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 […]
Maritzburg Young Turks step up to the plate
The core of the South African downhill team for the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships that start on 26 August has three distinctive characteristics – youthfulness, a strong Pietermaritzburg flavour, and the guiding hand of world champion Greg Minnaar. World Champ Greg Minnaar (back) spends time with the six Pietermaritzburg friends preparing for the […]
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) […]
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 […]
School Children kick off Mountain Bike Show Case
Nearly 200 school kids had the opportunity to test their mountain bike skills on sections of the upcoming UCI Worlds MTB Champs courses when the 6th leg of the Spur KZN MTB Series, presented by Mongoose took to the world class Cascades forest tracks this last Saturday. Thomas More College rider Keegan Brand in action […]
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 […]
Thumbs up for MTB World Champs venue and infrastructure
With a week to go to the start of the UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships, which precedes the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships, organisers and visiting riders have given an unqualified thumbs up to the tracks and the infrastructure that has spring up at the Cascades MTB park course. Organisers of the UCI […]
MTB World Champs courses close for final subtle tweaks
With just over a week to go until the start of the UCI MTB Masters World Championships, which precede the highly anticipated UCI MTB & Trials World Championships, at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, cross country course designer Nick Floros and his downhill counterpart Nigel Hicks have asked for the full cooperation of both the […]
Hannah in fitness race against World Champs clock
It has been a rocky road to recovery for Australian downhiller Tracey Hannah who broke her collar bone during a practice run in the Alps just over a month before the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg. Last year she was celebrating in Pietermaritzburg after winning the Women’s downhill World Cup title, but […]
Olympian Candice Neethling excited to race on home turf
London Olympian and South African star Under 23 women’s cross country mountain biker Candice Neethling (BMC-SA) is enjoying a timely return to top form in the build-up to the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships which take place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 26 August – 1 September. Candice Neethling (BMC-SA) will look […]