The first race of the season on the UK scene files riders into line and gives a decent measure of where they lie with fellow countryman. It might just be one race but the feet on those 5 steps are a good guide to who is up there two weeks ahead of the World Cup season. The BDS at Antur Stiniog this weekend thrust the younger riders into the limelight and gave, from a UK perspective at least, an idea of where we are at. The Juniors stamped their mark and racers like Bryceland pushed ahead of their mentors to land solid results.
Arriving at Antur Stiniog I had reservations about a UK national being held at a bike park. The potential for surfaced trails and the spread of … Pictures and more
Matthys Beukes (RSA) and his partner Gert Heyns (RSA) from team SCOTT Factory Racing managed to finish in first. Nino Schurter (SUI) and Philip Buys (RSA) from team SCOTT-Odlo MTB Racing took second place after winning the stage 6 on the day before. Roel Paulissen (BEL) and Riccardo Chiarini (ITA) from team Torpado Factory made it on the podium at stage 7 as well, by finishing in third.
In the Women category Ariane Kleinhans (SUI)/Annika Langvad (DEN) from team RECM2 won the stage 7 in front of Esther Süss (SUI) and Sally Bigham (UK) from Team Meerendal. Consequently there hadn’t been any surprises regarding the overall ranking – Kleinhans and Langvad are the champions of this year’s Absa CAPE EPIC.
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The sixth stage of the Absa CAPE EPIC 2014 took place in South Africa yesterday. With 85km in distance and 1.800 climbing metres the route was less brutal than in yesterday`s stage 5! However the riders had to be fully concentrated on the technical demanding single tracks around Oak Valley, as the Top 5 teams in the overall ranking were still close together! Every single mistake or problem would have been unforgiven.
Stage 6 – Results:
1st place: SCOTT-Odlo MTB Racing – 6-1 Nino Schurter (SUI) / 6-2 Philip Buys (RSA) 2nd place: Topeak-Ergon Racing – 8-1 Robert Mennen (GER) / 8-2 Kristian Hynek (CZE) 3rd place: Meerendal Songo Specialized – 1-1 Christoph Sauser (SUI) / 1-2 Frantisek Rabon (CZE)
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We decided to lose the motor, and bring it back to the roots of motocross. Check out the mix of future, past, and present talent from motocross, supercross, freestyle motocross, bmx, and mountain biking rip up the local bmx trails. Riders featured: Cole Seely, Dean Wilson, Hunter Yoder, Mike Sleeter, Joey Cordova, Brian Lopes, Destin Cantrell, Killy Rusk, Randy Lawrence, Nathan Sykes, and Mike Montgomery.
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