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On 8 Feb 2012 by Schalk

On Sunday the 5th of February, it was the final race in the Summer Trail Series hosted at The Oak Valley Estate in Elgin. There were two races: the Long course (15km) and the Extreme Long Event (25km).

 

Bernard Rukadzacompeted in the 25km event so that he could work o...

On 6 Feb 2012 by Eunice Visagie

One of the main goals of the Contego mountain bike team is develop the next generation of stars. This year Tayla Odendal, Louw Kriel, Sybrandt Strauss and Sonique Louw will represent Team Contego/Sludge'ish.

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On 6 Feb 2012 by Eunice Visagie

Team Contego's Louis-Bresler Knipe won the Porcupine Ridge MTB Challenge over 49km in Franschhoek in just less than two hours. The 22-year-old got the better of David George who finished second, while Dominic Calitz took the last spot on the winner's podium. Knipe's team-mate Adriaan Louw finishe...

On 30 Jan 2012 by Eunice Visagie

The Cape Cobra on Sunday was Team Contego/Giant's Philip Buys' first road ever, but most definitely not his last. The mountain biker had a blast on the thin wheels of his Giant road bike. The whole team participated in the race that finished on top of Ou Kaapse weg. The team's Arian Kleinhans fin...

On 30 Jan 2012 by Eunice Visagie

Philip Buys from Team Contego/28E started his 2012 season with two strong performances this past weekend. On Saturday Philip finished second in a sprint finish to Burry Stander at the XCO race in Fountains, Pretoria. He followed that up with his first victory of the season in the WP XCO series op...

On 28 Jan 2012 by Eunice Visagie

Ariane Kleinhans from Team Contego/28E has won the first race of the MTN Marathon series when she crossed the finish line in first place at Barberton, Mpumalanga, over 75km.

 

Her winning time was 3 hours, 15 minutes.

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On 28 Jan 2012 by Eunice Visagie

Team Contego/Giant's Ariane Kleinhans defended her title as the queen of Attakwas successfully this past weekend when she won the women's race over a grueling 121km from Oudtshoorn to Groot Brak in 6 hours, 5 minutes and 22 seconds. Her new team-mate Philip Buys (5:17.27) started his tenure with...

On 28 Jan 2012 by Eunice Visagie

Team Contego/Giant's Ariane Kleinhans defended her title as the queen of Attakwas successfully this past weekend when she won the women's race over a grueling 121km from Oudtshoorn to Groot Brak in 6 hours, 5 minutes and 22 seconds. Her new team-mate Philip Buys (5:17.27) started his tenure with...

On 28 Jan 2012 by Eunice Visagie

On Saturday at the 10th Totalsports Challenge Team Contego/Giant's Louis-Bresler Knipe and Eddie Lamberts won the Terra Firma for two man teams. They were up against some strong competition in the form of Lieuwe Boonstra and Dawid Visser.  In the end they won with more than a minute.

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On 23 Oct 2011 by Eunice Visagie

Team Contego/Giant's Erik and Ariane Kleinhans won the mixed category of the Cape Pioneer Trek, a multi day stage race over six day from Oudtshoorn to Oudtshoorn covering more than 650km. This was Erik and Ariane's third mixed victory of the year after also winning this category at Joberg2c and S...