Last year's surprise winners Neil MacDonald and Waylon Woolcock will be out to silence their critics at the Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race, which starts at Heidelberg in Gauteng on Friday. The former road cyclists are determined to prove that their victory in the second edition of South Africa's longest paired stage race was no flash in the pan. This year, the … [Read more...] about Champs MacDonald and Woolcock Keen to Silence Critics
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Injured Champ, Ischen Stopforth, Issues Challenge
Defending women's champion Ischen Stopforth will make her comeback from injury at the Old Mutual joBerg2c, which starts at Heidelberg south of Johannesburg on Friday. The nine-day mountain bike race will be the ultimate test of fitness for Stopforth, who fractured her right arm just weeks before she was scheduled to ride the Absa Cape Epic with British partner Catherine … [Read more...] about Injured Champ, Ischen Stopforth, Issues Challenge
Men from the Mountains tackle Old Mutual joBerg2c
Swaziland's mountain bike champion Thulani Gule and national off-road series winner Fana Mentani have been invited to join the African challenge in this year's Old Mutual joBerg2c. The pair is among a number of elite teams from as far afield as Kenya and Namibia who will be competing in the 910km South African stage race. The event takes place over nine days, starting in … [Read more...] about Men from the Mountains tackle Old Mutual joBerg2c
Journey Through the joBerg2c Shadows with the Parlotones
South Africa's biggest rock band will take fans of the country's longest paired mountain bike race on a musical journey set to the soundtrack of its soon to be released new album. The Parlotones have granted organisers of the Old Mutual joBerg2c the right to use songs from Journey Through the Shadows in their daily television coverage before its international release on May … [Read more...] about Journey Through the joBerg2c Shadows with the Parlotones
N3 Toll Concession enables N3 single track for joBerg2C
N3 Toll Concession enables N3 single track for joBerg2C Organisers of the Old Mutual joBerg2c have announced a groundbreaking partnership with the N3 Toll Concession (N3TC), which will see them creating the "N3 of single track" over the next three years. The nine-day mountain bike race, which starts on April 27, runs virtually parallel to the toll route from Heidelberg to … [Read more...] about N3 Toll Concession enables N3 single track for joBerg2C
