With the end of the Canyon Topeak Factory Racing team for 2019, the team’s riders are all doing different things. Sally Bigham has retired, Alban Lakata has joined Team Bulls, and Kristian Hynek has just announced he has joined Vitalo – Future Cycling. The 2014 Absa Cape Epic winner will race the 2019 event alongside […]
Quest Zimbabwe – for the brave!
If you’re on the hunt for something new, then Africa is still likely to serve up something to satisfy. Whether you choose to expand your horizons via something like the K2N Stage Race in Tanzania, or a race in South Africa, there is a lot to pick from. And now, the Quest Zimbabwe will run […]
Platt and Lakata team up for 2019 Absa Cape Epic
Incase you missed the news, Alban Lakata revealed that he has found a new team, and the Austrian powerhouse moves to Team Bulls for 2019. This means that Bull’s roster is stacked with talent – even with plenty of young Bulls in the wings (although to be fair, not a whole lot of women on […]
Roel Verhoeven and Gerben Mos on the podium in Drenthe 200
It was an early wake up for team the KMC team in Hotel Wesseling in Dwingeloo this morning. At six o’clock the start of Drenthe 200 in Roden was scheduled. Roel Verhoeven, Gerben Mos and Ramses Bekkenk were clearly awake as they were part of the first leading group of ten men. Verhoeven, Mos and […]
Roel Verhoeven joins the KMC Mountain Bike Team
With Roel Verhoeven from Groesbeek in the Netherlands the KMC mountainbiketeam is complete for 2019 season. Thanks to good negotiations with his former team Mijn Bad-Liv/Giant Verhoeven will make his debut for KMC in the Drenthe 200 at the end of this year and wear the green-blue jersey for the first time. “In the future […]
Tankwa Trek breaks ground with live coverage
The Momentum Health Tankwa Trek presented by Biogen has announced that in 2019 this iconic race in South Africa will be available for livestreaming. This is a massive undertaking for the 4-day stage race, as the route will see riders plunging into some of the most remote regions in South Africa. But it is a huge […]
Transalp 2019 route is revealed
The 2019 version of Bike Transalp has had the course revealed. Organisers say it will let you discover entirely new stage towns and completely new trails. And with a new start town in Tux, they might be right. From day one you shoot along the recently finished and never before ridden bike trail from Tuxerjoch […]
Are you a marathon man (person)?
Five of the top events in Germany, Italy, Austria and Czech Republic are again part of the popular international 2019 Mountain Bike Series. Some of the races have already more than 20 years experience and are an annual fixture for many mountain bikers. Once again more than 11.000 contestants are expected to be participating at […]
JetBlack Wild Wombat wows riders
The inaugural Jetblack Wild Wombat mountain bike event was held in Mogo on the NSW South Coast on 1 December 2018. The classic 12 hour format included a ‘Wild Solo Challenge’ and the seven-time 24-hour Solo World Champion Jason English from Newcastle reached his goal of completing 220km on the 10km circuit, winning the Solo […]
Ramses Bekkenk wins The Munga
On Wednesday morning at 12.00 local time in South Africa, Ramses Bekkenk started The Munga in Bloemfontein and then finished on Friday at 14:30 as winner in Wellington. The race conditions mainly had a headwind over 1070 kilometres through South Africa. The route has to be ridden within five days and Bekkenk succeeded more than […]