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Archives for February 2018
BC Bike Race release their 2018 course
Related Event: BC Bike Race
The changes to the BC Bike Race course this year are both big and small, but regardless of size they all achieve the same goals; more singletrack. With the introduction of the Cowichan Valley as the new Day 1 Squamish will be the new Day 7 and the communities in between will flow in the […]
Canyon Topeak cinch Tankwa Trek
The third and final stage of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, was won by Nicola Rohrbach and Daniel Geismayr (Centurion Vaude by Goldwurst Power), and Yolande de Villiers and Mariske Strauss (Silverback Volvo OMX); but despite a tense moment for the leading women neither the pink or yellow jerseys changed hands. No […]
Report: Imogen Smith at the 2018 Oceania Championships
I headed off to Oceania Champs on my own this year, a week after my 37th birthday. Last year was meant to be my last year racing XCO, but I had an accident and couldn’t, so this year I’m doing all the stuff I’d planned to before I hit the deck, making up for lost […]
Spur Specialized strike at Tankwa Trek
Related Event: Tankwa Trek
After a day of troubles on stage one, the Spur Specialized team attacked on The Queen Stage of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek. The day also saw dormakaba extend their general classification. Spur Specialized struck on the Mautivator descent – which is named after the stage director Mauritz ‘Mauti’ Walters. The day was drama filled […]
Women’s Cape Epic field heats up
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
With news last week that Ariane Luthi would be racing with Christina Kollman, and now word that Sabine Spitz and Robyn de Groot will return to the Cape Epic, along with Candice Lill and Adelheid Morath – it is clear that the Cape Epic is truly benefiting from making a seperate start for the women’s […]
Canyon Topeak Factory Racing and dormakaba fight for Tankwa Trek leads
Related Event: Tankwa Trek
Canyon Topeak Factory Racing and dormakaba fought their way to very different but equally courageous stage victories on the opening stage of the 2018 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, on Friday the 9th of February. The 83 kilometre long opening stage took in 1900m of climbing and encircled the beautiful Witzenberg Valley; along […]
Same firepower, new name for Canyon superstars
When you think of marathon and stage race super power you typically think of two teams: Topeak Ergon and Team Bulls, and of course more recently Centurion Vaude. In 2018, Canyon are expanding on their commitment to the world of marathon and stage racing creating Canyon Topeak Factory Racing. The Marathon specialists will be headed […]
2018 XCO Oceania Championships course preview, Dunedin
Oceania Champs, the Continental Championship for riders from New Zealand, Australia, and much of the South Pacific will take place this Saturday, February 10, at Signal Hill in Dunedin, which sits halfway down the east coast of the South Island. Huge UCI points are on offer so the event, in this beautiful harbour town, is […]
A Bag for the Epics: Camelbak HAWG review
A little while ago, I saw a pretty inflammatory Camelbak advertisement: the last time you bought a hydration pack, they looked like this. Nothing could be truer for me. I had an ancient blue Camelbak Mule, complete with zips busted from chronic overloading, horrendous fading and sweat staining, and a certified biohazard status. But, for all […]