Bike Check: Alan Hatherly’s Olympic Giant Anthem
Alan Hatherly will be representing South Africa in the Rio Olympic XCO on Sunday (17:30 SA time) aboard his Giant Anthem X. Alan races professionally for Kargo Pro Cycling Team with Giant South Africa as the team’s bike sponsor. Photo credit: Tyron Mackenzie | www.tcmphotography.co.za To celebrate Alan’s achievement, his Anthem X underwent some special […]
Eston MTB key part of Hatherly’s Road to Rio
Under-23 mountain biking sensation Alan Hatherly has confirmed he will include the popular 60km Illovo Eston Marathon – the feature race of Sunday 7 August’s Illovo Eston MTB Challenge – in his final preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Olympic debutant was recently named as one of the two […]
Team Kargo delivers Olympic athlete
Peschl Sports and the Kargo Pro Cycling Team is proud to announce that Alan Hatherly has been selected by SASCOC as one of 137 athletes to represent South Africa at the 2016 Olympic Games to be held from 5-21 August in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Alan Hatherly of Kargo Pro MTB Team. Credit: Tyron Mackenzie. […]
Grant Usher joins Kargo Pro Cycling Team
The Kargo Pro Cycling Team is proud to announce that Grant Usher is the latest addition to its rider line-up. Grant joins the team as a marathon, stage-race and ultra-endurance specialist and will focus on events such as the Cape Pioneer Trek and Absa Cape Epic, as well as shorter one-day races. He has acquired […]
Kargo Pro MTB Team announce team and bike sponsor for 2016
The Kargo Pro MTB Team, together with their long-standing title sponsor, Kargo, are proud to announce their new bike sponsor and riders for 2016. Team Founder and Principal, Shaun Peschl says “We would like to thank Greg Blackwell and Leigh Oliveira of Kargo for their continued investment in the team. Without their support and belief […]
Kargo signs with High5 Sports Nutrition
The Kargo Pro MTB Team is excited to announce that they have signed High5 Sports Nutrition as their new nutrition sponsor. High5 currently sponsors Team MTN Qhubeka (soon to be Team Dimension Data) and will also be the official nutrition supplier for IRONMAN SA from 2016—2018. “We have built a strong team for 2016 and […]
Video: Cape Epic VIP tour with Emil Lindgren
After Emil Lindgren broke his elbow in Stage 1 of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic, Brendon Davids rode as an Outcast. Emil was invited on a VIP tour with the Epic organisation. We went along for the journey
Video: Kargo Pro MTB take 4th in the Cape Epic Prologue
Kicking off the 2015 Absa Cape Epic on the slopes of Table Mountain the boys from Kargo Pro MTB team (Emil Lindgren and Brendon Davids) rode to a solid fourth place. Get a little taste of their prologue experience below. Follow team Kargo Pro MTB – Momsen during the 2015 edition. Twitter – @kargopromtb Look […]
Video: Lindgren and Davids all set for the Cape Epic Prologue
With just one day to go before the start of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic, Momsen riders Emil Lindgren and Brendon Davids take care of that last bit of admin. Follow team Kargo Pro MTB – Momsen during the 2015 edition. Twitter – @kargopromtb Look out for the daily video updates here as they take […]
Hatherly prepared for PE’s National XCO Cup race
The first event of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB XCO Series will take place in Port Elizabeth on Saturday 28 February 2015. The course location is at William Moffet Retail Park – the same venue that held the XCO Provincial ECC Series #1 just one week ago. Kargo Pro MTB Team Rider Alan Hatherly, shares […]
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 […]