Kargo National, the specialist road freight distribution company, has been investing in South African cycling for over three years and will continue to do so in a new partnership with professional mountain bike team, Team Spur. Team Spur consists of Swiss Marathon Champion and multiple Cape Epic winner Ariane Lüthi […]
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Spur Sizzling Skills
Multiple Absa Cape Epic winner, Ariane Kleinhans and South African XCO National Champion, James Reid – are helping Spur Schools Mountain Bike League participants sharpen their bike skills. While preparing for the Marathon and Cross-country World Champs in Europe, they also made a series of videos to inspire the next […]
Wolhuter and Boyes seal Winelands Encounter title
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 […]
An Epic Retrospective
Ariane Kleinhans takes an emotional look back at her journey to a third-straight Absa Cape Epic title. Just what did it take to stand atop the women’s podium after eight days in the world’s toughest mountain bike race? Jazz Kushke finds out. Story courtesy of Podium Sports. Mountain-bike racing is very much like […]
Victories for Andreassen and Kleinhans in MTO songo.info Champions Race
It was a fierce battle of the Simons for the title of champion of the 2016 MTO songo.info Champions Race with Simon Andreassen taking the glory in the end. Andreassen and Simon Stiebjahn were the main characters in the fifth MTO songo.info Champions Race held in Kayamandi to raise funds […]
Olympic gold medallist Spitz and rising star Belomoina will mix it with the favourites
She’s 43-years-old and still racing among the world’s elite after a career that includes an Olympic gold medal and a Cross Country World Championship title. Her partner has just emerged from the under-23 ranks, is a former age group World Champion and is now ranked fourth best cross country mountain […]
Erik Kleinhans & James Reid Claim Victory in FNB Wines2Whales Race
In their final competitive race in RECM colours, at the FNB Wines2Whales MTB Race, Erik Kleinhans and James Reid claimed victory, while Ariane Kleinhans riding with Candice Neethling finished second in the ladies category and Nico Bell racing with Pieter Seyffert. From the Full Sus team we’d like to wish all […]
Reid and Kleinhans Victorious Over The Weekend
A last minute decision saw Reid enter the Ilovo Eston MTB Challenge in KZN. The previous winner of the half marathon managed to back up his winning XC performance in Stellenbosch with the win. Reid secured the victory in the final meters, much like the recent National XC Championship in […]
Over the Alps for a legend!
While we’re stuck in the middle of a South African winter Erik Klienhans was in the Alps, to ride his bike and support his friends and teammates in a pretty important race. Sadly the time has finally come for Christoph Sauser to race his last professional MTB race. And there […]
Team RECM News: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup XCO #3 – Lenzerheide, Switzerland
The third round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup took place in the Swiss Alps, Lenzerheide. Ariane Kleinhans raced the XC in Lenzerheide in preparation for the Swiss National XC Championships in two weeks time. The 30 degree temperatures and 1 500m of altitude suited the Swiss rider and […]
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