Stage 1 (98km distance // 1850m climbing) of the Cape Epic 2021 took the riders around Ceres today. In a tight finish on Stage 1, the BULLS (Urs Huber & Simon Schneller) and BULLS 2 (Martin Frey & Simon Stiebjahn) teams claimed first and second respectively, with Canyon Northwave MTB (Andreas Seewald & Martin Stošek) racing home in third.

The Witzenberg Valley was undoubtedly one of mountain biking’s most challenging playgrounds, making Stage 2 a fitting holder for the title of Queen Stage. Sheets of sandstone provided the ultimate testing ground for the riders. Crossing the Ceres Valley was the first step on the journey, followed then by the Old Gydo Pass. On the Bokkeveld plateau the dual track climb gave way to singletrack.

Stage 1 of the Cape Epic 2021 took the riders around Ceres today. Named after the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility, Ceres has long been a mecca for South African mountain bikers. Amazingly though, the Absa Cape Epic has visited the region on numerous occasions and 2021 is only the second time the race has overnighted in the small Warmbokkeveld town.

The Cape Epic 2021 returns after an absence of 36 months to the beautiful and iconic Table Mountain in Cape Town (RSA). The Absa Cape Epic is the world’s premier mountain bike stage race. This year’s route takes amateur and professional mountain bikers from around the world through 619km of unspoilt scenery and 15.250m of accumulated climbing, over some of the most magnificent mountain passes in the Western Cape, South Africa.

After a pandemic-enforced hiatus, the Absa Cape Epic, widely regarded as the world’s premier mountain bike stage race, returned to action in fine style in Cape Town today with the 20km Prologue ahead of seven days of marathon mountain biking. The Mother City didn’t quite get the memo that the show was back on, drenching the riders with a series of rain squalls throughout the morning.

From the heart of the Alps, Innsbruck, Austria, hosted the 2021 edition of the World Rookie Skateboard Finals, and welcomed 70 skateboarders rapresenting 17 nations, pre-selected throw a series of 10 WRT qualifing events accross Europe and Japan. The event was not only a competition but inclued as well street session around Innsbruck and workshops. The skateboard competition in the high quality Innbrusck Shatehalle showcased a great level of skateboarding and awarded incredible prizes:...

The best hard enduro riders faced the toughest rallye on earth in Romania: In the end, it was Germany's Manuel Lettenbichler, who sealed a hattrick of Red Bull Romaniacs titles! Wade Young finished second overall with 28 minutes behind the new and old champion, while Mario Roman completed the podium by crossing the finish line 5 minutes behind Young. In full tune with the terrain, the German was at his best again with South African Young playing it safe, once Lettenbichler and Bolt caught up...

The best hard enduro riders faced the toughest rallye on earth in Romania: In the end, it was Germany's Manuel Lettenbichler, who sealed a hattrick of Red Bull Romaniacs titles! Wade Young finished second overall with 28 minutes behind the new and old champion, while Mario Roman completed the podium by crossing the finish line 5 minutes behind Young. In full tune with the terrain, the German was at his best again with South African Young playing it safe, once Lettenbichler and Bolt caught up...

The reigning champions win in Italy and will lay their hands on the King Kahekili Trophy once again at the final stop in Polignano a Mare this weekend. In the men’s competition, Hunt had declared earlier in the week that he was determined to wrap things up at this stop, and the Frenchman duly delivered another victory to secure his ninth King Kahekili Trophy in 12 seasons.

The reigning champions win in Italy and will lay their hands on the King Kahekili Trophy once again at the final stop in Polignano a Mare this weekend. Iffland, who arrived in Italy on the back of 11 straight victories across three seasons, knew that a top five finish in Puglia would be enough to seal the deal, and there were no signs of the Australian taking her foot off the pedal as she edged past Canada’s Jessica Macaulay to take the victory and her fifth King Kahekili Trophy

The reigning champions win in Italy and will lay their hands on the King Kahekili Trophy once again at the final stop in Polignano a Mare this weekend. In the men’s competition, Hunt had declared earlier in the week that he was determined to wrap things up at this stop, and the Frenchman duly delivered another victory to secure his ninth King Kahekili Trophy in 12 seasons.

Will the current leaders and reigning Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champions Iffland and Hunt preserve their top positions or can the strong wildcards shake up thefinal rankings? Just days after the record-breaking competition on the rugged Irish coast, the cliffdiving elite will determine its 2021 champions during back-to-back stops in Italy. With only four days between the two competitions the athletes’ stamina and strength will be put to its ultimate test in a unique final showdo...

The two Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champions were masterful once again on a day when 23 tens were handed out at Downpatrick Head. Gary Hunt and Rhiannan Iffland maintained their winning form on a dramatic and barely believable day of high-quality action at the fourth stop of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Downpatrick Head, Ireland. The rugged Irish coast, notorious for serving up difficult diving conditions over the years, was no match for the cliff diving elite as the...

Gary Hunt and Rhiannan Iffland maintained their winning form on a dramatic and barely believable day of high-quality action at the fourth stop of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Downpatrick Head, Ireland. In the men’s competition, Hunt earned his 41st career victory, but that doesn’t even begin to tell the story. Having earned three 10s himself in Saturday’s second round, the Frenchman watched on as his rivals cranked up the pressure with a series of high-scoring dives in the t...

Gary Hunt and Rhiannan Iffland maintained their winning form on a dramatic and barely believable day of high-quality action at the fourth stop of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Downpatrick Head, Ireland. Four-time champion Iffland, chasing a record-extending 11th consecutive World Series win, was simply untouchable yet again. Beginning the third round in an unfamiliar third position, the Australian blew her rivals out of the water with a sensational ‘perfect dive’, earning fiv...

The Irish leg of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series awaits cliff diving elite with rough and rugged conditions in brand-new location on September 12. Halfway into the season, the world’s best cliff divers featuring the reigning champions Rhiannan Iffland from Australia and France’s Gary Hunt will find themselves competing from a brand new launchpad on the sheer cliffs of Downpatrick Head. After three Irish stops in the rough waters of Inis Mór, and more recently a showing in Dubli...

In an exceptional 3-day event, the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series’ return to magnificent Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, will see 26 athletes launch from the Old Bridge, Stari Most, in honour of the local diving tradition. It’s the sixth time that the cliff diving elite returns to the historic Stari Most on August 28, and the stage looks set for more history to be added to this challenging location. After a sensational start into the season for wildcard diver Catalin Preda in Fran...

Third stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2021 in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina: The unstoppable Australian Rhiannan Iffland reigns again on the Neretva River, while Gary Hunt returns to winning ways in Stari Most.

Rhiannan Iffland continued her remarkable winning record at the third stop of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, extending her streak to 10 victories in a row across three seasons. Already holding a 37-point lead over her closest challenger going into the final round, Iffland dispatched another precise dive into the Neretva River to not only secure a record-extending 10th win in a row; but also surpass her own record competition score.

Hunt, without a win in 2021 coming into this stop, had spoken openly earlier in the week about the double threat posed this season by rivals Popovici and Catalin Preda. The two Romanians faltered in the rain on Friday however, and despite Popovici’s sensational final dive, for which he picked up two 10s, Hunt remained calm and composed at the end to claim a 40th World Series win, and his first as a Frenchman.