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Sunday, July 15, 2001
World Cup DH5, Durango Lightning, rain and powercuts plagued the 5th round of the WC DH series this weekend in Durango, USA. Problems such as a timing system outage (long live the SA system?) with the last 5 guys to go down, the ski-lifts being stopped due to heavy lightning and other mishaps made this round one to remember. The mens DH was won by Mikael Paskal, followed closely by Eric Carter and finally Colin Bailey. Missy Giove had to settle for third place in her home town as Anne-Caro took the win followed by UK's Tracey Moseley - who is having her best ever WC season.
Monday, July 09, 2001
World Cup DH 4, Canada Grouse mountain, the venue which replaced the Whistler DH, held its first ever World Cup this past Sunday. South Africa's Greg Minnaar finished an impressive 4th, just 1 second off winner Fabien Barel (GT) - but still beat Nicolas Vouilloz who finshed 5th. Knysna Results and pics will go up with PMB National reports tomorrow...
Sunday, July 08, 2001
A Good Weekend Alright! Gary Barnard retained his DH title at Knysna (although Chris did come second with only 4 previous runs!). New start to the old course, and a cool new finish. Bridgette Minnaar, despite being hit by another cyclist in a nasty accident took the ladies title again this year. A full set of results and pics from both the XC and DH will be up by Tuesday. Forgive us, we just got in right now after a 6 hour nonstop drive....
Friday, July 06, 2001
Off to Knysna Ready to leave at last, its going to be a long journey - Chris Nixon and I are travelling together. I think he stands a good chance to win the DH race tomorrow (with virtually no practice). Hopefully I can find an internet connection and keep you posted once the race is finished. The weather appears to be clearing - so all seems in order. If you want a race report live call 0824131868 and hope you catch me in a good mood!
Tuesday, July 03, 2001
Racing Galore! Just returned from PMB which hosted a very successful 3rd leg of the SAMBA National series. The XC course was a killing 7,2Km loop through the WorldsView forest. The DH course was a steep pedally affair - and all the riders voted it amongst the best this year. The Dual was a shocking affair - but riders made the most of it and pleased the crowds. A FULL race report will be up on the news pages before I go to Knysna on Thursday.
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
RoadTrip Begins The time is a pathetic 7:22am and I am sitting in Cape Town International waiting for a flight I missed. The reason for this post is to complain, just joking. Rather, the reaso for this post is to remind everyone to check back here over the weekend for the latest news.
Monday, June 25, 2001
Ready to go All plane tickets collected. 30 rolls of 36 EliteChrome Kodak Film. A couple DVcam cassettes. 2 huge equipment bags and 1 Visa Card. Ready to roll. The site will not be updated for the next two weeks - so please bear with me. Only this News coloumn will record the happenings of the MTB World in SA.
Just an update Yehaaa! Just finished shooting 5 rolls on my new Camera in Tokai forest. Testing all functions before leaving on Tuesday for Durban, then onto Johannesburg and then the PMB National. Expect tonnes of styling pics. Remember to enter early for the National. On another note the new SA Cycling magazine is now out - filled with Tour de France info!
Monday, June 18, 2001
DH World Cup 2 Results Steve Peat and Anne-Caro repeated their victories of last week and remain the points leaders. The 2nd leg of the Tissot-UCI DH ciruit took place in Vars, France today. The conditions were not good and competitors had to choose tyres very carefully to accomodate the snow, hail and rain. South Africa's Greg Minnaar finished a super 8th place - a mere 10 seconds off the pace. |
