Tag: Mountain Bike Stage Race

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]