International Stars Victorious in songo.info’s MTO Champions Race
The festival of mountain biking which is the MTO Champions Race took place in Kayamandi, Stellenbosch, on Wednesday the 15th of March. The closely contested racing saw Xterra and ITC Cross-Tri World Champion Flora Duffy claim the win in the Elite Women’s race, while Swiss star Nicola Rohrbach won the Elite Men’s race. From left […]
Local & International Stars Line-Up for MTO Champions’ Race
songo.info and the MTO Forestry Group’s annual MTO Champions’ Race is but a week away, and 2017 edition looks to be attracting the best ever field. The race is set to take place in Kayamandi, the community within which the songo.info charity operates, on Wednesday the 15th of March 2017. Defending champion Simon Andreassen is […]
Charitable Ethos Underpins MTO Champions’ Race
The annual songo.info charity race, the MTO Champions’ Race, takes place on the 15th of March 2017 and will once again offer some of the best mountain bikers in the world a chance to stretch their legs ahead of the Absa Cape Epic. More importantly, though, the race will showcase the exceptional efforts of songo.info, […]
Songo.info youngsters pumped for Untamed African MTB Race
Christoph Sauser is a legend in mountain biking for his many achievements over the years, including five Absa Cape Epic wins. But in the dusty streets of the impoverished Stellenbosch township of Khayamandi he is revered for something entirely different: the time and effort he has taken to develop the songo.info academy with local community […]
From the streets to the trails of the Absa Cape Epic
Christoph Sauser is known around the world for his mountain biking feats. He has won just about anything worth winning, including five editions of the Absa Cape Epic. Photo Credit: Emma Hill But there is a corner of this country where he is revered for something very different. In 2008 Sauser established the songo.info charity […]
MTO Group support songo.info education initiatives
The MTO Group has become synonymous to mountain bikers with fantastic trails; from Jonkershoek to Tsitsikamma many of the Western Cape’s most beloved mountain bike routes weave their way through MTO plantations. For the Kayamandi based charity, songo.info, though the MTO Group provides far more than a mountain biker’s playground – by supporting the charity’s […]
Rainmaker Solutions Raise Over R700 000 for songo.info
Daily life for Rainmaker Solutions CEO, Jan Joubert in London is far removed from the dusty streets of Kaymandi, but that doesn’t prevent him from doing all he can to help raise much needed funds for songo.info. While spearheading a recent charity drive in the UK Jan managed to raise £33 000, which when converted […]
Madolo to take Epic legs to SA MTB Marathon Champs
Stellenbosch’s Sipho Madolo from the Songo.info programme will use the experience he gained from the world’s most gruelling eight-day mountain bike stage race when he tackles the third round of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series – which plays host to the 2016 South African Mountain Bike Marathon Championships in Clarens – from 16-17 April. […]
Bikes of the Epic: Christoph Sauser’s Specialized Epic S-Works
The Specialized Epic is quite likely the defacto bike of choice at the Absa Cape Epic. We’ve seen countless examples of Specialized’s cross-country racer this year, but this particular bike is quite special. Christoph Sauser’s Epic S-Works is decked out in a custom Investec Songo Specialized paint strip. Something about the Investec zebra black, white […]
Fifth MTO songo.info Champions Race
This year will see the fifth edition of the very popular and special MTO songo.info Champions Race in Kayamandi, Stellenbosch. Photo credit: Ewald Sadie. This spectator friendly race will take place on Wednesday 9 March. It is seen as an unofficial warm-up race for the Absa Cape Epic giving supporters a chance to see some […]
Cape Epic Bikes: Investec Songo.info Specialized
On Sunday morning, against the slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town South Africa, Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy start a prologue at 12:06 local time. They are racing against the clock onboard two custom painted S-Works Epic’s at the start of the Absa Cape Epic, an 8-day test of body, mind and equipment. Over […]
Aramex Songo.info Champions Race wrap up
The cream of world mountain biking raced through the dusty streets of a little-known Western Cape township this week. Former world champion and reigning Olympic gold medallist Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic) was there. So was four times Absa Cape Epic winner and himself a multiple world champion, Switzerland’s Christoph Sauser. And reigning Absa Cape Epic […]