Gravel racing has grown and matured in recent years, stand alone events and series have gained popularity, and now the time has come for a truly world-class gravel stage race. The Garden Route Giro promises to be that and more. A six-day stage race through the stunning Southern Cape region, featuring ascents of some of [...]
Pedal Project is using the power of bikes to provide Trail Therapy and allowing you to win a dream ebike while supporting at-risk youth. For the second year the charity, which currently provides weekly mental health counselling and a healthy outdoors outlet for 120 children from schools in Macassar and Stand, will be staging a [...]
Entries to the 2025 SPAR Swiss Epic, which will take place from the 13th to the 17th of August next year, are open. To experience the best of Graubünden’s world class mountain biking teams are encouraged to book their slots now. The 2024 SPAR Swiss Epic was an edition for the ages and certainly [...]
Stage 5 of the 2024 SPAR Swiss Epic provided a fitting finale to the Epic Series race through the magnificent trails of Graubünden. It did however not provide any major upsets as Gian Schmid and Lukas Flückiger defended their yellow CIOVITA jerseys, despite the aggressive racing of the KTM Alchemist Brenta Brakes team. The women [...]
40-year-old, two-time SPAR Swiss Epic champion, Lukas Flückiger stormed to stage victory and into the general classification race lead alongside his BIXS Performance 2 teammate, Gian Schmid, on Stage 4. The Swiss combination leapfrogged from third to first on the leaderboard to set up what is sure to be a dramatic final stage on Saturday. [...]
Story by Christopher Rawbone-Viljoen Late in 2022, Pieter Silberbauer, of Trail’s End, and Christopher Rawbone-Viljoen, of Oak Valley, sought to canvass landowners in Elgin to form a combined trail network that would stretch from Sir Lowry’s Pass to Houw Hoek. That goal is still a work in progress, but as of August 2024 the Elgin [...]
CANNONDALE ISB SPORT and KTM Alchemist Brenta Brakes added to their overnight leads with victories on Stage 3 of the 2024 SPAR Swiss Epic. The men in yellow, Lorenzo and Nicolas Samparisi claimed their second stage win; while the women in orange, Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas, added a third to their great Graubünden performance. [...]
Stage 2 of the 2024 SPAR Swiss Epic saw a resurgent Wilier Vittoria team race to victory and back into the general classification battle. Team KTM Alchemist Brenta Brakes will however remain pleased with their efforts as they extended their overall lead over their closest rivals. The same is true for CANNONDALE ISB SPORT, in [...]
A dramatic opening day of the SPAR Swiss Epic saw Lorenzo and Nicolas Samparisi edge out the local favourites, Fadri Barandun and Simon Vitzthum, to claim the first stage victory of the 2024 race. The UCI Women’s battle was a less helter-skelter affair with Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas outclimbing their rivals to win the [...]
The 2024 SPAR Swiss Epic promises to be a fiercely competitive edition of the Epic Series’ stage race in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. This year’s race takes place from the 20th to the 24th of August, with stages hosted by La Punt, Engadin, Davos and Chur. A stacked elite field will contest the UCI [...]
