National Champ aims to claim local downhill title
South African National DHI Champion, Tiaan Odendaal, will be looking to claim the provincial title at the 2015 KZN Provincial Enduro and Downhill Championships, sponsored by NMI-DSM, taking place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg on 6-7 June. South African National DHI Champion, Tiaan Odendaal, will be looking to claim the provincial title at the […]
Close finish for Odendaal and Potgieter at DHI #3
The third round of the 2015 Stihl MTB DHI Cup Series took place at Mankele MTB Park in Mpumalanga on Sunday 26th April. Three-time SA champ, Tiaan Odendaal took top honours in the Men’s Elite Category, followed by Johann Potgieter and Samuel Bull (third). Odendaal was thrilled with his round three success, narrowly beating Potgieter […]
Bull claims maiden national title to wrap up PMB MTB Festival
Sam Bull rocketed to his first ever Nationals downhill MTB cup victory and Danish stars Sebastian Fini and Simon Andreassen captured the 20km and 50km marathon titles respectively as the successful inaugural Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival at the Cascades MTB Park drew to an end on Sunday. For Fini, who finished fourth in a superb field […]
Three-time National Champion ready for 2015 Stihl SA DHI Cup #2
The second round of the 2015 SA Stihl MTB DHI Cup takes place at Cascades MTB Park, in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 5 April. With the right race attitude, and a phenomenal support base, the three-time National Champion and National Cup Series winner, Tiaan Odendaal, is all systems go for this event, and ready to do […]
Stefan Garlicki wins SA MTB Cup Series DHI #1
The first downhill event of the Stihl 2015 SA MTB Cup Series took place in Contermanskloof in the Western Cape on Sunday 22 February 2015. Over 60 riders were in attendance with some new names and some firm favourites all ready to open their 2015 campaign with maximum points towards the national series log. It […]
Tiaan Odendaal wins National Downhill Championship title at Thaba Trails, Gauteng
Pietermaritzburg’s Tiaan Odendaal (Green Team) took top honours when he posted the fastest time and claimed the 2014 South African Downhill National Championship Elite men’s title in a time of 1 minute 57.588 seconds at a dry and rocky Thaba Trails in Gauteng on Sunday, 20 July. Tiaan Odendaal (Green Team) claimed his third consecutive […]
Du Toit, Sanders and Odendaal tops at third XCO and DHI Nationals, MPU
Arno du Toit (Heart-Sports ASG), Samantha Sanders (Valencia) and Tiaan Odendaal (Green Team) walked away with top points in the Elite cross-country and downhill categories at the third round of the 2014 Southern African Mountain Bike Cup Series, which took place at Mankele Mountain Bike Park near Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, at the weekend. The small field […]
Reid, Strauss and Odendaal claim Elite MTB races in Lesotho
Afriski Ski and Mountain Resort in Lesotho hosted the second round of the 2014 Southern African Mountain Bike Cup Series, on 19 and 20 April. South African, and some international riders, competed for UCI category points in the cross-country and downhill disciplines, which were UCI category 1 for the Elite Men and Elite Women, and […]
Second consecutive Downhill Championship title for Odendaal
The 2013 Cycling SA-MTB National Championships, powered by Frontier Events culminated in the downhill event near Port Elizabeth on Sunday, 21 July. Defending Champion Tiaan Odendaal won his second consecutive title when he posted the quickest time on the 1.7km Hayterdale Trails course in 03:15.83. Odendaal, who raced in the junior category at last year’s […]