Nico Bell and Gawie Combrinck impress at Mpumalanga Tour
The Mpumalanga Tour, the only 6 six day road cycle challenge in South Africa took place from 18 to 23 January 2016,. The 6 stages cover a total distance of 752 km from Loskopdam to Badplaas, Mbombela, Graskop and Blyde River Canyon and featured all top South African Roady Cycling teams. Cyclists faced a total […]
Nico Bell and Gawie Combrinck team up to form New Africa Developments (NAD) Pro MTB team
2016 will see Bell (2013-2014 Nissan Series Champion) and Combrinck (2015 South African Marathon Champion) focus on Marathon racing with their main goal being to win the 2016 Absa Cape Epic African Leaders Jersey title. New Africa Developments’ owner, Japie Van Niekerk’s, passion for cycling and friendship with the Bells Cycling store sparked an interest […]
De Groot, Bell claim TrailSeeker series titles on a high note
In years gone by the Nissan TrailSeeker Mountain Bike Series has established itself as a breeding ground for new talent through races that aren’t too far from major centres and not too difficult for newcomers. Road cycling professionals have used the popular series successfully to transition into mountain biking. This past weekend, the finale of […]
Nico Bell & Cherise Stander win Nissan Trailseeker Series Opener
Mpumalanga’s Nico Bell and Western Cape’s Cherise Stander travelled from their home provinces to give Gauteng mountain bikers a lesson when they won the men and women’s titles respectively at Round 1 of the 2015 Gauteng Nissan TrailSeeker Series at Buffelsdrift near Pretoria on Saturday. Bell, the 2014 National Marathon Series Champion who races for […]
Kleinhans & Bell return for Nedbank sani2c rematch
Double mixed title winner Erik Kleinhans and 2013 men’s race winner Nico Bell are looking forward to returning to the trails of the Nedbank sani2c come 14-16 May 2015 as they look to right the ‘wrongs’ of last year’s contest. Towards the back end of last year’s race’s second stage Kleinhans and Bell were just […]
Erik Kleinhans and Nico Bell tackle Epic with two goals in mind
A video clip (below) from the 2014 Absa Cape Epic shows Team RECM’s Erik Kleinhans and Nico Bell swooping down a hill, stopping alongside a stricken Frantisek Rabon and immediately setting about repairing a problem on the Specialized rider’s bike. Rabon was, of course, Christoph Sauser’s partner in 2014 and the South African pairing of […]
Bell surges to consecutive National Series title with Crater Cruise win
This weekend saw the final round of the MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan take place in the Freestate town of Parys, South Africa. In a superb show of class and determination Nico Bell (Team RECM) put in a sterling ride that not only saw him claim the win on the day but also […]
Nico Bell preparing to defend his title at sani2c
With the world marathon championships looming, Nico Bell is preparing for a ding-dong battle as he mounts his title defence at the Nedbank sani2c mountain bike race in KwaZulu-Natal from Thursday. Image credit: Jazz Kuschke Bell, riding in the colours of Team RECM, will saddle up with Cape Epic partner Erik Kleinhans for the 10th […]
Barberton XCM Ultra Marathon results
Nico Bell’s productive off-season is starting to yield big returns already with an impressive win at the Barberton XCM this past Saturday. Only the second race for Bell in Team RECM colours, he finished the 125km in 5:25’35”, with a lead of over 27 minutes on second and third place. Image credit: Jazz Kuschke Still […]
Bell and Knox set to battle for MTB Series title at MTN Hilton Dirt Fest
“Nico Bell has the ability to become the overall winner of the MTN mountain-bike ultra-series. He is one of South Africa’s most underrated mountain bikers.” Nico Bell claiming victory at MTN Rooiberg Photo: Zoon Cronje These prophetic words were spoken by Max Knox (EAI Solutions/Specialized) earlier this season. One cannot help but wonder if Knox […]
Nico Bell tops latest Kia Rankings
Nico Bell (Westvaal/Bell Cycles), who is currently the top rider on the KIA Mountain Bike rankings, has proven that consistency does pay off. Hardly a weekend has gone by without Bell achieving a top-ten finish in some race. A definite highlight for the rider from Nelspruit was when he won the MTN Rooiberg ultra-marathon. This […]
Olympic gold rower nearly causes upset at Nissan TrailSeeker opener
Nico Bell (Westvaal/Bell Cycles) continued his winning streak on Saturday (25 May) by winning the Nissan TrailSeeker’s Curro Hazeldean marathon in the east of Pretoria. This was the second consecutive weekend that Bell was victorious. Last weekend he and Max Knox won the Sani2C stage race. Bell’s winning time for the 70 km race was […]