Simon Schneller and Urs Huber (BULLS Mavericks) won Stage 7 - the Grand Finale - of the Absa Cape Epic men’s race, but it was Matt Beers and Howard Grotts of Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne who claimed the overall title at the 2024 event.
In the Aramex Women’s Category, Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller (GHOST Factory Racing) won an eighth stage in a row on their way to the 2024 Absa Cape Epic title. By winning every stage of the 2024 race (the Prologue and seven stages), the Dutch-Swiss combo matched the performance of Laura Stigger and Sina Frei, who also won eight stages on their way...
Cape Town, 25 March 2024 – Absa, a leading Pan-African banking group, has reaffirmed its commitment to community empowerment through its continuous partnership with Qhubeka, a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing bicycles to individuals in need. Qhubeka and Absa hosted a handover ceremony at the Stellenbosch Absa Cape Epic Race Village on 22 March 2024, where 50 beneficiaries, predominantly young women, received bicycles. A further 50 beneficiaries received bicycles at Axios Skills School, Eersterivier, on 21 March 2024.
Qhubeka, a South African non-profit organisation, has...
Good news! South Africans will be able to watch the 2024 UCI MTB World Cup Series – live. A last-minute announcement was made by the UCI MTB World Cup Series on its social media channels on Friday, the day the first round of the 2024 Series begins in Brazil. Here’s how to watch in South Africa.
Following weeks of uncertainty, South African mountain bike racing fans can relax knowing that they will have access to live broadcast of the XCC, XCO and Downhill events in the 2024 UCI MTB World Cup Series.
South African-based sports broadcaster, SuperSport has traditionally broadcast the...
Karkloof - South Africa's top-ranked trail park received a major boost this week with the announcement that Karkloof Country Club has signed a three-year agreement and will now be known as the Absa Karkloof Country Club.The Absa Karkloof Country Club trail network has twice been voted among the best trails in South Africa by Tread Magazine, and later this month will be hosting the SA Marathon Championships, the country's premier mountain bike championships, as part of the 30th Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival on May 25-26.The extensive trail network is one of the country's oldest and...
Gavin Ryan/Quick Pix/Gameplan Media Amy Wakefield produced a dominant display to claim her maiden national marathon title at the 2022 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival.
Karkloof - THERE will be two new South African Mountain biking champions crowned at the Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival on May 25-26.
The main event of the weekend at the Absa Karkloof Country Club will be the 85km mountain bike race which this year will double as the South African MTB Marathon Championships. However, both the men's and women's defending champions, Matt Beers and Candice Lill, have been...
Strydom chases second SA title in two weeks
Karkloof - With just over a week to go to the SA MTB Marathon Championships, which are being held in conjunction with the Sappi Karkloof Trail Festival in KZN on May 25-26, the pundits are looking out to see who will claim national titles.Both the men's and women's defending champions, Matt Beers and Candice Lill respectively, have overseas racing commitments which opens up the field. However, last weekend's SA Gravel Champs showed there is plenty of talent waiting to step onto the podium, with Danielle Strydom heading the women's field for...
Sappi Karkloof Classic Trails Festival - Building a Lasting Legacy
It's time for the Sappi Karkloof Classic once again, and Sappi and the Karkloof Club are excited to welcome riders and runners to this great event from 24 to 26 May 2024.Whilst the event is an annual highlight on the calendar for many serious participants, like those competing for the title in the 85km South African MTB Marathon Championships, it also has plenty of alternative options for runners and riders over the two-day festival. With many participants traveling to attend the event, it is also a prime example of how...
Team PYGA Euro Steel's Michael Foster was far ahead of his rivals at the 2023 Sappi Karkloof Classic, but with a national title on the line he will face stiffer competition this year.
KARKLOOF – Philip Buys sees a three-way fight developing for the SA MTB Marathon Championship title on Sunday at the same venue where he won the national title in 2022.The SA Marathon Championships are being held on Sunday in conjunction with the two-day Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival at Absa Karkloof Country Club, and the 2022 champion sees three riders as the main protaganists in the fight...
