Sauser and Platt set to revive fierce rivalry at Attakwas
After a short hiatus, two of global mountain biking’s most successful competitors will revive their rivalry at the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge in South Africa on Saturday. Germany’s Karl Platt (Team Bulls) and Switzerland’s Christoph Sauser (Investec-Songo-Specialized) top the high-profile start list for South Africa’s premier one-day race, which covers a distance of 121km […]
Bikes of the Epic: Karl Platt’s BULLS Wild Edge Team 29
If you followed our 2016 Bikes of the Epic series in March, you might have noticed that there was one glaring omission, the bike that won the race. It may be many months later but we’ve finally tracked down Karl Platt‘s 2016 Absa Cape Epic winning BULLS Wild Edge Team 29 bike. Karl Platt rode […]
Karl Platt claims fifth Absa Cape Epic crown
Twelve years after claiming his first Absa Cape Epic title Karl Platt today became only the second person to win the event five times when he and Urs Huber (Team Bulls) calmly sealed a dominant victory. Henrique Avancini of Brazil (Cannondale Factory Racing) and Manuel Fumic of Germany (Cannondale Factory Racing) about to cross the […]
Local knowledge sees Team Bulls home on Stage 3
Coming into the 2016 Absa Cape Epic, Karl Platt and Urs Huber (Team Bulls) had already enjoyed a string of excellent results on South African soil. Karl Platt and Urs Huber of Team Bulls 1 during stage 3 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held from Saronsberg Wine Estate in Tulbagh […]
Birthday boy Karl Platt celebrates with a stage win
The Team Bulls pair of Karl Platt and Urs Huber, along with Cape Epic first-timers Periklis Ilias and Tiago Ferreira (Dolomiti Superbike), went out hard from the start, with the small bunch of four leading practically from start to finish on the 108km Tulbagh to Tulbagh Stage 1. The tactic paid off for Platt and […]
Team Bulls breeze to victory at the windy Absa Cape Epic Prologue
Wind was the word of the day at the 2016 Absa Cape Epic Prologue on Meerendal Wine Estate, which turned out to be rather fitting as eventual stage winner Karl Platt likes to talk about there being only one gas, “and that’s full gas”. With a smooth ride from start to finish, Platt and Team […]
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 […]
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 […]
Platt eyes Absa Cape Epic win number five
German Karl Platt’s name is synonymous with the Absa Cape Epic: he has taken part in all 12 events since it was launched in 2004 and only missed out on finishing once – in 2014 when he was injured in a crash. More significantly he has won the event four times, second only to the […]
Change of guard at Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge
There was a changing of the guard at the 10th edition of the Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge in South Africa’s Western Cape province on Saturday. The German Team Bulls pair of Karl Platt and Tim Bohme decimated the field to claim a tie victory in the men’s race, while South African marathon champion, […]
International stars boost Attakwas Extreme Challenge field
The 10th Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge kicks off the South African mountain bike racing year on Saturday and it has once again attracted a strong field of contenders for the overall men and women’s titles. Switzerland’s five-time winner and multiple Cape Epic champion, Ariane Kleinhans (Team Spur), heads up possibly the strongest ever […]