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Overnight leaders Gawie Combrinck and Johann Rabie celebrated Freedom Day by claiming their second stage win on day four of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on Monday. Combrinck and Rabie set the tempo on the 121km course from Sterkfontein Dam in the Free State to lead the plunge off the escarpment into […]
Former roadie Johann Rabie and teammate Gawie Combrinck tore through the open flats and singletrack trails of the eastern Free State to wrest the overall lead on day three of the Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on Sunday. Leaving Reitz, the EAI Cycling duo put the hammer down on the 122km stage – […]
Avis Van Rental mountain bikers Andrew Hill and Tyronne White kicked into high gear as they outsprinted a small lead bunch to claim the second stage of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c through the eastern Free State on Saturday. Hill and White took the 93km stage from Frankfort to Reitz in a time of 3:26:48, […]
Development riders Mboneni Ngcobo and Sthembiso Masango showed the pro field a thing or two as they drove the pace on the 116km neutral opening stage of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on Friday. The muddied but unbeaten RMB Change a Life Academy duo set a solid tempo as the field of […]
With a fair sized lead and the final stage of the Cape Winelands encounter encompassing some of the finest trails that Welvenpas has on offer, Jarryd and I set off to really enjoy the last stage of the race. Controlling the pace up the first climb on the start of the black route, Jarryd and […]
All photos by Outerimage.com.au Round 2 of the Shimano Mountain Bike Grand Prix Series continued its popular new format of general classifications (GC) and a wide range of age categories at Awaba MTB Park near Newcastle on the weekend. Andrew Finlayson from the JetBlack Racing team beat none other than Canberra’s endurance whippet, Ed McDonald, by […]
Chris Wolhuter and Jarryd Haley claimed all three stage wins en route to overall victory at the inaugural Liberty Cape Winelands MTB Encounter in Wellington on Sunday. The Altech Autopage duo took the debut honours in the 175km Western Cape race in a combined time of 8:13:41. Flandria grand masters Eben Espach and Linus […]
As a bike rider in the Cape, the wind can often be a point of discussion. As our foe yesterday, it became our friend today as it steadily blew down the Franschoek Valley again, this time however it was behind us and we ticked off the first 30km of the stage on open gravel roads within […]
After dodging some traffic we finally arrived at the time-honoured Lanzerac Wine Farm this morning, for the first stage of the inaugural Liberty Cape Winelands Encounter. The event dreamt up by organisers Johann and Wynand has been kept small in its first year, with it being sold out at 150 teams. The 3 day race […]
This past weekend Roc Laissagais hosted the first European round of the 2015 UCI Marathon World Cup Series. The event takes place in Laissac which is a small village about 30 minutes east of Rodez. Laissac is in the Aveyron region which is located in the north of the Pyrenees region of southern France […]
