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Marathon World Champs
Robyn de Groot Takes Bronze at Marathon World Champs
Team dormakaba cyclist Robyn de Groot placed third in the elite women’s race at the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships held in Grächen, Switzerland last Sunday, this being her best ever finish at World Championships and the first medal for South Africa at the championships. She finished just two minutes 40 seconds behind winner […]
Team announcement for MTB Marathon World Champs
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 2017 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Singen, Germany, from 24-25 June. The riders have been selected in line with the 2017 CSA-MTB Selection Criteria. Elite Men:Nico BellMax KnoxPhilip BuysSithembiso […]
Marathon World Champs incentives for SA riders
Cycling South Africa’s Mountain Bike Commission has offered a great incentive to all South African mountain bikers who are competing in the 2015 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Selva Val Gardena in the Dolomites, Italy, on 27 June. The Marathon discipline allows for riders who did not qualify through the selection process, to […]
National title adds to Reid’s Marathon Worlds confusion
Freshly re-crowned national marathon champion, James Reid is faced with a tough conundrum of decisions ahead of the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships which take place in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 29 June. Trek South Africa’s James Reid’s victory in the recent SA National MTB Marathon Champs has left him deliberating as to whether […]
Britain’s Bigham desperate to add rainbow stripes to her sleeve
British national marathon champ Sally Bigham believes she is on the perfect training and preparation track ahead of this year’s UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Pietermaritzburg and is eager to get her hands on her maiden rainbow striped jersey and world champion title this June. Sally Bigham of Great Britain will arrive in […]
South Africans settling in for marathon world champs in Austria
Eight South African endurance mountain bike riders will line up at the start of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Champs in the scenic ski village of Kirchberg in Tyrol, Austria on Saturday 29 June. Image source: Wikimedia Commons The elite men, represented by Max Knox, Nico Bell, Charles Keey, Lourens Luus, Darren Lill […]
2013 Mountain Bike Marathon World Champs SA Team Announced
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 2013 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, taking place in Kirchberg, Austria on 29 June. The following riders have been selected according to the 2013 Cycling SA-MTB Selection Criteria: Elite Men: […]