Max Knox banned for doping offence
TOP South African mountain biker Max Knox has been found guilty of a doping offense and banned for four years, the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) announced today. He was charged for suspicious variations in his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) that indicated doping. He could not satisfactorily explain to a panel of international […]
Barend Burger and Max Knox secure the win at the PPS Panorama Tour Time Trial
The Time Trial, the make or break stage of the PPS Panorama Tour, struck again shaking up the podium and ending the 13th PPS Panorama Tour with a bang. Barend Burger (centre front) racing calm and consistent leading the bunch on Stage 2 (Photo cred HH Photography & Design). Teams headed out on the morning […]
Knox powers to another Sappi Karkloof title
Riders took the focus on Sunday at the 2017 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival with the Sappi 60km Marathon being the highlight, as 2015 race winner Max Knox proved to be far too strong for the rest of the field with Natalie Bergstrom claiming the ladies honours at the Karkloof Country Club. Lowveld Trekkers’ Max […]
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 […]
Top riders announced for the Thirsti Extreme
The Thirsti Extreme is ‘new’ to the 2017 events calendar, and already seems to be creating quite a bit of excitement in mountain biking circles. The event has attracted the likes of Max Knox and Robyn de Groot, Team Ascendis Health add to the mix Erik Kleinhans, Gordon Gilbert, Jeannie & Martin Dreyer, Julian Jessop, […]
South African Knox on Absa Cape Epic podium as SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing extend lead
The Olympic and world mountain bike champion Nino Schurter (SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing) continued his march towards a first Absa Cape Epic title with another stage win at the 2017 event. Nino Schurter and Matthias Stirnemann of Scott SRAM MTB Racing during stage 6 of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race from Oak […]
Leading South African is riding to his Max
Max Knox, the leading South African rider at the Absa Cape Epic, is finding himself in an unusual space at this year’s race. He says his partner, powerhouse Columbian climber Hector Leonardo Paez Leon, ‘is much stronger than I am so I just try and hang on his wheel. It is all I can do. […]
Knox dominates first National MTB Series two-day format race
South African marathon champion, Max Knox (New Holland/This Way Out) secured a dominant victory over a strong field at the inaugural two-day format race of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series in Sabie at the weekend. The Elite Men in a tight group as they set into the fasters pace of the new two-day format […]
Knox, Beers hoping to make an impact with foreign partners at the Absa Cape Epic
No all-South African team has won the Absa Cape Epic overall, but riders from this country have enjoyed success across many categories when partnered with foreigners. Most notable among these was Burry Stander, who triumphed three times with Switzerland’s Christoph Sauser. Now two South Africans in the 2017 field have put their faith in foreigners: […]
Kansai Plascon pairs Knox with Paez in Cape Epic victory quest
Current South African champion, Max Knox, will team up with multiple Colombian champion, Héctor Leonardo Páez Leon as Team Kansai Plascon in an effort to try and win the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. It will be Knox’s ninth start in the world’s most prestigious mountain bike stage race, but a first for Paez, one of […]
Max Knox to race Rocky Mountain in 2017
South Africa’s leading marathon mountain bike racer, Max Knox, will race on Rocky Mountain bikes in 2017. The 29-year-old Knox won both the South African marathon championship and the Ashburton Investment National Marathon Series in 2016 and has set his sights on an expanded racing programme in 2017. South African champion, Max Knox, gets familiar […]
Knox, De Groot fired up for Ashburton Investements National MTB Series finale
South African marathon champions, Max Knox and Robyn de Groot are fired up ahead of Saturday’s seventh and final round of the 2016 Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series at Rooiberg in the Limpopo province. The elite men lining up on the start line at the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series Rooiberg in 2015. With […]