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“I will not rest until I sip cappuccino in starting block A” This was a strong statement, delivered by a friend I made at my first mountain bike stage race, the 2008 Transalp. Thomas Dooley had uttered the sentence with the mix of determination and irony that I would come to learn typified his personality. […]
The Tankwa Trek isn’t South Africa’s oldest three-day mountain bike stage race. Neither is it the biggest. But it is firmly on track to become the most internationally recognised, following the addition of two new sponsors and the upgrade to International Cycling Union (UCI) status. The three-day race, which was only established in 2013, has […]
Bike Buller has been growing and evolving over the past years, and it would be easy to look at the line up and think there isn’t as much to offer the cross-country or marathon racer as there used to be. But that would be wrong. While many of the newer events are gravity focused, the […]
After a tough start to the year with a broken pelvis and 5 broken ribs, Subaru-MarathonMTB.com racer Justin Morris set his sights on the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge – winning the classic stage race across the desert while helping the event raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Now, Morris has set his sights on his […]
On the back of news that both Cadel Evans and George Hincapie will be racing the 2017 Cape Epic, we’ve now heard that Cape Epic legend Christoph Sauser will be back at the race in 2017 – despite retiring in 2015. What’s more, Sauser will be racing with Jaroslav Kulhavy, and they’re not coming to […]
Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) has announced the dates for the Australian Solo 24hr Championships for 2017. The race will be hosted by the Canberra Off Road Cyclists (CORC) and the race returns to Majura Pines in Canberra on the weekend of 7-8th October 2017 for the first time in four years. Club President Brendon Mulloy said the move […]
South Africa’s leading marathon mountain bike racer, Max Knox, will race on Rocky Mountain bikes in 2017. The 29-year-old Knox won both the South African marathon championship and the Ashburton Investment National Marathon Series in 2016 and has set his sights on an expanded racing programme in 2017. Rocky Mountain is a Canadian-based international bicycle […]
Nico Bell and Monica Glover closed out the final round of the 2016 Nissan TrailSeeker Gauteng Mountain Bike Series with victories in the 68km men and women’s marathon distances at Cullinan, near Pretoria at the weekend. Much-needed rain in the drought-stricken province in the lead-up to the race left the riders to contend with muddy […]
Earlier this week the Absa Cape Epic announced that two ex-professional road cyclists would be participating in the 2017 event. Tour de France winner Cadel Evans would be teaming up with George Hincapie, riding for BMC in the Masters category. On the face of it, this is another happy story about ex-professionals passing their media […]
The BMC Absa Racing Team has been considerably boosted by the news that two Tour de France legends, Cadel Evans and George Hincapie, will be riding for them in the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. Evans (40), from Australia, is the 2011 Tour de France winner while America’s Hincapie (43) is a 17-time Tour de France […]
