Day of drama at Absa Cape Epic
In a day of drama, Christoph Sauser laid down a significant marker in his bid to become the first person to win the Absa Cape Epic five times. Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy of Investec-Songo-Specialized celebrate winning stage 1 of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held from Oak Valley Wine Estate […]
Video: Kargo Pro MTB’s Emil Lindgren crashes out of Absa Cape Epic
What started out as an ordinary race day for Kargo Pro MTB, ended in an unfortunate race finishing crash for Emil Lindgren. South African Brendon Davids has elected to soldier on his own as an Outcast, a professional rider who continues with the Absa Cape Epic but may not influence the racing results. Follow team […]
Interview: Emil Lindgren chats Cape Epic, SA XCO and the evolution of bikes
Swedish National Cross Country Champion and World Cup Cross Country contender, Emil Lindgren, joined Kargo Pro MTB in November. He recently arrived in South Africa for the first SA Cup XCO event and this coming Sunday (15 March 2015) kick of his fourth Cape Epic partnering with Brendon Davids. We caught up with Emil at […]
Kargo ‘underdogs’ eye Cape Epic prologue triumph
Viewed by many as 2015 ABSA Cape Epic ‘underdogs’, Kargo Pro MTB’s Swedish/ South African duo of Emil Lindgren and Brendon Davids are confident their recent good run of form in the local cross country scene will stand them in good stead to spring a few surprises at Sunday’s prologue in Cape Town. Lindgren and […]
Positive start to 2015 for Kargo Pro MTB
Kargo Pro MTB Team, South Africa’s first ever UCI Trade Team, got their 2015 season off to the ideal start when they clinched three of the top four positions at the opening leg of the STIHL South African Mountain Biking Series in Port Elizabeth, paving the way for the rest of their cross country-focused season. […]
Lindgren adds foreign flavour to SA XCO Cup Series opener
Swedish National Cross Country Mountain Bike Champion Emil Lindgren is in South Africa ahead of this weekend’s opening leg of the STIHL SA Cup Series in Port Elizabeth and the Kargo Pro MTB ace is relishing taking on some of the country’s top local talent. Swedish National Champ and Kargo Pro MTB ace Emil Lindgren […]
Kargo’s Lindgren relishes 7-week South African stint
Kargo Pro MTB is relishing the start of an exciting 2015 mountain biking season and the country’s only UCI Trade Team’s frantic start to the new year has been further bolstered by the confirmation that recent international signing, world number nine Emil Lindgren will join the outfit in sunny South Africa for a full seven […]
Swedish national champ joins South African MTB setup
South Africa’s first ever UCI trade team, Kargo Pro MTB have taken another major step towards achieving their goal of developing a world class outfit capable of competing with the globe’s best after welcoming world number nine cross country star Emil Lindgren to their team ahead of the 2015 season. The multiple Swedish national champion […]
Wines2Whales a Kargo farewell for Croeser
Rourke Croeser is determined to make his final effort in Kargo Pro MTB colours a victorious one when he and team mate Travis Walker tackle the 2014 FNB Wines2Whales mountain bike stage race in the Western Cape from 7-9 November. Rourke Croeser and Travis Walker’s participation in the FNB Wines2Whales will signal the end of […]
3 Towers good prep before Kargo’s Cape Pioneer Trek
With the international cross country mountain biking calendar having come to a close, Kargo Pro MTB have their eye firmly on a sound performance at the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek stage race which takes place in the Western Cape from Sunday 12 to Saturday 18 October. Rourke Croeser and Kargo Pro MTB teammate Travis Walker […]
Kargo set to realise South African MTB team’s World Cup dream
The local mountain bike community is excited to get a first ever glance of its very own “proudly South African”, UCI accredited outfit competing on an international stage when four riders of the Kargo Pro MTB team tackle the UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg, presented by Shimano, at Cascades MTB Park from 11-13 April 2014. […]
Kargo Pro MTB continue KZN dominance
Kargo Pro MTB team continued their great run of form in their home province KwaZulu-Natal this past weekend when their riders were the first three men across the finish line at second cross country (XCO) leg of the KZN Mountain Bike Provincial Series at Giba Gorge MTB Park, replicating their first leg efforts in Hammarsdale […]