Automotive industry leader expands support for cycling culture
Monterey, Calif. – North America's largest cycling festival has a new partner for 2012, as automaker Volkswagen of America Inc. joins the Sea Otter Classic as the title sponsor.
Team Contego's Philip Buys won the first race in the Momentum Health XCO Internationals this past weekend at Giba Gorge, in KwaZulu-Natal.
Rourke Croeser (Orange Monkey) and James Reid (360Life) joined Buys on the winner’s podium.
Dates have been released for the 2012 Mongoose/Spur KZN Schools MTB Series.
Always a great inclusion to the mountain biking calendar, and a great way to introduce young children to the Olympic-discipline of mountain biking - cross-country...
Entries for this year’s Cape Argus Pick n Pay Mountain Bike Challenge closed on Friday, 17 February 2012.
The annual MTB Challenge – now in its 11th year – offers good, clean family fun at the historic Boschendal Wine Estate over two days and is the perfect escape for the whole family.
After the shock withdrawal of Andrew Mclean, multiple South African marathon champion Shan Wilson is reverting to Plan B as he bids to win the 3-day Garden Route Rocky Mountain 300 MTB race that starts in Knysna on Friday.
Shan's teammate Mclean announced that he had not yet recovered from an Achilles tendon injury and would be unable to race...
Team Contego's Ariane Kleinhans has won her fourth race of the season in only the second month of 2012.
Kleinhans won the second race in the MTN National MTB marathon series in Tulbagh at the weekend, over 70km. As has been the case in all the other races she has won, Kleinhans demolished her opponents.
To win the MTN Tulbagh mountain bike ultra-marathon over 105km on Saturday, 18th February, Burry Stander (Specialized) had to dig deep.
Entering the last few hundred metres, Stander and Kevin Evans (360Life) were racing shoulder to shoulder.
Reigning 2011 XTERRA Grabouw Champions Dan Hugo (RSA) and Carina Wasle (AUT) will have to keep their wits about them on Sunday when they defend their SA Championship titles.
According to Hugo, XTERRA Grabouw remains his favourite local XTERRA, with his training buddies taking part, while his family attends in support.
The Knysna Pennypinchers/Coaches Corner Cycling XCO Series kicked off at the NMMU Saasveld Campus outside George on Saturday 18 February.
The George Hillbillies MTB Club hosted the race, and it was the first of five races in the South Western Districts Provincial Series presented by MyTracX.
The imposing Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria formed the backdrop for round 2 of the USN Cup.
The race was staged over 2 laps with the first lap being slightly longer than the second and a huge climb to the top of Skanskop adding the extra distance.
Revamped Sabie Experience Format for 2012
The Sabie Experience returns in a revamped format for this year, from 14th -17th December 2012.
The 2012 South African Elite Mountain Bike Marathon Championships will take place in Wellington, in the heart of the Boland, on Saturday 25th August 2012.
Age groups outside of the Elite category will have their SA Champs race at Hilton College, for the fifth annual MTN National MTB Series #7 on Sunday 23rd September 2012.
XTERRA Pro Nico Pfitzenmaier's educational and athletic endeavours have taken him to all four corners of the world.
As a youth he spent time in Portugal, studied marketing in China, went to business school in England and lived in Hong Kong and France.
Stander, Speedy claim titles of the opening XCO cup race, held at Willowbridge Mall “Slammer” track in Durbanville. Potgieter nails Contermanskloof track taking top honours in the DHI event.
Any rider, who has hopes of winning the MTN Tulbagh ultra-marathon on 18 February 2012, will have to be on full alert.
According to Kevin Evans (360Life) the racing in and around Tulbagh is challenging because of the loose sandy sections and loose rocks.”
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:26