Team BULLS Ready to Rock and Roll
Karl Platt may have broken his hip just a few months ago but he’s back to his best and is feeling confident ahead of this year’s Absa Cape Epic and what could be a record sixth win. Five-time winner of the Absa Cape Epic, Karl Platt, will yet again line up with Swiss partner Urs […]
Huber, Platt win three in a row to retain Tankwa Trek title
Switzerland’s Urs Huber and Germany’s Karl Platt completed a clean sweep of stage wins on Sunday to retain the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen mountain bike stage race title. The Team Bulls duo were in control for the entire three-day event and won the final 89km stage in a time of 03 hours […]
Dominant Huber, Platt extend Tankwa Trek lead
Urs Huber and Karl Platt turned the screws a little tighter on Saturday’s Queen Stage when they increased their grip on the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, winning the stage and extending their overall lead. Not to be outdone, Esther Süss and Jennie Stenerhag did the same in the women’s category. Urs Huber […]
Platt, Huber charge to early Tankwa Trek lead
Team Bulls riders, Karl Platt and Urs Huber, charged to a dominant victory on Stage 1 of the 2017 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen on Friday, getting their title defence of the world’s most prestigious three-day mountain bike race off to the perfect start. The first women home were Sweden’s Jennie Stenerhag and […]
Platt, Huber motivated to defend Tankwa Trek Title
Germany’s Karl Platt and his Swiss teammate, Urs Huber, are motivated to defend their title at next week’s Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, but will be up against stronger opposition than last year at the world’s most prestigious three-day mountain bike stage race. Last year’s winners, Karl Platt (left) and Urs Huber, are […]
Team Bulls ready to give it horns
Winning the 2016 Absa Cape Epic was the “biggest feeling” ever on mountain bike for Urs Huber, and now he and Team Bulls partner Karl Platt are determined to defend their title. Sam Clark. Cape Epic. Sportzpics. But if the pressure of going for a historic sixth Absa Cape Epic win is getting to Platt […]
Karl Platt claims fifth Absa Cape Epic crown
Twelve years after claiming his first Absa Cape Epic title Karl Platt today became only the second person to win the event five times when he and Urs Huber (Team Bulls) calmly sealed a dominant victory. Henrique Avancini of Brazil (Cannondale Factory Racing) and Manuel Fumic of Germany (Cannondale Factory Racing) about to cross the […]
Local knowledge sees Team Bulls home on Stage 3
Coming into the 2016 Absa Cape Epic, Karl Platt and Urs Huber (Team Bulls) had already enjoyed a string of excellent results on South African soil. Karl Platt and Urs Huber of Team Bulls 1 during stage 3 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held from Saronsberg Wine Estate in Tulbagh […]
Birthday boy Karl Platt celebrates with a stage win
The Team Bulls pair of Karl Platt and Urs Huber, along with Cape Epic first-timers Periklis Ilias and Tiago Ferreira (Dolomiti Superbike), went out hard from the start, with the small bunch of four leading practically from start to finish on the 108km Tulbagh to Tulbagh Stage 1. The tactic paid off for Platt and […]
Team Bulls breeze to victory at the windy Absa Cape Epic Prologue
Wind was the word of the day at the 2016 Absa Cape Epic Prologue on Meerendal Wine Estate, which turned out to be rather fitting as eventual stage winner Karl Platt likes to talk about there being only one gas, “and that’s full gas”. With a smooth ride from start to finish, Platt and Team […]
Huber and De Groot reign supreme at Sabie
Switzerland’s Urs Huber and South Africa’s Robyn de Groot were the mountain biking king and queen of Sabie after winning the men and women’s titles respectively at Round 2 of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series at the weekend. For Huber (Team Bulls), it was his second Sabie victory after having claimed the title there […]
Bulls charge to stage and overall Tankwa Trek victory
Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Urs Huber closed out the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek three-day international mountain bike stage race in South Africa on Sunday with a storming performance against a strong field, winning the final stage and extending their overall victory margin in the process. Men’s team winners, Karl Platt and Urs Huber (in yellow […]