world’s leading marathon and stage racers. Organisers, Dryland Event Management, have sent […]
Bulls charge to stage and overall Tankwa Trek victory
Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Urs Huber closed out the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek three-day international mountain bike stage race in South Africa on Sunday with a storming performance against a strong field, winning the final stage and extending their overall victory margin in the process. Men’s team winners, Karl Platt and Urs Huber (in yellow […]
Sauser, Gaze win drama-filled Tankwa Trek queen stage
Swiss mountain bike racing legend, Christoph Sauser and his Investec-Songo-Specialized New Zealand teammate, Sam Gaze, won a drama-filled Stage 2 of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek in South Africa on Saturday. Germany’s Karl Platt (left) and Switzerland’s Urs Huber of Team Bulls 1 finished second on the stage but retained their overall lead on Stage 2 […]
Bulls stampede on Tankwa Trek opening stage
Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Urs Huber showed their impressive form one month ahead of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic when they charged to the stage win and overall lead on Day 1 of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek, a three-day mountain bike stage race in South Africa’s Western Cape province on Friday. Switzerland’s Urs Huber […]
Huber, Platt eye team title at Tankwa Trek
In 2014, the last time Switzerland’s Urs Huber and Germany’s Karl Platt tackled the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek three-day mountain bike stage race, they finished first and second respectively, having raced in the Solo category. But this Friday the two Team Bulls racers will begin the 2016 Tankwa Trek as a two-man team, intent on testing […]
Significant prize money boost for DUTOIT Tankwa Trek
The DUTOIT Tankwa Trek, one of South Africa’s premier three-day mountain bike stage races, will be offering a significantly increased prize purse for the 2016 edition, which takes place from 12-14 February 2016. The total prize purse for the 2015 edition was R32 500, but now stands at a significantly increased total of R226 600 […]
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 […]
Sahm king of the Tankwa Trek queen stage
Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) won the second stage of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek over 89km and 2240m of vertical ascending in the Ceres Valley in 3 hours, 51 minutes and 14 seconds. Photo credit: www.oakpics.com. Erik Kleinhans and James Reid (RECM) once again won the team competition in 3:53.34 increasing their overall lead over Waylon […]
Victory for Kleinhans and Reid on first day of Tankwa Trek
Erik Kleinhans along with his teammate James Reid (RECM) dominated proceedings on day one of the third DUTOIT Tankwa Trek. Kleinhans and Reid won the stage over 83km and 1850m of vertical ascend in the Witzenberg Valley in 3 hours, 20 minutes and 21 seconds. The fast paced start by Kleinhans caught all the other […]
Loaded field set for battle at Dutoit Tankwa Trek
Anyone serious about success at the 2015 ABSA Cape Epic should be competing in a stage race in February. It’s a key part of preparation for the prestigious international eight-day race. There are a number of three-day stage races in February on the South African calendar to choose from. The majority of the Cape Epic […]
DUTOIT Tankwa Trek loaded with a strong international lineup
The first 2014 ABSA Cape Epic podium battle warning shots will be fired this week as a strong international field lines up to tackle the second edition of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race in the Cedarberg region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. Image credit: www.oakpics.com Riders from 10 countries will use […]