Kleinhans, De Groot prepare for a monster
Other than their love for the sport of mountain biking, Erik Kleinhans (RECM) and Robyn De Groot (Ascendis Health) have another thing in common; on Saturday, 23 May 2015 they will both make their debut at one of South Africa’s most revered one day mountain bike races, the FNB Magalies Monster Mountain Bike (MTB) Classic […]
Dramatic conclusion to stage 2 of women’s race
The women’s race of the 92km Stage 2 of the Absa Cape Epic came to a dramatic conclusion late in the day at the Oak Valley Wine Estate race village. Ariane Kleinhans and Annika Langvad during stage 2. // Photo by Ewald Sadie/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS Although finishing the day in a blistering time of 4:37.31.1, Team […]
RECM Specialized surge ahead
On a day when race conditions changed at the Absa Cape Epic – but the number one spot didn’t – it was business as usual for the dominant pair in the Sasol Women’s category. Team RECM’s Ariane Kleinhans and Annika Langvad survived a crash scare to charge home and into the orange leader’s jersey once […]
Strongest women’s field ever at 2015 Absa Cape Epic
Perhaps the most dramatic increase in quality across all the Absa Cape Epic categories this year has come in the women’s event. This year it will include the most decorated mountain biker on the planet, multiple world champion and Olympic gold medallist Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå of Norway. The decision to give women equal prize money […]
Reid & Kleinhans win Tankwa Trek
Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock (Red-E Blend) won the final stage of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race on Sunday, but the day’s runners-up, Erik Kleinhans and James Reid (RECM), secured the overall title after three days of fiercely competitive racing in the Kouebokkeveld region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. Red-E Blend’s […]
Sahm king of the Tankwa Trek queen stage
Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) won the second stage of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek over 89km and 2240m of vertical ascending in the Ceres Valley in 3 hours, 51 minutes and 14 seconds. Photo credit: www.oakpics.com. Erik Kleinhans and James Reid (RECM) once again won the team competition in 3:53.34 increasing their overall lead over Waylon […]
Victory for Kleinhans and Reid on first day of Tankwa Trek
Erik Kleinhans along with his teammate James Reid (RECM) dominated proceedings on day one of the third DUTOIT Tankwa Trek. Kleinhans and Reid won the stage over 83km and 1850m of vertical ascend in the Witzenberg Valley in 3 hours, 20 minutes and 21 seconds. The fast paced start by Kleinhans caught all the other […]
Cape Epic: South Africa’s Podium Hope
The sharp improvement in the strength of the women’s field for the 2015 Absa Cape Epic will inevitably give rise to an intense battle for the podium positions. Can a South African woman get on to one of those steps when the race finishes at Meerendal on 22 March? The best bet might be an […]
De Groot, Williamson claim Wines2Whales title
South African marathon mountain bike champion, Robyn de Groot (Biogen Toyota) and Britain’s Catherine Williamson (Asrin Cycling), teamed up to secure one last title for the 2014 racing year when they won the women’s category at the FNB Wines2Whales three-day stage race at the weekend. Robyn de Groot (right) and Catherine Williamson are greeted at […]
De Groot wraps up Gauteng series with clean sweep of wins
South African marathon champion, Robyn de Groot (Biogen Toyota) wrapped up the 2014 Nissan Trailseeker mountain bike series with a fifth consecutive win in the five-event series in Irene at the weekend. The Johannesburg-based rider clocked a time of 02 hours 32 minutes 44 seconds for the 68km event, which took place in breezy, overcast […]
De Groot continues strong season with Karoo to Coast win
South African mountain bike marathon champion, Robyn de Groot (Biogen Toyota) continued with her impressive debut season as a full-time mountain bike racer when she won the iconic Pennypinchers Karoo-to-Coast race title in Knysna on Sunday. The 2014 Pennypinchers Karoo-to-Coast women’s podium (from left): Jennie Stenerhag (second), Robyn de Groot (first) and Cherise Stander (third). […]
De Groot and Stenerhag dominate PE-Plett
South African mountain bike marathon champion, Robyn de Groot and Sweden’s national marathon champion, Jennie Stenerhag, combined forces as team Biogen Toyota Cape Brewing Company and dominated the Isuzu Trucks PE-Plett stage race that ended on Tuesday. Biogen Toyota’s South African marathon champion, Robyn de Groot, during Stage 2 of the PE-Plett where she and […]