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11M ago
You’re only as old as you feel, and three septuagenarians who took part in the 2023 Rubicon Great Zuurberg Trek E-edition in Greater Addo could not be feeling any better. After the first day over 40km on Friday, Stuart Woodhead, 78, Alex Solomon, 75, and Pierre le Roux, 77, had hardly broken a sweat, their ..read more
In the Bunch | Cycling news, results, events, photos & classifieds
11M ago
Overall leaders Bruce Campbell and Jay Carneiro stormed home on the final day of the Great Zuurberg Trek mountain bike race to claim their first title in the eighth edition of three-day event on Sunday. In near perfect conditions, the Gqeberha duo crossed the line in 3:03:40 to finish the technical 50km course more than ..read more
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2y ago
Organisers of the Great Zuurberg Trek have adopted a policy of paying it forward by using the iconic Eastern Cape mountain bike race to help broaden the development of the sport in South Africa. The three-stage event, back on track after two years in the Covid wilderness, took place from the Zuurberg Mountain Village at ..read more
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2y ago
Over the weekend, the inaugural Rubicon Great Zuurberg Trek E-edition pushed tech and cycling boundaries when it became the first multiday mountain bike event dedicated to e-bikes to take place in South Africa. The three-day ride in the Zuurberg mountains at Addo, outside Gqeberha, was a long time in the making after twice being postponed ..read more
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2y ago
An event such as the Rubicon Great Zuurberg Trek E-edition is the perfect platform to demonstrate the versatility of one of cycling’s fast-growing sectors. “The growth of the e-bike has been phenomenal,” said Giant Bicycles marketing manager Max Sullivan, “and we expect this sector will continue to grow, particularly since e-bikes are in their infancy ..read more
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2y ago
Matt Keyser and Rossouw Bekker put it all on the line in the closing metres to overturn a two-second deficit into a five-second overall victory on the final day of the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek mountain biking race at Addo outside Gqeberha on Sunday. Before the start of the tough 48km third stage, the Valley ..read more
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2y ago
The Fairtree-Imperial team of Luyanda Thobigunya and Khusaselihle Ngidi relied on their climbing legs to win the second stage of the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek ahead of overnight leaders Rossouw Bekker and Matt Keyser today. The frontrunners in the tough mountain bike race will take a meagre two-second lead into the third and final stage ..read more
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2y ago
The Western Cape pair of Rossouw Bekker and Matt Keyser outduelled Luyanda Thobigunya and Khusaselihle Ngidi to capture stage one of the seventh PwC Great Zuurberg Trek mountain bike race at Addo outside Gqeberha today. Bekker – third overall in the pre-Covid edition in 2019 – and Keyser spent most of the day in a ..read more
In the Bunch | Cycling news, results, events, photos & classifieds
2y ago
Former African junior cross-country champion Rossouw Bekker will have a new teammate in Matt Keyser when he tackles the seventh PwC Great Zuurberg Trek mountain bike race at Addo outside Gqeberha this weekend. The three-day event, which starts and finishes at the Zuurberg Mountain Village on top of the Zuurberg mountains, gets underway with a ..read more
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2y ago
The partnership between Hayterdale Trails’ Great Zuurberg Collection and logistics giants DPD Laser is poised for the long haul following the latter’s acquisition of Fast + Furious last year. Fast + Furious had become an integral part of the Addo-based company’s stable of boutique events, which includes the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek and Rubicon Great ..read more