Dirtyheart MTB

Ascendis-Health’s Robyn de Groot, pictured here, has joined forces with Team Spur’s Ariane Luthi for the Great Zuurberg Trek, starting in...

Himeville - Having finished fourth, third and second in the past three years, Samantha Sanders will be hoping that in 2018 she can shrug...

There has been a lot of focus on the prize money offered to female athletes since Ariane Lüthi boycotted the opening event of the 2017...

Our resident blogger Nicki Sutherland recently took on her 1st ABSA Cape Epic race. She shares her highs and lows and gives some great...

There are certain elements which can make or break a stage race and it really has very little to do with the ride itself. Yes, if you are...

With the Trail and Trout coming up from 19-21 April, we take a look back at last years inaugural race and give you some insight into what...

The Investec-songo-Specialized teams of Annika Langvad and Kate Courtney; and Jaroslav Kulhavý and Howard Grotts rode to Absa Cape Epic...

The dramatic weather was a welcome change as cool and cloudy conditions greeted the riders at the start of Stage 6. Dubbed a “play day”...

The shortest stage (excluding the prologue ) of the ABSA Cape Epic at 39km was no walk in the park. With 1390m of climbing, the “uphill”...

Today saw the ACTUAL queen stage of the 2018 Cape Epic due to its rough, technical and varied terrain and climbing profile. 111km with...

As close as the racing has been, the positions on GC has some big gaps. Today’s Queen stage as it is known, being the longest of the...

A chilly morning greeted the ladies as they rolled up to begin the second stage of the 2018 ABSA Cape Epic. The top UCI women’s teams...

The classic first stage of the 2018 ABSA Cape Epic saw the UCI women taking on 110km and 1900m of climbing in and around Robertson and...

The 2018 ABSA Cape Epic rolled out of the UCT sports campus in Cape Town this morning with a full house of ladies racing in the elite...

The Glacier Cradle Traverse – which is set to take place in Muldersdrift, Gauteng – from the 6 to 8 April, has added a two-day event...

Annika Langvad shook off the pressure she had put on herself ahead of the opening leg of the UCI Mercedes-Benz MTB World Cup in...

A tough course underscored by dry and loose conditions has the world’s best cross-country riders revved up and ready to ride their hearts...

DirtyheartMTB got to sit down with three amateur female riders taking on this year’s ABSA Cape Epic. All three are spirited riders who...

Welcome to the 10 year celebration of the Nissan Trailseeker! We’re excited to make this year even bigger and better than ever before!...

Photo courtesy: www.cape-epic.com Just a month out from the 2018 ABSA Cape Epic I found myself needing to talk about the tremendous rise...