The good doctor, Leon Evans, also known as Dr Evil has a better prescription than an apple a day: enter the 2023 Dr Evil Classic. Now in its eleventh year the event will boast more singletrack than ever, as Plettenberg Bay continues to evolve as a mountain biking Mecca. It will however not lose its [...]
The tenth edition of the CCPP Group Dr Evil Classic concluded in spectacular fashion at Cairnbrogie Mountain Bike Trail Park, outside Plettenberg Bay, on Saturday, 24 September. After a day of scenic gravel grinding in the MTO Forestry plantations, around Wittedrift, and a day of persistent drizzle resulting in muddy trails, in the indigenous forest [...]
A persistent drizzle led to a delayed start for Stage 2 of the 2022 CCPP Group Dr Evil Classic, at Cairnbrogie Mountain Bike Trail Park outside Plettenberg Bay; on Friday, 23 September. The route was hastily changed to avoid the most waterlogged sections of singletrack in the Harkerville forest and in the MTO plantations. Yet [...]
The 2022 CCPP Group Dr Evil Classic may have attracted 300 riders from across South Africa, and further afield, but it remains a must-do event for the Plettenberg Bay locals too. Alongside the riders in the Bike Shop Plett kit, like Kevin Evans and Neill Clark, the seaside town is being ably represented by the [...]
The 2020 Dr Evil Classic is set to take place from Thursday 17th to Saturday 19st of September. Riders will once again be treated to three days of exceptionally scenic Garden Route mountain biking with each stage starting and finishing in a unique location near Plettenberg Bay. The opening stage and registration will once again [...]
The final stage of the 2019 BUCO Dr Evil Classic concluded three fantastic days of mountain biking with a singletrack packed stage around the Cairnbrogie and Harkerville trails on Saturday, 21 September. Matthew Leppan sprinted to his second stage victory of the race, holding off Martin Schuttertt; who wrapped-up the overall title. In the solo [...]
Siphe Ncapayi finished the opening stage of the BUCO Dr Evil Classic 11 minutes and 2 seconds behind the stage winner. On Friday’s Stage 2, which started and finished at Kurland Hotel, he reduced that deficit to just 34 seconds. With two third place finishes now to his name, it is clear that, the Kwano [...]
Knysna’s Giliomee and Bosman Families are taking part in the BUCO Dr Evil Classic as a family adventure. Like all families though, they are not immune from a healthy dose of sibling rivalry. Or in the Giliomee’s case sibling and parental rivalries. Brothers Jaco and Cecil Bosman are riding the three-day mountain bike stage race [...]
Registration for the 2019 BUCO Dr Evil Classic took place at the Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve on Wednesday, 18 September. Situated inland, on a plateau between the Bietou and Keurbooms Rivers, from the coastal resort town and its idyllic white sand beaches the Game Reserve boasts three of the Big Five. Zebra, blue wildebeest and [...]
The young local team of Aidan Connelly and Rogan Smart, racing in the colours of The Bike Shop/SCOTT/Strocam wrapped up the 2018 BUCO Dr Evil Classic in style on Saturday. The pair dominated the event, winning all three stages overall and in the men’s team competition – and while the predominant spirit at the BUCO [...]
