Having spent five days in the saddle covering an all-new 400-kilometre route and tackling 10,000 metres of climbing, South African Team RECM rider, James Reid, has won the 2015 Trans Hajar Mountain Bike Race by a massive 12 minutes 58 seconds. British rider and Former Cape Epic winner, Catherine Williamson, added another title to her […]
Archives for February 2015
Groustra trumps Reid for stage win in Oman
The penultimate day of the UCI classified Trans Hajar Mountain Bike Race produced a new stage winner, South African rider Renay Groustra. Groustra has been gaining form throughout the Oman based stage race, finishing in the top ten every day, even after puncturing on day three. Today, Groustra made a break with Team RECM rider […]
Mt Stromlo XCO Course Preview
The Subaru MTBA National MTB Series is on again this weekend, and although the downhill racing will take place in Thredbo, the cross-country racing will be on at Mt Stromlo, with Short Track (XCC) on Friday afternoon 6th February, and the Olympic Cross-Country (XCO) on Saturday 7th February. Entries are closing on Monday evening (today!) […]
Reid and Williamson on top in Oman
With his team mates riding strongly back home in the National MTB Series, South African Team RECM rider, James Reid, racked up his third consecutive stage win, but today’s victory was far from easy after he broke a spoke on the first descent of the stage. Team TIB Insurance rider, Andrew Hill (RSA), tried to take […]
Lakata and Suess take Ashburton Investments Series Opener Titles
South Africa is the home of marathon mountain bike racing and stage racing early in the calendar year. Not only do the local racers provide very strong competition, but many of the best racers from Europe spend a lot of time in South Africa due to the better climate for training, the quality of racing, […]
Reid continues, Williamson rises at the Trans Hajar
James Reid of Team RECM has extended his lead to 1 minute 48 seconds on day 2 of the newly UCI classified Trans Hajar Mountain Bike race in Oman. With the stage coming down to a sprint finish between Reid and his fellow countryman Max Knox, there was only one second separating them at the line, Knox, […]