Sanders and Pritzen claim SA MTB titles
Sam Sanders and Marc Pritzen claimed the women’s and men’s South Africa Marathon Mountain Bike Championships at the Sappi Karkloof Trail Festival on Sunday, but there was nothing similar in the way they won their respective national titles. The 41-year-old Sanders used her endurance to grind out a huge nine-minute victory over Bianca Haw and […]
Sun’s out funs out at Berg and Bush day three
After a few days of overcast conditions, the sun finally came out at the 2017 Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush Descent. It shone particularly brightly on the men’s and ladies overall race winners, who were in command from day one to day three. The men’s title was claimed by Phil Buys and Matthys Beukes (Pyga […]
Top trails on Berg and Bush Descent day two
Phil Buys and Matthys Beukes (Pyga Euro Steel) took a giant bunny hop towards claiming the 2017 Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush Descent title with a commanding ride on day two of the event. In the ladies race, Sam Sanders and Amy Beth McDougall (Valencia Ladies) consolidated their overnight lead with another stage win (2:28:07), […]
Muddy good fun at Berg and Bush Descent
Nico Bell and Gawie Combrinck (NAD Pro MTB) crossed the line first on a reconfigured day one of the Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush Descent, the three-day stage race taking place in KwaZulu-Natal’s central Drakensberg region. Photo credit: Em Gatland. The Mpumalanga pair finished in a time of 2:26:04. Second went to Andrew Hill and […]
Helter-skelter action on KAP sani2c stage one
The best elite mountain bike riders in South Africa set off from Himeville on Thursday morning for stage one of the 2017 KAP sani2c, a stage that was full of intensity and surprises as PYGA Euro Steel’s Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys took the overall win while the underdog-duo of Valencia Lady’s Sam Sanders and […]