The 9th edition of the Land Rover West Rand Silverstar MTB Challenge takes place on 10th September this year, offering its traditional 20km and 40km options on the Krugersdorp Ridge. The event starts and finishes at the revamped Silverstar Casino and a special treat is in store for riders with the finish moving inside the square which […]
Women’s only multi-day MTB event announced
News has come that a women’s only mountain bike stage race will be run this August. With the breadth and depth of mountain bike stage races in South Africa, it should come as no surprise that the initiative can be found there. The inaugural Evox Tour de Femme, a ladies-only multi-day mountain bike experience, will […]
Williamson eyes off Old Mutual joBerg2c mixed title
Related Event: Joberg2c
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 […]
Wolhuter and Boyes seal Liberty Winelands win
Chris Wolhuter and Craig Boyes sealed the overall win after cruising to their third consecutive stage victory in the Liberty Winelands MTB Encounter on Sunday. The Imbuko-Freewheel Cycology pair, who had an 18-minute buffer going into the final day, completed the 48km final stage around Kleine Valleij in Wellington in 1:58:45. Hanco Kachelhoffer and Colin Noel […]
Winelands win for Wolhuter and Boyes
Defending champion Chris Wolhuter and teammate Craig Boyes made an early break to race to a comfortable victory on the opening stage of the Liberty Winelands MTB Encounter on Friday. Despite the relatively short ride of 54km between Coetzenburg in Stellenbosch and Le Franschhoek Hotel on the outskirts of Franschhoek, Wolhuter said there was plenty […]
Sani2c trails get a refresh
Not all stage races are created equal – and some stand out for the food, some the racing, some the extreme terrain – and others just for the trails alone! The 2016 edition of the KAP sani2c is approaching and with yet another fully subscribed event race founder ‘Farmer Glen’ Haw and his team have […]
The Cape Epic IS that hard
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
My illustrious friend Mike Blewitt is going to beat me, but I HATE the term ‘bucket list’. To me it’s like the easiest way to set expectations that can never be met and challenges that can never be a achieved through wanton lack of rational logic. A list of shattered dreams and forgotten promises. The Cape […]
Cannondale reveal new 29er full-suspension bike
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
After Cannondale launched their new hardtail last year, replacing the very popular F29, we had to wonder when the Scalpel would get an overhaul. While the Scalpel has been a very popular bike, it often wasn’t seen as the competitive XC full-suspension bike that it could be. Sure, that’s an opinion, but it’s also one held […]
Cape Epic Stage win for Periklis Ilias and Tiago Ferreira
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Periklis Ilias and Tiago Ferreira notched up a thrilling debut Absa Cape Epic stage win on the trails of Stellenbosch today as Sabine Spitz and Yana Belomoina fired another shot across the bows of the women leaders. Greece’s Ilias and Portuguese teammate Ferreira (Dolomiti Superbike) became the fourth team to claim a stage win at […]
Spitz and Belomoina take Cape Epic stage victory
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Mountain bike legend and Olympic gold medallist Sabine Spitz of Germany seems to be taking a liking to the Absa Cape Epic and today she and teammate Yana Belomoina swept to an impressive win in the race’s Queen Stage. Spitz and her Ukranian partner punched the air as they finished the 93km Stage 5 nearly two […]