This weekend’s Herald VW Cycle Tour, taking place in Zuurberg, Addo, will be the 2015 season opener for the Kargo Pro MTB team, South Africa’s first ever UCI Trade Team .
Kargo Pro MTB team members William Mokgopo, Alan Hatherly and Brendon Davids spend some time scouting out the course that will be used for the opening leg of the 2015 SA MTB Cup Series while in the Eastern Cape for this weekend’s Herald VW Cycle Tour. Photo: Supplied
“This weekend’s trip to the Momsen country (the Eastern Cape) is hugely important to us as we look to spend some quality time on the course that our guys will be tackling at the first leg of the SA Cup Series in February,” said Kargo’s Team Manager Shaun Peschl.
Junior talent Marco Joubert will look to hone his road skills in his home province this weekend before heading to Mbombela for next week’s South African National Road and Time Trial Championships.
Brendon Davids, Alan Hatherly and William Mokgopo will spend some time on the trails of the marathon event refining their MTB skills.
Meanwhile Swedish national champion Emil Lindgren is currently preparing himself for the upcoming clashes at a training camp in Spain before he joins his Kargo team mates in South Africa in February.
Lindgren and the rest of the Kargo team will also have their sights set on accumulating vital UCI points at both SA Cup Series legs as well as the HC cross country event of the Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival that takes place at Cascades MTB Park over the Easter weekend from 3-5 April.
A sizeable points collection will aid significantly in the team setting themselves a sound platform to build on in their second phase of the year.
