Scott Racing’s Davide Foccoli and Stefano Goria held off Klimatiza Orbea’s David Valero and Samuele Porro to win the opening stage of the 2026 Andorra Epic on Thursday, 2 July. Monica Calderon and Costanza Fasolis got their Pyrenean project underway with a perfect stage victory to seize the first elite women’s leaders’ jerseys for Massi [...]
The Pyrenean Principality of Andorra is no stranger to mountain bikers and mountain biking fans. It has hosted World Series races, World Championships, and is on the bucket list of most big mountain bike park lovers. The Epic Series adds to that rich appeal, bringing marathon mountain bikers to the country to experience endless trails, [...]
Sarah Maré’s Ford Trailseeker Series consistency paid off in the Sondela Nature Reserve on Saturday, 27 June, as she seized race victory and the overall general classification lead. The fast course might not have played to the Efficient Infiniti Insure rider’s strengths, but she had produced a classy ride nonetheless in cold conditions. In the [...]
After three rounds of the 2026 Ford Trailseeker Series, Samantha Sanders and Marc Pritzen lead the race for the R100 000 grand prize. The Efficient Infiniti Insure team’s dominance at the top of the elite women’s leaderboard means that Sanders’ fiercest competition for the Sondela event, on Saturday, 27 June, and the overall series will likely [...]
Long before Jakob Fuglsang became one of Denmark’s most accomplished road cyclists, he was a young mountain biker learning how to win the hard way. In October 2026, 20 years after he turned pro on the MTB, he is returning to his off-road roots at the Nedbank Gravel Burn. In 2006, he turned professional, moving [...]
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon has been confirmed as the first Abbott World Marathon Major to be held on African soil. Following the successful staging of its 2026 race on 24 May, the event has passed the second and final stage of its Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM) assessment, becoming the eighth member of the [...]
SCOTT Sports has officially unveiled the all-new fifth-generation Spark, a completely redesigned cross-country race machine that builds on one of the most successful platforms in mountain biking history. Far more than a refinement of its predecessor, the new Spark features an entirely new frame developed to be lighter, more agile, and more seamlessly integrated, while [...]
Another signal in the new professionalisation of gravel racing, the Nedbank Gravel Burn, has introduced a team classification for the second edition, which takes place from the 25th to the 31st of October 2026. In so doing, the Nedbank Gravel Burn becomes the first major gravel stage race in the world to introduce a formalised team [...]
The third round of the 2026 Ford Trailseeker Series saw a first-time winner and a new leader in the overall standings, as Ignatius du Preez and Samantha Sanders claimed the Van Gaalen victories on Saturday, 6 June. Du Preez required fortune to smile upon him twice, including a finish line crash with Jan Withaar to [...]
With R100 000 on the line for the overall champions at the end of the 2026 Ford Trailseeker Series, the battle for primacy over the course of the season is the golden thread linking the six events. Just a month after the Cradle contest, and three weeks out from the Sondela showdown, the battle at Van [...]
