After an hour cleaning the bike, a hot shower and lots of food, most of the afternoon was spent lazying around the room spyching each other up for the 300m TT Hill climb we had to do in the afternoon. I am not a sprinter, not even close, I can actually say I dont even […]
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ICME MTB Enduro : Stage 1: A Muddy Affair
Since joining the Marathon MTB team 6 months ago I have seen more of Australia travelling to races all over the country than I have in the 2 years I have lived here. When Mike asked me if I would be interested to race the ICME stage race in Alice Spring, I didn’t have to […]
Knipe, Van Hoovels steal stage four of joBerg2c
There was high drama on day four of the Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race as Louis-Bresler Knipe and Kevin van Hoovels took advantage of a wrong turn by the lead group to snatch victory on the first of the climbing stages on Monday. The Contego riders were eventually chased down but held their nerve […]
MacDonald takes to joBerg2c stage
Former winner and last year’s runner-up Neil MacDonald will once again have victory in his sights when he and FedGroup-Itec team-mate Brandon Stewart line up for the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on Friday. The former roadie is currently in good stage-racing form, both on and off-road, following strong performances at the recent Mzansi […]
Justin Morris’ Blog: Smiles on Faces – Win Races
Having just landed in the USA for the 2013 racing season, it feels as though the next chapter of my 2013 journey has begun. Since my last post from Milan in January, a fantastic, joy filled time has been had, predominantly in Australia. Due to some delays with the processing of my US visa I […]
Absa Cape 2013 Stage 6 – the last big challenge
Today’s penultimate stage of the Absa Cape Epic was a real test for the riders; the title of Queen stage went to Tuesday’s 146k, but today’s 99k had the most climbing, at 2,950m. And that number was made tougher by the fact that a good deal of the climbing was in the last portion of […]
What the top riders race at the Absa Cape Epic
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The Absa Cape Epic is a beast of a race. Every year it is hard. Even though the rate of attrition dropped from 2011 to 2012, that doesn’t mean it’s getting easier. Riders are just preparing themselves and their equipment better. And the Cape Epic is highly demanding of both the rider and their equipment. […]
Absa Cape Epic: Stage 5, pedalling in anger
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There were a lot of upset riders and team managers after Stage 4 of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic, as the rider and manager protest gave some time back to the riders who found themselves on the Stage 5 course. Full details of the protest have been posted already. With a stage length of 75km […]
Cape Epic Stage 4: Results of the Protest
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The Press Office for the Absa Cape Epic have released the following details from today’s stage, where the chasing group of Team Bulls 1 and 2 and Merida-Multivan missed a course marker, and came upon the Stage 5 marking. “Teams Multivan Merida, Bulls and Bulls 2 missed a route marker. After following what they thought […]
Absa Cape Epic: Protests on Stage 4
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As touched on yesterday, when talking about DNF’s, we read a lot about races in the results sheets alone – even though they don’t always relay the whole story of a race. At the moment, it seems the 4th Stage of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic is set to be another race where the results […]