2014 MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan #1 Dullstroom 65 images Created 9 Feb 2014
Images by Zoon Cronje
“Through thin air & thick mud"
The opening event in the world’s largest marathon MTB series kicked off the 2014 season in the quant Mpumalanga Highveld town of Dullstroom. The MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan #1 Dullstroom is a new addition on the calendar of the popular series that spans five provinces over eight national events.
The event attracted an unprecedented 2300 riders with the various distances to choose from: Ultra, Marathon, Half Marathon and Fun Race. The sharp end of the race saw some of the top names in South African cycling fight it out in muddy conditions. Following the event many commented that the altitude and route would have been challenging enough and that the mud made it extremely tough.
In the elite men’s race over 120km it was youngster Lourens Luus (Team RECM) who originally hails from Sabie who walked off with the laurels and his first major win. The women’s MTN Marathon was convincingly won by Robyn de Groot (Biogen Toyota).
Dunkeld Country Estate played host to the event and has all the makings of a new institution on the mountain biking calendar.
“Through thin air & thick mud"
The opening event in the world’s largest marathon MTB series kicked off the 2014 season in the quant Mpumalanga Highveld town of Dullstroom. The MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan #1 Dullstroom is a new addition on the calendar of the popular series that spans five provinces over eight national events.
The event attracted an unprecedented 2300 riders with the various distances to choose from: Ultra, Marathon, Half Marathon and Fun Race. The sharp end of the race saw some of the top names in South African cycling fight it out in muddy conditions. Following the event many commented that the altitude and route would have been challenging enough and that the mud made it extremely tough.
In the elite men’s race over 120km it was youngster Lourens Luus (Team RECM) who originally hails from Sabie who walked off with the laurels and his first major win. The women’s MTN Marathon was convincingly won by Robyn de Groot (Biogen Toyota).
Dunkeld Country Estate played host to the event and has all the makings of a new institution on the mountain biking calendar.
