3 Medals for South Africa at Masters World Champs
The 2015 UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships took place at Pal ski station, Vallnord (Andorra) from the 23-27 August. Seven downhill riders from South Africa descended upon the 2,5km track and arrived at the bottom of the track with three medals to take home. Joanne Hicks (left) finished in third place and Kathryn Fourie […]
Golden time for SA Masters at World Champs
With the dust barely having settled many will reflect on the 2013 UCI MTB Masters world Championships fondly as it was a dominant showing by the South African riders at the event held at the Cascades MTB Park over the past five days where local stars bagged no fewer than 26 of the 63 medals […]
The Azzuri dominate final day at Masters World Champs
The final day of competition at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg saw the Italians claim two of the three gold medals on offer as Fabio Zampese produced the ride of the competition to oust Jan Withaar in the ultimate race of the week-long event. Italy’s Fabio Zampese negotiates […]
All downhill for South Africa at MTB World Champs
The downhill mountain biking gods were smiling on the South African athletes at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg as the local stars claimed four of the eight titles up for grabs across both the men’s and women’s categories on Saturday afternoon. Course designer Nigel Hicks powered to a […]
Europeans turn up the heat in men’s Masters cross country
The Netherlands and Sweden scooped new world champions in the morning session of the second days racing at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships, before local riders bounced back to take four of the eight titles up for grabs in the downhill discipline. Tommy Olsson of Sweden was unchallenged throughout his victory performance in the […]
Masters cross country riders set the bar for World Champs
The opening day of competition at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg was one of great success for the local cross country riders as no less than twelve of the twenty-four medals available throughout the day went to South Africans. Linus van Onselen (men 60-64), Gjertrud Bø (women 50-59), […]
Gold rush for SA Cross Country men at Masters
After the local women dominated proceedings earlier in the day it was the turn of the oldest three categories of the men’s cross country competition to take to the Cascades MTB Park course in Pietermaritzburg on the opening day of competition of the UCI MTB Masters World Championships and it was another successful showing by […]
SA women strike gold at Masters World Champs
It was a strong start for the South African women riders at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships on Friday morning as they claimed three of the five World Championship jerseys and eight of the fifteen medals that were on offer in favourable riding conditions at the Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg. Proudly South African! […]
Ready and raring to go at Masters World Champs
After two days of training and coming to terms with the tougher sections of the UCI MTB Masters World Championships course at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, it is time for the competition to start and the event’s 581 competitors from 30 different countries to use all the knowledge they have gained over last two […]
Masters World Champs cross country course receives late safety tweak
After a day of high drama on Wednesday’s opening day of the 2013 UCI MTB Masters World Championships, local event organisers together with the International Cycling Union (UCI) have decided to exclude a short, tricky section of the masters cross country course due to safety concerns. South African national champion Chris Brand eases his way […]
Thrills and spills on day one of Masters MTB World Champs
The first official practice day of the UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships in Pietermaritzburg saw hundreds of cross country and downhill riders take to the Cascades MTB Park courses for the first time with varying results. Ready for action! Masters riders enjoying the camaraderie of the first training day of the UCI MTB Masters […]
Globe’s best descend on PMB for Masters
After months of eager anticipation, the serious racing gets under way this week with the UCI MTB Masters World Championships, which for the first time ever is being hosted in conjunction with the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships that gets under way next week. Hungarian national, now residing in South Africa, Eszter Erdelyi (Bergamont-SA) […]