The Tankwa Trek isn’t South Africa’s oldest three-day mountain bike stage race. Neither is it the biggest. But it is firmly on track to become the most internationally recognised, following the addition of two new sponsors and the upgrade to International Cycling Union (UCI) status. The three-day race, which was only established in 2013, has […]
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Cory Wallace: Attacking the Yak Attack
All Yak Attack photos by Rupert Fowler By far the Yak Attack was the most scenic race I’ve been to, as we rode through the heart of the largest mountains on earth and into the hidden world of an old Buddhist kingdom. A region rarely visited with stunning mountain peaks, true mountain people and a mystical […]
Bike Buller for XC demons
Related Event: Bike Buller
Bike Buller has been growing and evolving over the past years, and it would be easy to look at the line up and think there isn’t as much to offer the cross-country or marathon racer as there used to be. But that would be wrong. While many of the newer events are gravity focused, the […]
Sauser set to pin a number on at the Cape Epic
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
On the back of news that both Cadel Evans and George Hincapie will be racing the 2017 Cape Epic, we’ve now heard that Cape Epic legend Christoph Sauser will be back at the race in 2017 – despite retiring in 2015. What’s more, Sauser will be racing with Jaroslav Kulhavy, and they’re not coming to […]
Snowies MTB Festival – a high fun factor in the alps
Related Event: Snowies MTB Festival
It doesn’t seem like that long ago we were racing the Snowies MTB Festival in New South Wales’ Snowy Mountains. Planned to be an annual event, organisers thought it would be ideal to run the three day, five stage race in conjunction with the ITU Cross Triathlon World Champs, which meant that the Snowies this […]
Max Knox moves to Rocky Mountain Bicycles
South Africa’s leading marathon mountain bike racer, Max Knox, will race on Rocky Mountain bikes in 2017. The 29-year-old Knox won both the South African marathon championship and the Ashburton Investment National Marathon Series in 2016 and has set his sights on an expanded racing programme in 2017. Rocky Mountain is a Canadian-based international bicycle […]
2017 Perskindol Swiss Epic entries are open!
Related Event: Perskindol Swiss Epic
The Perskindol Swiss Epic is a six-day mountain bike stage race with no true equal. The 4th edition is taking place from 11 to 16 September 2017. Once again, the course will cover beautiful singletrack in the heart of the Valais, offering a mountain biking, competitive and travel experience unlike any other bike race. Next year’s edition […]
Snowies Mountain Bike Festival attracts a stacked field
The Snowies Mountain Bike Festival returns to the Alpine High Country of New South Wales in 3 weeks’ time for its third iteration and there is a stellar field of elite competitors lining up for the challenge and the chance to share in the $10,000 cash prize pool. Starting at an altitude of 1260m, riders […]
Snow Bike Festival first UCI event on snow
Each year the UCI denotes which races will attract ranking points, and the guaranteed prize money that goes along with it. Races like the Swiss Epic and Cape Epic have earnt their ‘SHC’ (hors categorie stage race) ranking, and other stage races can be S1 or S2, depending on their difficulty. In 2017, the Snow […]
Huber and Pirard win 2016 Crocodile Trophy
Related Event: Crocodile Trophy
The 2016 Crocodile Trophy has been a tight battle in the men’s race, and has also had until drama for the leading women. But after eight hard days of racing the Crocodile Trophy racers crossed the finish line on Four Mile Beach on Saturday 29th October. Urs Huber was the fastest man on the time trial […]