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April 21, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Williamson eyes off Old Mutual joBerg2c mixed title

Related Event: Joberg2c
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Accomplished British mountain biker Catherine Williamson has set her sights on the mixed category title at this year’s Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race that starts on Friday. The versatile athlete will ride alongside Johan Labuschagne, and said she was fired up for the nine-day event that stretched over 900km from the Highveld town of Heidelberg […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: joberg2c, south africa, Stage Race

May 1, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Roadies shake up stage 7 of joBerg2c

Related Event: Joberg2c

It was a battle of the former roadies as Hanco Kachelhoffer and Pieter Seyffert outsprinted their rivals to take the stage win on day seven of the Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on Thursday. The Altech Autopage Karan Beef pair hung on in a tight run into the finish at MacKenzie Club near Ixopo to […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MTB, south africa, Stage Race

April 30, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

joBerg2c title almost sealed

Related Event: Joberg2c

Defending champions Johann Rabie and Gawie Combrinck delivered another workmanlike performance to all but seal their victory on day six of the Old Mutual joBerg2c near Underberg in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. The EAI Cycling pair took their fourth consecutive stage win on the 97km route from Nottingham Road to Glencairn Farm in the shadow of […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MTB, south africa, Stage Race

April 29, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Combrinck and Rabie put their mark on the joBerg2c

Related Event: Joberg2c

  Race leaders Johann Rabie and Gawie Combrinck stamped their authority on the Old Mutual joBerg2c with an unequivocal third stage victory on day five of the nine-day mountain bike race on Tuesday. The EAI Cycling duo hurtled into the finish at Clifton Preparatory School on Nottingham Road to claim the 112km stage from Winterton […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MTB, south africa, Stage Race

April 28, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

A second stage for Combrinck and Rabie at joBerg2c

Related Event: Joberg2c

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 […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MTB, south africa, Stage Race

April 27, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Rabie and Combrinck storm to joBerg2c lead

Related Event: Joberg2c

  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 – […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MTB, south africa, Stage Race

April 26, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Hill and White shift into gear at joBerg2c

Related Event: Joberg2c

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, […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MTB, south africa, Stage Race

April 21, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Rabie and Combrinck take aim at joBerg2c defence

Related Event: Joberg2c

Defending champions Johann Rabie and Gawie Combrinck will be gunning for a second Old Mutual joBerg2c title when the nine-day mountain bike race fires its opening shot near Heidelberg on the outskirts of Johannesburg on April 24. Rabie and Combrinck will headline a field of 800 riders for the 950km stage race, which crosses four […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: MTB, south africa, Stage Race

April 2, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

International field set for joBerg2c

Related Event: Joberg2c
Keen mountain bikers can now sign up for the three, six or nine-day versions of the Old Mutual joBerg2c, which starts in April next year. Here riders depart from Sterkfontein Dam in Free State on day four of the nine-day journey across South Africa. Photo: Kelvin Trautman

If you’ve done the Cape Epic, chances are you’ll be told by a local that you really need to do the Old Mutual joBerg2c – it’s true mountain biking and more fun. That’s usually a tough piece of information to take, say on day 5 of the Epic. Over 100 foreign mountain bikers from 20 […]

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