Kleinhans, Reid claim stage one victory at FNB W2W MTB Race
The much anticipated FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Race started at a blistering pace on Friday, 06 November 2015. Kicking off at the picturesque Lourensford Wine Estate (Somerset West), Stage One saw 1300 mountain bikers (650 teams of two) toe the line to take on the 72km route that featured a 1620m ascent. Finishing […]
Sauser, Looser ready for Wines2Whales title defence
Swiss mountain biking stars Christoph Sauser and Konny Looser will team up one more time to defend their title at the 7th annual FNB Wines2Whales Mountain Bike (MTB) Race that will start at the picturesque Lourensford Wine Estate (Somerset West) on Friday, 06 November 2015. FNB W2W is a three day stage MTB Race. Starting […]
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 […]
Reid & Du Toit rule the Eston 2015 roost
In what turned out to be one of the most competitive fields in years the 2015 Illovo Eston MTB Challenge saw two new champions crowned as recent national cross country champions James Reid and Junior women’s champion Frankie du Toit proved too strong for their respective fields on Sunday. It was a great day for […]
Reid and Vale snatch up National XCO titles
It was a tale of two races at the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Championships presented by Subaru Cape Town/Novus Holdings with James Reid snatching victory in an end sprint whilst Cherie Vale put in a commanding performance to win the ladies cross country title on Saturday. Team RECM’s James Reid is the new cross country […]
Point’s log reveals 3-way tie before final MTB Cup
Competition is heating up in preparation for the final stage of the Stihl 2015 SA MTB Cup Series as the current points log in the Elite Men category after the first three rounds reveals a tie between Kargo Pro MTB Rider Alan Hatherly, Matthys Beukes (Scott Factory Racing Team powered by LCB), and Team RECM’s […]
Elusive hat-trick the target for Reid at SA Marathon Champs
Not many riders can boast three National MTB Championship titles before they reach the age of 23 but Team RECM’s James Reid could be privileged enough if he wins the 2015 Ashburton Investments National MTB Series Van Gaalen, which doubles up as the South African Mountain Bike Marathon Championships powered by Stihl on 6 June […]
Reid game to build on early season success at Mankele Cup race
The third round of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Cup Series takes place at Mankele MTB Park near Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 25-26 April. This is the first event of the season where the cross-country (XCO) and downhill (DHI) races will take place at the same venue on the same weekend and promises thrilling action and […]
SA team announcement for MTB African Champs (RWA)
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 2015 African Mountain Bike Continental Championships in Musanze, Rwanda, from 8-10 May. The following riders have been selected according to the 2015 CSA-MTB Selection Criteria. Cross-country (XCO) ELITE Philip Buys Matthys […]
Beukes and Strauss claim XCO spoils in round 2
The second round of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Cup XCO took place at Voortrekker Monument, Gauteng, on Saturday 28 March. With 50 Elite Men and 11 Elite Women competing, this event had one of the largest Elite fields in a long time. The winner of the Elite Men’s race was Matthys Beukes (Scott Factory […]
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 […]