Mariske Strauss and Cherie Vale will pair up for the first time as teammates to compete in their home country of South Africa, at the world’s biggest mountain bike stage race. The team’s title sponsor, Novus Holdings (formerly Paarl Media Group), have invested in getting the ladies to the Cape Epic […]
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Mitas Makes Its Mark
Mitas has joined the Absa Cape Epic as its official tyre partner. The Czech-based tyre manufacturer will host “tyre zones” on the route and in the race village when the world’s premier mountain bike stage race takes place in the Western Cape from 15 to 22 March. Mitas has grown […]
WOOLCOCK, LILL WIN BATTLE, BUT REID, KLEINHANS WIN TANKWA TREK WAR
Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock (Red-E Blend) won the final stage of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race on Sunday, but the day’s runners-up, Erik Kleinhans and James Reid (RECM), secured the overall title after three days of fiercely competitive racing in the Kouebokkeveld region of South Africa’s […]
NO LOVE LOST DURING STAGE 2 OF TANKWA TREK
It may have been Valentine’s Day, but there was no love lost among the podium contenders on Stage 2 of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race in South Africa’s Western Cape province on Saturday. From the beginning of the 89km stage, which started in cool conditions, the pace […]
BULLS UNSTOPPABLE AT BRIDGE CAPE PIONEER TREK FINALE
The Team Bulls pair of Simon Stiebjahn and Tim Bohme finished the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race on Saturday like they started it a week ago – with a stage win – in the process extending their lead to secure the overall title. In the women’s […]
TEAM BULLS CHARGE TO BRIDGE CAPE PIONEER TREK PROLOGUE WIN
The German Team Bulls pairing of Tim Bohme and Simon Stiebjahn charged around the Buffelsdrift Game Lodge trails to win the prologue time trial and take the early overall lead in the 2014 Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race near Oudtshoorn, South Africa on Sunday. Sweden’s Jennie […]
KZN race features new Drakensberg drop-off
Participants in next month’s FedGroup Berg & Bush mountain bike stage race can look forward to a spectacular new drop off the Drakensberg escarpment, organisers have announced. Known as the Drakensberg Drop, the new section will take riders on a long and scenic descent via ancient cattle paths from the […]
HAYWOOD EXCITED TO TAKE ON THE PENNYPINCHERS ORIGIN OF TRAILS
Amidst frantic wedding preparations, well-known South African actress and TV presenter Vanessa Haywood is still managing to keep her cycling calendar up to date and has entered the second annual Pennypinchers Origin Of Trails 2-Day Mountain Bike Stage Race, that will take place in Stellenbosch on Friday, 28 November and […]