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  1. The 2015 South Africa National MTB XCO and DHI championships are taking placing in Stellenbosch on 18 and 19 July. The newly built course at Coetzenburg will host the XCO races. Watch as Oliver Munnik takes us on guided tour of the Coetzenburg track. Click here to view the article
  2. Cold conditions greeted the riders at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg for the fourth and final round of the Stihl SA MTB Cup Series, which saw tough competition and hard racing amongst all the categories today. Click here to view the article
  3. The Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI’s) 2016 season of major mountain bike events will be marked by the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the UCI World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic (for Olympic cross-country – XCO) and Val di Sole, Italy (downhill and four-cross – DHI and 4X), as well as the return of Cairns (Australia) and La Bresse (France) to the World Cup. Click here to view the article
  4. Looking back on a series of superb racing and fantastic results seen from multitude of XCO and DHI stars, the final rounds of the 2015 SA MTB XCO and DHI Cup will definitely be one for the books at Cascades MTB Park, Pietermaritzburg from 27-28 June. Entries for both events close at midnight tonight (Tuesday 23 June). Click here to view the article
  5. Construction of the Coetzenburg cross-country course in Stellenbosch started on 25 March 2015. Bennet Nel and his team at Ace of Spades have been tasked with the track building. Having hosted Western Province XCO Champs in May, South African XCO Champs will take place at Coetzenburg on 18 July. Click here to view the article
  6. Enthusiastic mountain bikers of all ages arrived at Cascades MTB Park and raced to their limits for a stake at the cross-country Championship titles in their respective categories in Pietermaritzburg today. Click here to view the article
  7. The first round of the 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (XCO) presented by Shimano takes place this weekend in Nove Mesto na Morave (Czech Republic) on 23 and 24 May 2015. A few of South Africa’s star XCO riders – Jan Whitaar, Philip Buys, Arno du Toit, Gert Heyns, Matthys Beukes, Brendon Davids, Alan Hatherly, Rourke Croeser, James Reid, Tim Wilkins, Mariske Struass and Cherie Vale - are in Europe to compete, and some took some time to share their experiences and preparation stories prior to the racing ahead. Click here to view the article
  8. This weekend will see the start of the 2015 season for the cross-country series of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano, in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic. The Nove Mesto event, awarded the title of best cross-country World Cup multiple times, is the fitting place to launch the 25th season of the cross-country World Cup series. In addition, riders and countries are chasing every point they can in the race for Olympic qualifying for Rio next year. Click here to view the article
  9. The 2015 KwaZulu-Natal MTB Championships (XCO) will be taking place at Cascades MTB Park, Pietermaritzburg, on Saturday 30 May. Sponsored by KwaZulu-Natal Sports and Recreation, the event will allow top contenders in the KZN regions to compete for the 2015 XCO Championship title. Click here to view the article
  10. Highly acclaimed World Championship mountain bike venue, Cascades MTB Park, is all set to host the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal MTB Championships on 30 May (XCO), and again on 6-7 June (DHI/Enduro). Click here to view the article
  11. The 2015 African Mountain Bike Continental Championships takes place in Musanze, Rwanda, from 8-10 May. The South African Mountain Bike XCO team is ready and excited to race this weekend. Members of the team talk about preparation, training, injuries, and experiences ahead of this weekend’s race. Click here to view the article
  12. The third round of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Cup Series (XCO and DHI) takes place at Mankele Bike Park in Mpumalanga on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April. Online pre-entries for both events close at midnight tonight. Click here to view the article
  13. The second round of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Cup XCO took place at Voortrekker Monument, Gauteng, on Saturday 28 March. With 50 Elite Men and 11 Elite Women competing, this event had one of the largest Elite fields in a long time. Click here to view the article
  14. A week after completing the Absa Cape Epic, Mariske Strauss is back on the bike for her first XCO National this year. She will be competing in the second round of the Stihl 2015 SA XCO Cup Series at Voortrekker Monument in Gauteng on Saturday 28 March. Click here to view the article
  15. Entries for the second round of the 2015 Stihl SA XCO Cup Series taking place at Voortrekker Monument, Gauteng on Saturday 28 March 2015, are open. Click here to view the article
  16. South Africa’s top Elite cross-country stars and international riders took part in the first event of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB XCO Series (in partnership with East Cape MTB) in Port Elizabeth on Saturday 28 February 2015. Click here to view the article
  17. Over 140 competitors took to the hot and dry conditions at the opening round of the Stihl 2015 SA National XCO Cup Series, which took place in the Baakens Valley in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, 28 February, with Philip Buys (Scott Factory Racing powered by LCB) and Candice Neethling (Pam Golding/Freewheel Cycology/Specialized) taking the victories in the Elite Men and women categories respectively. Click here to view the article
  18. London Olympian, Philip Buys, widely regarded as South Africa’s most complete mountain bike racer, will lead a new 14-rider mountain bike racing team into 2015 – and beyond. SCOTT Factory Racing powered by LCB will focus primarily on the Olympic Cross-Country (XCO) discipline with World Championships and Olympic Games success as its long-term goal. Click here to view the article
  19. The location of the 1st round of the XCO Cup Series 2015 on 28 February is slam-bam in the middle of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. You’d be forgiven to think serious compromises were made to have this UCI Category 1 course in such a prime location, however at 4.7km and 170m total ascent and with some gnarly natural obstacles in place, the course is capable of delivering some big blows come race day. Click here to view the article
  20. Gauteng’s Thaba Trails Mountain Bike Park is gearing up to welcome South Africa’s top cross-country (XCO) and downhill (DHI) competitors as it plays host to the 2014 Cycling SA-MTB National Championships, on 19 and 20 July. Click here to view the article
  21. The 2014 UCI MTB World Cup, presented by Shimano, at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg came to a thrilling end with the elite men’s cross country final that saw Julien Absalon claim his maiden victory in South Africa. Click here to view the article
  22. Swiss star Jolanda Neff claimed her maiden elite Cross Country World Cup win at the same Cascades MTB Park where she won her Under 23 World Championship title last year, as she held off the experienced Gunn-Rita Dahle and team mate Maja Wloszczowska in harsh conditions on Sunday afternoon. Click here to view the article
  23. It's the final day of the UCI MTB World Cup here in Pietermaritzburg and we're scouting the pits for more gear. Most of the elites are still hiding from the sun and heat, but we've caught a few snaps of some XCO machines. Click here to view the article
  24. Having achieved all that she could in her downhill mountain biking career, former women’s downhill World Champion Tracy Moseley now has her sights firmly set on a spot on the English Cross Country team for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and this weekend’s 2014 UCI MTB World Cup, presented by Shimano, in Pietermaritzburg will serve as the first step in her qualification process. Click here to view the article
  25. Happening this coming Saturday at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch. Entries are done at the venue - Friday from 12pm to 5pm or Saturday between 7am and 9am. As per usual, riders can recce the course on Friday afternoon, with racing taking place on Saturday. The entry fees are R100 for Nipper and Sprog categories and R150 for all other categories.
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