Alan Hatherly podiums in Andorra World Cup
Team Spur’s Alan Hatherly finished second in the U23 Men’s race at Round 3 of the UCI XCO World Cup in Andorra on Sunday, 2 July. Hatherly put together a near-perfect tactical race to work his way up from a start on the second row and narrowly missed out on the top step in a […]
Belomoina and Schurter destroy XCO rivals at UCI World Cup in Vallnord
Yana Belomoina and Nino Schurter stormed to impressive victories at the third round of the UCI XCO World Cup in Vallnord with both leaving Andorra leading their respective categories handsomely. In the women’s race, Belomoina channelled the confidence gleaned from her maiden victory in Albstadt and promptly set about disappearing into the distance. Yana Belomoina […]
Hatherly and McDougall dominate XCO Cup Final
The final round of the SA National MTB Cup Series XCO took place at the world class Cascades MTB Park on Saturday 17 June. Team Spur’s Alan Hatherly displayed his phenomenal speed and skill set on a bike to once again take the top honours in the Elite Men’s race and claim the overall Cup […]
KZN XCO Champs heading to Aloe Trails
After an exciting wrap to the 2017 KZNMTB Provincial Cup Series, we are now full-steam-ahead gearing up for the KZNMTB Provincial XCO Championships which will take place this year at Aloe Wildlife Estate in Camperdown, and the province’s top cross-country specialists are gearing up for what’s expected to be a spectacle of mountain bike racing. […]
Ride report: Subaru Cape Town WC XCO Champs
The Subaru Cape Town WC XCO Champs took place at Bloemendal on Saturday. Our sources on the ground informed us in the days leading up to the race that some changes were being made to the course that we rode in the WC XCO Series #3 race at the same venue. A whole new climb […]
Video: Ambitions (feat. Emily Batty): Season 2 – My Best Me
Follow Emily in episode one where she races at the Sea Otter Classic, tests 27.5 vs. 29 wheels with new technology and tries to transition months of winter training to race season fitness at the first World Cup of 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R37l_ljet5I
Hatherly opens his World Cup season with 6th at Nové Město
The small town of Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic on a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup weekend is a full-blown carnival. And this year 50,000 fans turned up for the opening round of the 2017 season. The racing was split across the weekend, with the U23 Men and Elite Women racing on […]
Hatherly, Strauss hold top form at third XCO Cup
The third round of the 2017 SA National MTB Cup Series XCO took place in Bloemfontein at Happy Valley Conservancy on Saturday 6 May, where Team Spur’s Alan Hatherly took the top honours in the Elite Men’s race and OMX Pro Team’s Mariske Strauss took the Elite Women’s title. The penultimate race of the National […]
Ride Report: Subaru Cape Town WC MTB XCO Series #4 Rhebokskloof
The fourth and final leg of the Subaru Cape Town Western Cape XCO Series took place on Freedom Day at the spectacular Rhebokskloof Wine Farm. It is a venue that the series visited earlier in the year, pairing with the first round of the SA XCO Cup Series. You can read our race report from […]
Luke Moir riding the crest of the wave
Up-and-coming mountain bike racer, Luke Moir, has added an international cross-country title to his repertoire this year, in addition to his local wins. Most recently, he won the fourth round of the Italian International Series, which was held in Nals, Bolzano on 9 April, against a massive field of 96 boys. According to his father […]
Hatherly, Strauss dominate at the spruit
Alan Hatherly and Mariske Strauss both put on commanding performances and dominated their Elite races at the second round of the 2017 SA National MTB Cup Series XCO at the Wolwespruit Bike Park in Tshwane today. Alan Hatherly (Team Spur) commanded his race over six laps of the short and punchy four-kilometre track in a […]
George cross country race focuses on development
Providing a cross country racing opportunity for mountain biking enthusiasts in the Eden region is at the core of the second Madibaz XCO Series, which kicks off next Sunday. The opening leg of the Madibaz XCO Series will take place on the NMMU campus in George on April 23 Based at the NMMU campus in […]