Bulls stampede on Tankwa Trek opening stage
Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Urs Huber showed their impressive form one month ahead of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic when they charged to the stage win and overall lead on Day 1 of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek, a three-day mountain bike stage race in South Africa’s Western Cape province on Friday. Switzerland’s Urs Huber […]
Huber, Platt eye team title at Tankwa Trek
In 2014, the last time Switzerland’s Urs Huber and Germany’s Karl Platt tackled the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek three-day mountain bike stage race, they finished first and second respectively, having raced in the Solo category. But this Friday the two Team Bulls racers will begin the 2016 Tankwa Trek as a two-man team, intent on testing […]
Platt eyes Absa Cape Epic win number five
German Karl Platt’s name is synonymous with the Absa Cape Epic: he has taken part in all 12 events since it was launched in 2004 and only missed out on finishing once – in 2014 when he was injured in a crash. More significantly he has won the event four times, second only to the […]
Sauser & Kulhavy on brink of victory
Heat, dust, headwinds and a mechanical hiccup could not prevent Swiss Christoph Sauser and Czech Jaroslav Kulhavy from winning Stage 5 of the Absa Cape Epic from Worcester to Wellington on Friday – their fourth stage win of the 2015 race. Jaroslav Kulhavy and Christoph Sauser of Investec-Songo-Specialized celebrate winning 121km stage 5 and their […]
Thrilling Absa Cape Epic on the cards
The 2015 Absa Cape Epic will mark the end of his professional career in the race of a man who has inked his name indelibly into its folklore: four times winner Christoph Sauser. But the Swiss master, who also boasts marathon and cross country world championships, is not planning to ease gently into post-professional life […]
Platt bids for Epic win number five
“There is only one gas and that’s full gas,” laughs Karl Platt about the way he will be approaching the 2015 Absa Cape Epic. “I want to win it if possible.” His Team Bulls partner Urs Huber is also making no bones about their objective: “After a lot of bad luck last year we are […]
Sauser and Sahm favourites for Attakwas
Will a South African rider be victorious or will it be a hat-trick for foreigners at the 2015 Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge over 121km. The Holy Grail of one day mountain bike races takes place on Saturday. Starting at the Chandelier Game Farm outside Oudtshoorn the race then finishes at Groot Brak. Image […]
R100 000 up for Attakwas-record
The organisers of the Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge has up the ante at the Holy Grail of one day mountain bike races by putting up R100 000 for a new record time of 4 hours and 30 minutes for the 121km marathon. Urs Huber (Team Bulls) holds the current record of 4:47. The […]
Epic prelude at MTN Tulbagh set for strong competition
There is a storm brewing in the winelands of the Western Cape with the third leg in the MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan heading down to Tulbagh. All indications are that this will be the final battle cry for some of the top marathon racers in the world that are descending on South […]
Platt and Huber on a mission to be kings of the mountains
Four-time Absa Cape Epic winner Karl Platt (36) and former Swiss mountain bike champion Urs Huber (28) of the Bulls will participate in this year’s Absa Cape Epic. The demanding race, now in its eleventh year, will kick off with the Prologue at Meerendal Wine Estate on Sunday, 23 March and finish eight days later […]
Swiss insurgents sweep victories in soaking Sabie
In another sweep victory and with Swiss precision Urs Huber (Team Bulls) and compatriot Ariane Kleinhans (Team RE:CM) stormed to victory in a soaking wet Sabie (Mpumalanga South Africa) for the first round of the UCI World Marathon Series and the second leg of the MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan. The in form […]