Cycling South Africa’s Mountain Bike Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Singen, Germany, from 24-25 June. Click here to view the article
No all-African team has won the Absa Cape Epic since it was launched back in 2004, but Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes want to change that in the not too distant future. Click here to view the article
The form is there. The best race weapons are at our disposal. The perfect sponsors and partners are in place. A tight-knit support team works around the clock. And, our rivals are tougher and stronger too. The 2017 season is already off to a fast start. We're one gear ahead. Click here to view the article
A video clip (below) from the 2014 Absa Cape Epic shows Team RECM’s Erik Kleinhans and Nico Bell swooping down a hill, stopping alongside a stricken Frantisek Rabon and immediately setting about repairing a problem on the Specialized rider’s bike. Rabon was, of course, Christoph Sauser’s partner in 2014 and the South African pairing of Kleinhans and Bell were riding as their support team. Click here to view the article
Double mixed title winner Erik Kleinhans and 2013 men’s race winner Nico Bell are looking forward to returning to the trails of the Nedbank sani2c come 14-16 May 2015 as they look to right the ‘wrongs’ of last year’s contest. Click here to view the article
The final stage of the Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race took place on Saturday. Fittingly, Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell won the short 57km leg from Chandelier Game Reserve to Oudtshoorn, sealing overall victory in the process. But there were major upsets behind them as the final podium was given a late shuffle. Click here to view the article
Nico Bell and Theresa Ralph got the 2017 Nissan TrailSeeker Mountain Bike Series off to a victorious start when they won the men and women’s titles respectively at Legends MX, east of Pretoria at the weekend. Click here to view the article
Nico Bell and Monica Glover closed out the final round of the 2016 Nissan TrailSeeker Gauteng Mountain Bike Series with victories in the 68km men and women’s marathon distances at Cullinan, near Pretoria at the weekend. Click here to view the article
Off the bike, Nico Bell and Gawie Combrinck are soft-spoken and humble. But on Monday, on the bike, there was no place for diplomacy as they ripped the field apart with an aggressive Stage 1 victory that gave them the overall lead on Day 2 of the 2016 Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race in Mossel Bay, South Africa. Click here to view the article
Despite being the first team to reach the finish at Scottburgh on the KZN South Coast in 2016, Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell had too much time to make up on stage three and finished second overall, however the duo is hoping to go one better in 2017 and finish atop the KAP sani2c podium. Click here to view the article
The Mpumalanga Tour, the only 6 six day road cycle challenge in South Africa took place from 18 to 23 January 2016,. The 6 stages cover a total distance of 752 km from Loskopdam to Badplaas, Mbombela, Graskop and Blyde River Canyon and featured all top South African Roady Cycling teams. Click here to view the article
Nelspruit’s Gawie Combrinck became the first three-time winner of the 900km Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race after placing second alongside teammate Nico Bell on the final stage of 84km between Highflats and Scottburgh in KwaZulu-Natal today. Click here to view the article
Nico Bell and Gawie Combrinck took a major step towards sealing the Old Mutual joBerg2c title with another impressive display on the penultimate stage between Ixopo and Highflats in KwaZulu-Natal today. Click here to view the article
Following their impressive victory at the recent nine-day long Old Mutual joBerg2c, the pair of Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell have added their names to the already formidable list of elite men’s contenders as they look to do the double at the upcoming KAP sani2c which takes place between Glencairn Farm in the Southern Drakensberg and Scottburgh on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast from 12-14 May. Click here to view the article
All through the week at the 2016 Absa Cape Epic Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock (USN Purefit) have been measured and composed on their bikes. Despite suffering minor mechanicals on almost every stage, the pair has carved out an impressive lead in the race for the red Absa African special jersey. Click here to view the article
Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell (NAD Pro MTB) made inroads into USN Purefit’s Absa African special jersey lead when Darren Lill suffered a costly mechanical on Stage 2 of the Absa Cape Epic. Click here to view the article
Mpumalanga’s Nico Bell and Western Cape’s Cherise Stander travelled from their home provinces to give Gauteng mountain bikers a lesson when they won the men and women’s titles respectively at Round 1 of the 2015 Gauteng Nissan TrailSeeker Series at Buffelsdrift near Pretoria on Saturday. Click here to view the article
In years gone by the Nissan TrailSeeker Mountain Bike Series has established itself as a breeding ground for new talent through races that aren’t too far from major centres and not too difficult for newcomers. Road cycling professionals have used the popular series successfully to transition into mountain biking. Click here to view the article
With the world marathon championships looming, Nico Bell is preparing for a ding-dong battle as he mounts his title defence at the Nedbank sani2c mountain bike race in KwaZulu-Natal from Thursday. Click here to view the article
Nico Bell's productive off-season is starting to yield big returns already with an impressive win at the Barberton XCM this past Saturday. Only the second race for Bell in Team RECM colours, he finished the 125km in 5:25'35", with a lead of over 27 minutes on second and third place. Click here to view the article
This weekend saw the final round of the MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan take place in the Freestate town of Parys, South Africa. In a superb show of class and determination Nico Bell (Team RECM) put in a sterling ride that not only saw him claim the win on the day but also a second consecutive National MTB Series title. Click here to view the article
After forcing the pace towards the end, Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell were rewarded with the stage victory on the third day of the 900km Old Mutual joBerg2c at Sterkfontein Dam outside Harrismith today. Click here to view the article
Nico Bell (Westvaal/Bell Cycles), who is currently the top rider on the KIA Mountain Bike rankings, has proven that consistency does pay off. Click here to view the article
“Nico Bell has the ability to become the overall winner of the MTN mountain-bike ultra-series. He is one of South Africa’s most underrated mountain bikers.” Click here to view the article
Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell won the all-new sixth stage of the 2016 Old Mutual joBerg2c in emphatic fashion to become the new overall leaders today. Click here to view the article
