MOUNTAIN BIKING
2022 SOUTH AFRICAN XCM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Date: Sunday, 29 May 2022
Venue: Karkloof Club, Karkloof, KZN
Event Organiser: Karkloof Club
Entries Close: Thursday, 26 May 2022
The first mountain bike competitions were held in California (USA) in the early eighties. Since then the discipline has grown very fast, in all aspects. The first World Championships to be officially recognized by the UCI dates back to 1990. A World Cup was set up the following year.
The mountain bike disciplines comprise the following formats:
Cross-Country Olympic (XCO)
Cross-country is part of the Olympic programme.
Cross-country races are held over undulating circuits (with technical descents, forest roads, rocky paths and obstacles) of 4 to 6 km. The race varies from 1 h 20 minutes to 1 h 40 minutes depending on the category.
Cross-country Marathon (XCM)
The Cross-country marathon events are a long version of cross-country held over a course of 60 to 160 km. A special feature is that riders from all categories, from enthusiasts to professionals, race together. The marathon is held in a mountainous region.
Downhill (DHI)
Downhill is a race against the clock in which the rider negotiates a succession of fast and technical passages. The participant must demonstrate courage as well as sharp technical and piloting skills in order to affront tree roots, banked sections, bumps, jumps and other natural obstacles along the way. Speeds reach around 80km/h in the men’s races and 70km/h for women.
Enduro (END)
Enduro events includes several liaison stages and timed stages. The times achieved in all timed stages will be accumulated to a total time. An enduro course comprises varied off-road terrain. The track should include a mixture of narrow and wide, slow and fast paths and tracks over a mixture of off-road surfaces. Enduro racing requires athletes to use a combination of endurance, speed and technical skills.
Cross-country Eliminator (XCE)
The Cross-country eliminator event must be between 500m and 1000m. It’s is a fast-moving, dynamic, action-packed format in which four riders race in heats on technical tracks featuring obstacles such as jumps and bridges. Competitions begin with a qualifying heat that takes the form of an individual timed lap of the circuit, as a result of which the fastest 32 men and 16 women qualify for the main competition. The fastest two riders in each heat thereafter qualify for the next round, with the format continuing until only four riders remain to contest the final.
Four-Cross (4X)
In four-cross (often abbreviated to “4X”), four participants set off together to ride down a track that alternates banked corners and jumps. The races are very rapid (between 30 seconds and one minute) and give rise to fierce and closely contested confrontations between the riders. The winner is the first to cross the finish line. The four-cross races take place over several qualifying rounds.
GREG STEDMAN
MTB Director
PAOLA DAMILANO
Deputy MTB Director
DELLAH PAUL
Coordinator, Administration, National Teams, National Series and Events
GREVILE RUDDOCK
High Performance and Convenor of Selections
ALEC LENFERNA
Youth, Development and Transformation
ANDRE BOTHA
Safety & Security
MARTIN FOURIE
Technical
NIGEL HICKS
Downhill
ANNELIZE ZIEHL-OWENS
Schools CyclingSA
TIM KEEP
Veteran and Masters
SELECTORS PANEL
Convenor of Selectors | Grevile Ruddock |
XCO Specialist | Ian Smith |
XCM Specialist | Greg Stedman |
DHI Specialist | Nigel Hicks |
Women Representative | Dellah Paul |
PDI Representative | Ian Goetham |
PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONERS
Free State | Willem Raubenheimer |
Gauteng | Paola Damilano |
Kwa-Zulu Natal | Greg Stedman |
Limpopo | Natasja Ehlers |
Mpumalanga | Shane Snyman |
Northern Cape | Dirk Oberholzer |
North West | Sias Le Roux |
Western Cape | Geoff McGiven |
REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS
Amathola | Shane Bridger |
Gauteng (XCM Commissioner) | Enzo di Sante |
Central Gauteng | Paola Damilano |
Northern Gauteng | Pierre Nel |
Southern Gateung | Christo Faasen |
Eden | Marike Vreken |
Overberg | Marius Voigt |
West Coast | Sunet Steenkamp |
Metro | Karl Beaton |
DARYL IMPEY
Men’s Road Cycling
KERRY JONKER
Women’s Road Cycling
DAVID MAREE
Men’s Track Cycling
CLAUDIA GNUDI
Women’s Track Cycling
VACANT POSITION
Men’s Mountain Biking
SARAH HILL
Women’s Mountain Biking
BYRON ROBERTSON
Men’s BMX
VACANT POSITION
Women’s BMX
PIETER DU PREEZ
Men’s Para-Cycling
TONI MOULD
Women’s Para-Cycling
ERNST VAN DYK
SASCOC Athlete Commission
MOUNTAIN BIKING NEWS
2022 AFRICAN CONTINENTAL XCO CHAMPIONSHIPS
The MTB Commission of CyclingSA is proud to announce the Team SA selected to represent South Africa at the 2022 African Continental XCO Championships in Windhoek, Namibia on 22 and 23 April 2022.
CYCLINGSA ELECTS A NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD
CyclingSA held their AGM at the Town Lodge, part of the City Lodge Group, in Bellville, on 26 February 2022, with the new executive board was elected to lead the Federation until 2024.
CYCLINGSA MEMBERSHIP NOTICE
We wish to inform CyclingSA members that a decision was made by the General Assembly for all members to belong to a club to obtain annual CyclingSA membership.