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Burry Stander (RSA) and Christoph Sauser (SUI) of the 36One-Songo-Specialized team showed just what complete mountain bike racers they are when they overcame wet, cold and muddy conditions to win Stage 5 of the 2012 ABSA Cape Epic on Friday. It was their fifth stage win in six days, but it will go down as […]
Organisers of Canada’s BC Bike Race have announced that the 2012 edition has been sold out. Registration for 2013 will open July 8, one day after the completion of this year’s event. In its sixth year BC Bike Race has once again reached 100% capacity, all 500 participants will start the race on July 1, […]
South African Burry Stander and his Swiss teammate Christoph Sauser of the 36One-Songo-Specialized team appear set to successfully defend their ABSA Cape Epic title after winning Stage 3 on Wednesday, the 2012 edition’s queen stage over 143km from Robertson to Caledon. Stander and Sauser were hardly troubled in the race’s longest stage and rode away […]
Stage 2 of the ABSA Cape Epic delivered a thrilling sprint finish among the top teams with victory going to Germany’s three-time champions, Stefan Sahm and Karl Platt (Team Bulls 1) in Robertson on Tuesday. The Multivan Merida team of Hannes Genze (GER) and Andreas Kugler (SUI) were second with overnight leaders and defending champions, […]
German squad Team Bulls may not have been able to stop an utterly dominant Christoph Sauser and Burry Stander, but the team can be justifiably proud of the fact that they have two pairings inside the top-5 of the 2012 ABSA Cape Epic after stage 1. The team’s French star Thomas Dietsch and race partner […]
The sold out 5-Hour Brakeburner Enduro provided plenty of frantic racing today, with yesterday’s Stage One winner, Adrian Jackson focussing on classification rather than stage win, whilst the Super-D specialists shone for day two of the Bike Buller Mountain Bike Festival presented by Giant. The placings for the Brakeburner are decided on a compilation of […]
The following diary entry has been provided by Wiggle athlete Matt Page. Matt is racing the Andalucia Bike Race with Milton Ramos. Arriving at the start area for about 10am you really couldn’t fault the race organisation. Riders had been seeded (unsure how, as it can’t have been UCI points) with 25 pairs per “box”. […]
The BC Bike Race – The Ultimate Singletrack Experience is proud to celebrate its sixth year and announce the 2012 route with the exciting addition of twelve individually chip-timed sections. The 2012 route offers the same smorgasbord of great venues as last year, but will see an all new Day 7 in Whistler and some […]
After a spectacular Kona Odyssey which now tops the ranks as my favourite marathon, I am spending the next three weeks in anticipation of my first stage race, Bike Buller. As far as providing the best possible introduction to stage racing, the guys at Rapid Ascent have thought it through well. Many stage races across […]
With less than a month to go, Wild Horizon’s Mountains To Beach mountain bike stage race, kicking off on Monday 5 March 2012, is looking to host some fierce battles. Queensland’s Andy Fellows returns defend his title in 2012, while 2011 second place winner Garry James will also be back and hot on his wheels […]
