It’s never too late for a World Champs
Having the UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is an opportunity of a lifetime for many of the local cycling fraternity and was something that the two oldest competitors, Michael Smith and Frances Marsburg, were not prepared to miss. 59 year old Kloof local Frances Marsburg is the […]
Cound looks to future son in law Chris Froome for Masters World Champs inspiration
The current UWCT women’s 50-55 year old Road cycling World Champion Pauline Cound will be looking to her future son-in-law and Tour de France champion Chris Froome for inspiration as she squares up to the huge challenge ahead of her at the UCI Masters Mountain Bike World Championships that get under way at the Cascades […]
Collins leads one-man Zimbabwean challenge at Masters
With 30 nations and 581 riders entered for the UCI Masters Mountain Bike World Championships, South Africa’s northerly neighbour Zimbabwe will be represented by veteran endurance athlete Paul Collins in the 55 to 59-year-old Cross country when the event kicks off at the Cascades MTB Park fromAugust 21 – August 25. Zimbabwean Paul Collins has […]
Huge blow for Masters World Champs contenders
Pietermaritzburg – The South African challenge for world titles at the UCI Masters World Championships suffered a major setback with the withdrawal of rainbow jersey hopefuls Con Malherbe and Chris Brand following serious crashes during training on the Cascades MTB Park course. South African Coffeeberry/Momsen rider Con Malherbe will not be able to challenge for […]
Masters MTB National Champs crowned
26 July 2013 – South African Masters’ mountain bike racers took to the cross-country and downhill tracks at the Hayterdale Trails near Addo for the 2013 Cycling SA-MTB National Championships, powered by Frontier Events, 20-21 July 2013. Paul Cordes was crowned National Cross-country Champion in the Sub Vet Men 35-39 category.Photo credit: Tonie Griffin All […]
Masters MTB World Champs entry deadline approaches
Local mountain bike enthusiasts have just a week left to enter the UCI Masters MTB World Championships, to be held at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 21 top 25 August, the first time that the masters event has been held alongside the elite world championships. As the deadline for entries at midnight on 31 […]
Masters World Champs entries close 1 August
The greatest mountain biking spectacle for masters and elite cyclists will be taking place in Pietermaritzburg in less than a month, and entries for the 2013 UCI MTB Masters World Championships close on Thursday 1 August. The world’s best cross-country (XCO) and downhill (DHI) specialists in age categories from 30-years-old and above will have the […]
MTB Masters World Champs a return to roots for downhiller Kelsey
South African masters downhiller Myles Kelsey is hoping to gun for the men’s 40-44 downhill world title when he returns to his Pietermaritzburg cycling roots at the Cascades MTB Park during the UCI MTB Masters World Championships from 21-25 August. SA’s Myles Kelsey is eyeing out the rainbow striped jersey of the men’s 40-44 downhill […]
MTB Masters World Champs Cross Country course receives significant remodelling
Pietermaritzburg – The cross country course for the UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg has been given a dramatic facelift after the route was recently made shorter, steeper and more technical. Nick Floros, cross country course designer and manager on the newly altered UCI MTB Masters World Championships course. The […]
Bergstrom overcomes injury ahead of MTB Masters World Champs debut
South African masters cross country mountain biking pocket rocket Natalie Bergstrom (Coffeeberry/Momsen) has overcome her recent knee injury in time to give the final two months of her preparations for the 2013 UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 21-25 August a full go. “I’m trying to prepare for the […]
Masters Track Cycling Team Selected for World Champs (GBR)
Cycling South Africa’s Track Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to participate at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships in Manchester, England from 6 to 12 October 2013. MEN: 35-39: Morne van Greuning – Sprint; TT Peter Wheeler – Points JP van Tonder – Scratch Mark […]