Former champs eye more sani2c success
15 May 2012, written by Rory 0 Comments
Defending champion Max Knox will team up with two-time former winner Mannie Heymans as they take on the three-day sani2c, presented by BoE Private Clients, which starts at Underberg in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday.
Knox – who heads the MTN National Mountain Bike Marathon Series after five of the eight rounds – and his Namibian partner will be up against Old Mutual joBerg2c winners and pre-race favourites Kevin Evans and David George of Nedbank 360Life.
SA’s MTB top guns eye picturesque MTN Clarens National Ultra Marathon
18 Apr 2012, written by Rory 0 Comments
With Kevin Evans and David George opting to compete in the Joburg2C mountain bike tour rather than the MTN Clarens, Max Knox might just be the new overall leader in the MTN Ultra-marathon series after the MTN Clarens National MTB Ultra taking place on Saturday, 5 May 2012.
SA’s Max Knox and American Tod Wells to take on this year’s Absa Cape Epic as Team Songo-Specialized
15 Mar 2012, written by Rory 0 Comments
Max Knox (24, of SA) and Todd Wells (36, of the USA) of Team Songo-Specialized are gearing up for the challenging 2012 Absa Cape Epic, which takes place from 25 March to 1 April. The race will once again take 1200 riders through some of the Western Cape’s most unspoilt territory, kicking off with the prologue at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville and finishing at the traditional Lourensford Wine Estate.
Rossouw takes hat trick MTN Barberton win after 7 year break
02 Feb 2012, written by Rory 0 Comments
By winning the MTN Barberton ultra-marathon on Saturday (28 January), Jacques Rossouw (Team FedGroup-Itec Connect) at long last completed a hat trick of victories. Kevin Evans (Nedbank360Life) was second and Jacques Janse van Rensburg (MTN-Qhubeka) third.
In South African mountain biking Rossouw’s hat trick was probably the longest in the making. His previous victories in Barberton were in 2004 and 2005.
Sauser and Knox make it two in a row at Cape Pioneer
20 Oct 2011, written by Rory 0 Comments
Yesterday (Wednesday, 19 October) Christoph Sauser (Songo.info), Switzerland’s world champion in the mountain biking marathon, set a personal record when he and his partner, Max Knox (Ghost), won the third stage of the DCM Cape Pioneer Trek. David George and Kevin Evans from Team 360Life remain in Yellow.
Sauser and Knox tough it out to take stage2 at DCM Cape Pioneer Trek
19 Oct 2011, written by Rory 0 Comments
By winning the second stage of the DCM Pioneer Trek yesterday (Tuesday, 18 October), Max Knox (Ghost) and Christoph Sauser (Songo.info) proved that you can’t keep a good team down. Kevin Evans and David George from Team 360 Life held onto the leaders jersey after a dominant stage 1 victory.
The winning time for the stage (from Calitzdorp to Riversdale) was 5 hours 23 minutes and 25 seconds.
Evans to sacrifice hat trick for team mate George at MTN National MTB Ride Crater Cruise
05 Oct 2011, written by Rory 0 CommentsTo become the first rider to complete a hat trick of victories at the MTN Ride Crater Cruise in Parys could be very tempting for many riders, but Kevin Evans (360Life), the most successful rider in the history of the Crater Cruise, is an exception.
‘Naturally I would not mind winning the MTN Ride Crater Cruise for a third time in a row, but on Saturday (8 September) we have ‘bigger fish to fry’.
War on two wheels at MTN Hilton MTB Dirt Fest
21 Sep 2011, written by Rory 0 CommentsFive of South Africa’s top mountain bikers, Adrien Niyonshuti and Jacques Janse van Rensburg (both MTN-Qhubeka); Kevin Evans and David George (both 360Life) and Max Knox (Ghost) and Mannie Heymans (Garmin adidas) share the same goal. They all want to be the overall winner of the MTN Ultra-marathon series.
