‘This is the last climb right?’ Aaah… there is nothing quite like feeling one zillionth better than a fellow downed comrade. He’s German rider, Simon Gegenheimer, and his head is now firmly fastened to the cold flowing water pouring out the waterpoint 3 tanker. ‘Erm, I hope so, but I’m guessing no’ came my slightly […]
Archives for March 2012
Evans and George to challenge at joBerg2c
In-form Kevin Evans confirmed yesterday that he and team-mate David George would challenge for the title at this year’s Old Mutual joBerg2c, which starts on April 27. Fresh from his win at the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Mountain Bike Challenge this weekend, the Nedbank 360Life rider said he was looking forward to his first […]
Cooper launches Dawn Raid at Mountains to Beach
The theme song of the week was pushed by the wind across Lake Eucumbene at 5am this morning… ‘Wednesday is Roaster Beef’ … The black cows on the trails hid within the black, black night until lit up by the powerful beams of riders in the Ay Up Dawn Raid stage; hungry for, what was […]
Perfect Absa Cape Epic prep?
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
As last year, my team-mate for the ABSA Cape Epic, Mike Blewitt, lives in Sydney and I live in London. This results in a couple of challenges: we won’t have seen each other for eight months by the time we arrive in Cape Town three days before the race, let alone ridden together. We seemed to […]
Capital Punishment: Postponed!
With the current weather pattern causing havoc across many States of Australia, AROC Sport has made an early decision on their upcoming race in the ACT. News both good and bad has come in from event organisers of the Capital Punishment MTB Enduro. Firstly, the route through the Defence land has changed: “We have a […]
English takes the lead
All change after Day 2 and the running of the first long race stage of the week; The Osprey Hydraulics Mountain Traverse. A slightly shortened route was forced upon the race due to the rains last week, but riders still got to endure and enjoy 75km of great riding through Kosciuszko NP to finish on […]
ABSA Cape Epic 2012: just around the corner
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
In 19 days I will be once again on the start line of the infamous ABSA Cape Epic with my team mate, an 8 time veteran of the event, Hannele Steyn. EIGHT times she has completed this gruelling event, that makes Hannele a member of a very exclusive group of riders who have raced in […]
Fellows takes Yellow on a Blue Sky Day
After a crazy weather week, blue sky and sun welcomed riders to the top of the chairlift at Thredbo for Stage 1 of the 2012 Mountains To Beach this morning. The Limar Mountain Run, hosted by Thredbo was a 12km ride from the top of the mountain to finish in the village centre, and the […]
Q&A with Mongolia Bike Challenge founder Willy Mulonia
According to World Bank figures, Mongolia’s landscape is marked by a mere 11,200km of roadways, only 1,500km of which are paved. Compare that to the some 398,350km of tarmac that snakes across the United Kingdom. Hmmm… Mongolia sounds like a good place to own a mountain bike, which immediately leads on to one question: What […]
Stander & Sauser’s Grape Escape sets the scene for Cape Epic
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Reigning ABSA Cape Epic champions, Burry Stander and Christoph Sauser, claimed a confidence boosting overall victory at the Columbia Grape Escape three-day mountain bike stage race at Boschendal Wine Farm near Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday. Racing in the colours of 36One Songo.info, the cycling development initiative that Sauser established for disadvantaged South African […]