Supplied by Dryland Event Management Reigning Mountain Bike Marathon World Champion Henrique Avancini and his German partner Manuel Fumic have been crowned 2019 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek presented by Biogen champions.The Cannondale Factory Racing team won three out of four stages to finish with a hard-earned three minute gap on […]
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2018 Cape Pioneer Trek champions crowned
The ‘Race with Soul’ Champions were crowned in front of the Queen’s Hotel in Oudtshoorn today. After six spectacular stages and 530 km’s in the saddle, Team Pyga Euro Steel’s Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys stormed to victory at the 10th edition of the Momentum Health Cape Pioneer Trek presented […]
Battle Lines Drawn for 2018 Tankwa Trek
The 2018 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen – which takes place from Friday the 9th of February to Sunday the 11th – will pit some of the world’s best mountain bikers against one another on the mountain biking battlefields of the Koue Bokkeveld. Local and international elite riders, […]
Smashing your 1st 36One Challenge
Words by: Frans le Roux There are a few tough one-day mountain bike stage races in South Africa. The Attakwas, Cederberg 100Miler, Trans Baviaans and the 36One. The latter however is considered the longest as riders must complete 361km in 36.1 hours. Most weekend warriors won’t even bother to enter […]
Enter the 2017 Glacier Storms River Traverse
Entries to the 2017 Glacier Storms River Traverse are less limited by the capacity of the event as they are by the capacity of the Storms River Village. With most of the accommodation in the hamlet already booked for the weekend of the 3rd to the 6th of August, the […]
Bekkenk Breaks Record to Win 36ONE Challenge
The near perfect weather conditions and relatively smooth surfaces on the Rooiberg Pass contributed to a fast paced 2017 36ONE MTB Challenge which was won by Ramses Bekkenk in a new record time of 13 hours, 59 minutes and 55 seconds, on Saturday the 22nd of April. Jeannie Dreyer was […]
Rhodes brings Quality to Dryland Events
Rhodes Quality’s range of 100% fruit juices – made for people who love great tasting juice, the comprehensive range consists of 13 flavours – is the official refreshment of choice of Dryland Event Management Stage Race, thanks to its delicious taste and rehydrating properties. Mountain bikers and trail runners will […]
Muddy but Memorable Wrap-Up to the Glacier Storms River Traverse
The three day Glacier Storms River Traverse wrapped up with a final beautifully scenic stage through the Tsitsikamma Forest on Monday the 8th of August. The race victory was secured by Etnard Louw and Hanco Kachelhoffer of Team NFB Altech Autopage but their elation was shared by every rider in […]
Not Even a 22% Gradient Could Dampen the Glacier Storms River Traverse Vibe
The second stage of the Glacier Storms River Traverse took place on the forestry roads around the Eastern Cape village of Storms River on Sunday the 7th of August. The 43.2km stage featured a notoriously tough climb and lots of scenic riding. At the sharp end of the race, Etnard […]
Social Riders Victorious on Stage 1 of the Glacier Storms River Traverse
Riders were treated to a perfect winter’s day, ideal for taking in the vistas and trails of the first stage of the 2016 Glacier Storms River Traverse. The 62.2km route looped from the Tsitsikamma Village Inn; dropping down into the Storms River Gorge, climbed the eastern slopes of the valley, […]