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Just posted on FB MEDIA STATEMENT: Volatile protests in Sabie lead to potential postponement of second round of Ashburton Investments National MTB Series The violent protests that are raging in Sabie have put the Sabie Ashburton Investments National MTB Series, one of South Africa’s most established classics on the mountain biking circuit in jeopardy. The event that is due to take place this weekend attracted some of the big stars in international and local mountain biking is now faced with the reality that it will potentially be forced to cancel and postpone the event to a suitable date in the future. According to Fritz Pienaar from Advendurance his team have been on the ground and very involved with local authorities to monitor the situation, but with the volatile and increasingly violent protests the police and local council have indicated that they will not allow an event to take place while they can’t dedicate any resources to secure the safety of visitors. “We have no choice but to consider postponement at this stage, this was the first time in all my years of organising events that we’ve been forced to deal with something like this, but at the end of the day the safety of our participants are paramount” Pienaar added. Local police won’t allow the event to continue, unless the situation in Sabie improves significantly. Participants will be contacted tomorrow once the municipal council met with community leaders tomorrow morning, after which the police will make a decision on whether the event may go ahead. Ends.

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Hi Garass The rides do take place from the same spot, however the time is now at 6:30 both for Mtb and road. For further detail call Kobie Groenewald at 083 635 5965.

The ABSA Cape Epic 2011: Lance Mania Let’s start with the big news... Lance Armstong, the world-famous cyclist is riding the event next year! Join him in the Absa Cape Epic Andrew Clayton Armstrong’s Epic partner has not yet been announced and will play an important part of winning. What will be very interesting is how the Absa Cape Epic maintains the ‘Lance Mania’, as riders have always moved freely and mixed between each other throughout the event; World Champions riding shoulder to shoulder with the amateur riders has always been the appeal of the relaxed mountain biking way. Karl Platt (currently 9th UCI ranking) and Stefan Sahm (currently 17th UCI ranking) are the defending Champions from 2007, 2009 and 2010 and this team, Team Bulls, appears unbeatable with so much experience behind them; surely another win in 2011 will be in their sights. Jose Hermida: The current World Champion: Men Elite (Cross Country) is looking in top-form and the all important partner choice will swing the results. With the right partner this Mulitvan Merida team looks unstoppable and after a stage-win last year, the thirst for overall victory will be strong. Reading this morning’s ‘twitter’ from Costa Rica, it seems Jose is toughening up on Le Ruta which will stand him in good stead for Epic. Alban Lakata: The current Top UCI Ranking Men Elite (Marathon) performed very strongly with South African’s top mountain biker with Kevin Evans. After finishing 3rd in the Epic in 2010, he stands a very good chance of winning in 2011. Burry Stander: The current World Champion: U23 (Cross Country) and Christoph Sauser past World Champion (currently 21st UCI ranking) riding for Songo.info make for a formidable team after finishing second in 2010 but have struggled to complete in the past. Will 2011 be their year and deliver for this team what on paper suggests a win and what an entire Mountain Biking community in South Africa would love to see – A South African on the podium at no 1?! Blind adventurer and motivational speaker Hein Wagner will take on next year’s Absa Cape Epic with experienced cyclist Gerrie Olivier as Team Pragma Beyond Vision. It will be the first time in history that a blind person participates in this extreme endurance event. Race Founder, Kevin Vermaak concludes “Even if we have all the world champions on the start line, the race remains absolutely achievable for anyone that sets his or her mind to do it. And riding alongside the world’s best is something you can only do at the Absa Cape Epic. Perhaps what is even more important to the amateurs that come from all over the world is the quality of the route and of our event services. This remains the core of what we’re about,” Next month we will take a peek at the route and training! Andrew Clayton, who has completed the past three ABSA Cape Epics, is writing exclusively for The South African. If you are into mountain Biking join the Pedal Studio Mountain bike group for training and weekend rides – Pedal Studio is London’s only Pay as You go Spinning Studio. You can email Andrew on andrew.clayton@pedalstudio.co.uk to find out more. (www.pedalstudio.co.uk) The Absa Cape Epic, presented by Adidas, is the most televised mountain bike race in the world. It recently announced an increased prize purse of R500, 000 for next year, which consolidates the event’s position as the largest prize purse in the world of endurance mountain biking. What an achievement for South Africa!

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I am a 45 yr complete novice and would like any help possible. Bought a bike on the 1st of April and have done the following races thus far, Bela Bela 2:53, the Kremetart 5:50, the Carousel 3:28 and the Lost City 3:15. How does these times compare and where from here? Any training programs and any other info available? Please help!