Schurter quietly confident ahead of World Title defence
SCOTT Swisspower rider Nino Schurter is quietly confident ahead of his Elite men’s Olympic Cross-country (XCO) title defence at the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Nino Schurter poses in front of a massive poster of him at Jowett’s Cycles, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Schurter will attempt to successfully defend his Elite […]
Italy kicks off World Champs with gold in Cross Country Team Relay
The four-member Italian team powered to a dramatic and hard-fought victory in the opening world championship event of the 2013 UCI MTB & Trials World Championships which take place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg despite a last gasp effort from France to steal the limelight. Gerhard Kerschbaumer celebrates on the finish line after winning […]
Cascades Trials course makes long awaited debut
The time finally arrived for the Cascades MTB Park’s Trials course to invite its first riders on Wednesday as the juniors and the men’s 20” took on the challenging course as they went through qualifying phases ahead of their respective semi-finals that will take place on Friday afternoon and evening. Slovakian representative Martin Behro makes […]
Elites get to grips with Cascades MTB Park ahead of World Champs
The first day of training for the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships got underway on Tuesday and the riders were greeted with sweltering conditions as they took to the Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg for the first time. South Africa’s under 23 men’s cross country star Luke Roberts hopes his local course knowledge will […]
Stage set for elite MTB & Trials Worlds
After months of anticipation and preparation, organisers, participants, officials and spectators alike are counting down the hours to the start of the action of the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships on Tuesday 27 August. South Africa Greg Minnaar will look to build on his 2012 victory when he races on home soil at the […]
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! […]