ABSA Cape Epic Stage 6: A new winnner, crashes & singletrack

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ABSA Cape Epic Stage 5: Rohrbach, Pfrommer pip leaders to the post

Nicola Rohrbach and Matthias Pfrommer of Team Centurion Vaude by Meerendal 2 today claimed their second stage win at the 2016 Absa Cape Epic in a sprint finish under the oak trees of Boschendal Wine...

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Marco Milivinti & Alia Marcellini are your Superenduro winners.

The Tuscan round of the national 'Superenduro powered by SRAM' Series confirms the prestige of the event and the high-profile of the competition, thanks to the participation of the best national and...

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ABSA Cape Epic Stage 4: The Italian's are coming on strong.

Samuele Porro and Damiano Ferraro punched the air as they approached the finish line of Thursday's fourth stage of the Absa Cape Epic. Just before the line, the pair who are riding for Trek-Selle...

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ABSA Cape Epic Stage 3: Stenerhag collapses at finish line.

It was a bleak day on Stage 3 of the Absa Cape Epic for two top teams. Swede Jennie Stenerhag, second overall in the winner's category with South African Robyn de Groot (Team Ascendis Health),...

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ABSA Cape Epic Stage 2: Hot, sticky windless day.

Stage 2 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic, the 100th stage in the history of the event, was held in another hot, windless day in Tulbagh. The racing in both the Men's and Women's categories was fiery...

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ABSA Cape Epic Stage 1: Platt/Huber looking pretty fast.

The Team Bulls pair of Karl Platt and Urs Huber, along with Cape Epic first-timers Periklis Ilias and Tiago Ferreira (Dolomiti Superbike), went out hard from the start, with the small bunch of four...

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ABSA Cape Epic kicks off with Platt/Huber taking the prologue.

Four-time Absa Cape Epic winner Karl Platt of Germany and Swiss partner Urs Huber (Bulls) laid down a marker for the week ahead by blitzing the course to win Sunday's prologue. And in the Women's...

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Loic Bruni starts the season off on the right foot.

The New Zealand fans were going wild as the Crankworx Rotorua Downhill presented by iXS unfolded Sunday afternoon with three top Kiwi riders making a play for a solid home-crowd podium, until...

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This just in. Brandon Semenuk is pretty good at bikes.

The man who wrote the book on Slopestyle penned himself a new first, Saturday, as the inaugural winner of the Kelly McGarry Memorial Trophy at Crankworx Rotorua. Brandon SEMENUK's effortless...

News

Kintner still the women to beat in pumptrackin'.

After many near wins, Tomas LEMOINE (FRA) finally has his first Crankworx gold medal, and five-time pump track queen Jill KINTNER (USA) her redemption, after an epic Rotorua Pump Track Challenge...

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Long Live The Queen.

Fast trails and a good-time vibe left athletes smiling as they pulled in from a pedal-heavy GIANT Toa Enduro at Crankworx Rotorua, and the whip cranked the crowd into a frenzy to cap the night.

Reviews

Pearl Izumi X-Alp Launch II

I can't say I know much about Pearl Izumi shoes, other than they have been making them for a while and Lopes wears them. After my Vans died a horrible sole failure death, I thought I would give the...

Videos

My Soul is on Fire.

I have always been considered a quiet and simple guy, who enjoys the simple things in life, though occasionally I give up a few quirks that make me feel a little happier. What I had never imagined...

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Deep Summer packed up and heading to the Shire.

Crankworx is taking its signature photography show, Deep Summer, on the road for the first time ever. Immediately following the Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle, the Deep Summer Rotorua Photo Challenge...

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Leatt DBX 4.0 Lite Gloves

The first thing that I noticed when I put on the Airflex DBX Lite gloves from Leatt was how thin they are. The difference in thickness between these and other gloves I have tried is instantly...

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Gunn-Rita Dahle is way, way tougher than you.

Mountain Bike legend Gunn-Rita Dahle (Multivan Merida) conquered the first seasonal success at Cyprus Sunshine Cup. The 43-year-old Norwegian gave Northwave a prestigious success in the 4-day MTB...

Events

Crankworx is coming. Not that one, not that one either.. The NZ one.

Astrong contingent of elite athletes, a new downhill race, the Deep Summer photography showcase and more Kidsworx events will see Crankworx Rotorua expand for 2016 as New Zealand welcomes the...

Videos

Jump the tour? Already been done. Jump a Heli? That takes some nuts.

Whatever he is selling, take my money.

News

ABSA Cape Epic offered in Hifi this year, I mean 360 immersive video.

In a world first for sporting events, the Absa Cape Epic will include a mountain biker riding with the pro peloton who will deliver 360-degree immersive video during the 8-day stage race when it...

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Bontrager Stormshell Gloves

Winter riding can be a nasty thing. Wet, cold, uncomfortable. Or it can be warm, wet and comfortable. The Stormshell gloves help keep your days more like the latter than the former.  

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ABSA Cape Epic, not just for the whippersnappers.

In a different category... There are many races within the bigger Absa Cape Epic race. Most obvious are those for the yellow zebra-striped Men's category jersey and the orange version for...

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Watch out another Swedish guy is loose on the FMB Tour.

Swedish slopestyle athlete Max Fredriksson begins his 2016 season with new partners and a good result from the first FMB World Tour event of the year. For the foreseeable future, the young...

Videos

The other half of the year we do this.

Stan Rey skiing some awesome lines with some good exposure.  Then let's chuck a backflip at it. 

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Transalp race going through Bormio. Looks like a worthy stop.

Crossing the Alps – a fantasy, that drives thousands of ambitious cyclists onto the trails to cross Europe's highest mountains using nothing but their own strength. The BIKE Transalp leads bikers...