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 […]
Downhill racer Bentley geared up for World Champs
21 year old Tim Bentley’s selection for the South African downhill team for the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships at the Cascades MTB Park starting on 26 August will give the young student a chance on home turf to follow in the footsteps of world champion and fellow Pietermaritzburger Greg Minnaar. 21 year […]
Philip Buys set to race for Burry Stander legacy at World Champs
Olympian Philip Buys is out to prove a point at the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships at the Cascades MTB Park starting on 26 August, and eager to ensure that his performance does justice to the late Burry Stander. Philip Buys will spearhead the South African men’s challenge at the UCI Mountain Bike […]
Exxaro’s Kubwana selected for SA MTB world champs team
To say that Rozalia Kubwana (Exxaro MTB Academy) is going places where no other black woman has gone before is no exaggeration. As the first South African black female cyclist ever to complete the Absa Cape Epic, she can certainly claim to be a pioneer. When it was announced that she was selected for the […]
Province backing of Bike City provides massive returns
With thousands of mountain bike enthusiasts expected to converge on the Cascades MTB Park in a month’s time, the province has completed detailed studies that show that cycling events have brought more than a billion Rands worth of value and economic spend to the region. With the province of KwaZulu-Natal having invested R24 million into […]
Junior MTB riders get a chance to shine ahead of World Champs
With the world’s best mountain bikers set to descend on Pietermaritzburg for the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in August, local school boys and girls have been given a chance to race at the Cascades MTB Park as part of the build-up to the big event. Going for gold. Sub-nippers Jenna Ross from Winteron […]
Meticulous planning for downhill world champ Minnaar
Defending mountainbike downhill world champion Greg Minnaar has started the 2013 international season that will ultimately lead to the world championships in his hometown, eager to test his new equipment, avoid pressure and gradually build to his title defence at the Cascades MTB Park in August. “We want to make sure where we are for […]
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 […]
2013 Mountain Bike XCO and DHI World Champs SA Team Announced
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 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, taking place in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa from 26 August to 1 September. With the World Champs taking place at home, in South Africa this year, […]
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 […]
High MTB World Champs hopes for Croeser
Leading South African Under 23 cross country mountain biker Rourke Croeser has set his sights on a stellar performance during the 2013 UCI MTB & Trials World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 26 August-1 September as he looks to make full use of his wealth of international racing experience as well as […]