Strydom doubles up while Botha claims his first SA title
KARKLOOF – Wessel Botha and Danielle Strydom claimed the respective men's and women's SA MTB Marathon Championship titles at the 85km Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival on Sunday.On a cloudless, late autumn day with the mercury hovering in the mid to late twenties, the 25-year-old Botha, riding for the Imbuko Pro Cycling team, claimed his maiden SA title, finishing in 4:04:29, ahead of Tristan Nortje (4:06:19) and Jaedon Terlouw (4:08:32).Hailing from Wellington in the Western Cape, Botha enjoyed a day where it all...
In 2024, Men’s U23 Cross-Country Olympic (XCO) cyclist Luke Moir announced that he had signed with Cube Factory Racing’s Next Generation cross country team, joining some of the world’s most talented up and coming young riders on the cross country and downhill racing scene. A dream come true for the XCO cyclist; it was an equally proud moment for his sponsors at Dynamic Technologies.
When the Dynamic Technologies Group first began sponsoring Luke Moir, it was because group CEO Chris Wilkins saw his potential and wanted to be part of nurturing it. Moir had impressed Wilkins with his sheer...
KARKLOOF – Just over a week ago the endurance mountain bikers had their time to shine, and this weekend it is the chance of the adrenaline junkies to take over Absa Karkloof Country Club for the Sappi Karkloof Classic Enduro and Downhill.The two-day event is a highlight of the local gravity racing scene with the KZN provincial enduro championships taking place on Saturday and the KZN and Gauteng Downhill Championships being held on Sunday.Just two weeks after the successful SA MTB Marathon Championships were held at South Africa's top-ranked MTB park, the venue will once again be...
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Karkloof's Duncan going for the double on home course
KARKLOOF – Defending enduro champion Keira Duncan will be aiming for a home-town double at this weekend's Sappi Karkloof Classic Enduro and Downhill.As the trail manager at the Absa Karkloof Country Club, Duncan has intimate knowledge of the trails and will be looking to use that advantage, together with his undeniable natural ability, to claim a win in both Saturday's enduro event and Sunday's downhill race.A double victory would also give also the 24-year-old the KZN Enduro and KZN...
KARKLOOF – A year ago Kiera Duncan won ten out of ten stages at the two-day Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival Enduro. On Saturday he was not quite as efficient at the now one-day event, but his three wins from five stages was enough to defend his title and claim a popular home-town victory.
Duncan set up his victory this year with the fastest times in the three opening stages and he was sitting comfortably with a nine-second lead going into the final two legs.Jason Boulle closed the gap by three seconds in the penultimate stage, and although the Western Cape star also won the...
Keira Duncan gets some airtime on his way to his second KZN title of the weekend
KARKLOOF – Keira Duncan wrapped up a near-perfect weekend when the Karkloof Country Club trail master secured his second home-town win in two days on Sunday by adding the KZN Downhill title to the Enduro Championships he won on Saturday.The two-day gravity racing portion of the Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival wrapped up on Sunday with Duncan convincingly winning the downhill race, just 24 hours after he was a comfortable winner of the enduro.Duncan's two remarkably consistent runs were the two...
Underberg - Gravel racing returns to KZN on July 27 when the Underberg Gran Fondo will once again entice riders to enjoy one of the country's most scenic routes through the foothills of the Southern Drakensberg.
The Kruger National Park is certainly the jewel in South Africa's tourism crown and, arguably, the best place to see the Big 5 but there are 5 other things the area boasts that are just as appealing - mountain bike races!
The Kruger National Park is certainly the jewel in South Africa's tourism crown and, arguably, the best place to see the Big 5 but there are 5 other things the area boasts that are just as appealing - mountain bike races!
The Kruger National Park is certainly the jewel in South Africa's tourism crown and, arguably, the best place to see the Big 5 but there are 5 other things the area boasts that are just as appealing - mountain bike races!
