bizhub cycling team

01 December 2011
No better way to finish the season
Team bizhub finished their season on a successful note winning the overall ladies elite category in the Omnicane Southern Tropical MTB Challenge ...

	Monique Gerber’s early cycling aspirations reap golden rewards (30/11/2011)
	Stopforth and Williamson continue their winning streak (21/11/2011)
	Du Toit wins the Nissan Trailseeker series (07/11/2011)
	The right way to spend a weekend Thomas River MTB Challenge (07/11/2011)
more ...

2010
	bizhub retain international flair
	Torp in top gear
more from 2010 ...
2009
	Yolandi claims the Crater Cruise
more from 2009 ...
2008
	Konica Minolta seek Cycle Challenge Hat-trick
more from 2008...

Race reports

	Double Century (Catherine Williamson)
	Southern Tropical Challenge (Yolandi du Toit)
	Contego Wine2wales Stage race (Catherine Williamson)
	Contego Wine2wales Stage race (Ischen Stopforth)
	Wine2Whales (Yolandi du Toit)
	THOMAS RIVER MTB CHALLENGE (Caitlin de Wet )
	Nissan Trailseeker Van Gaalen (Yolandi du Toit)
	DCM Cape Pioneer Trek 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	DCM Cape Pioneer Trek 2011 (Catherine Williamson)
	Nissan Trailseeker Diamond Rush (Yolandi du Toit)
	MTN Crater Cruise (Catherine Williamson)
	Nissan Half Marathon at Ride Crater (Ishen Stopforth)
	MTN Ride Crater Cruise (Ishen Stopforth)
	MTN Ride Crater Cruise (Catherine Williams)
	MTN Crater Cruise (Yolandi du Toit)
	Oudsthoorn 3 day marathon (Catherine Williams)
	Ride the Rhino (Yolandi du Toit )
	HILTON 50 MILER (Candice Neethling )
	Hilton MTB Dirt Festival (Yolandi du Toit)
	Nissan TrailSeeker #3, Down & Dirty (Yolandi du Toit)
	Eqstra Spring Classic MTB race 28 August (Yolandi du Toit)
	TransBaviaans 24Hr MTB Marathon 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	WORLD CUP 6 NOVE MESTO NA MORAVE CZE (Caitlin de wet)
	The Subaru Kalahari Challenge (Yolandi du Toit)
	ASG Walkerville MTB Classic (Yolandi du Toit)
	Tour de Plett Cycling Festival (Yolandi du Toit)
	Nissan TrailSeeker #1,Hazeldean (Yolandi du Toit)
	WC 2 DALBY FOREST (Caitlin de Wet)
	MTN Marathon Series#5 Tulbagh 14 May 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	Mr Price Karkloof Classic April 2011 (Yolandi du Toit)
	Karkloof MTB Challenge April 2011 (Caitlin de Wet)
	Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike Race April 2011 (Catherine Williamson)
	The Merrel Tsitsikamma Mountainbike Challenge April 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	National Marathon Mountain Bike Championships March 2011 (Catherine Williamson)
	The Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay MTB Challenge March 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	Cannondale Garden Route 300 MTB February 2011 (Catherine Williamson)
	MTN Sabie Marathon 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	MTN Sabie Classic 2011 (Yolandi du Toit)
	Emperors Palace MTB Classic 2011 (Nicci Grobler)
	The Herald VW Mountain Bike Challenge 2011 (Yolandi du Toit)
	The Herald VW Mountain Bike Challenge 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	MTN National Series - Barberton XCM #2 driven by Nissan (Yolandi du Toit)
	MTN Attakwas Extreme Mountain bike Challenge (Ischen Stopforth)
	Attakwas 52km (Caitlin de Wet)
	DCM Cape Pioneer Trek (Ischen Stopforth)
	SA track Championships (Victoria Myburgh)
	Pennypinchers Herald Karoo to Coast (Ischen Stopforth)
	Memorial Cup (Victoria Myburgh)
	Silverstar Casino MTB Classic (Yolandi du Toit)
	MTN Cullinan XCM # 5 (Ischen Stopforth)
	Lost City (Yolandi du Toit )
	Illovo Eston MTB Challenge (Yolandi du Toit )
	Nissan Diamond Rush (Yolandi du Toit )
	A few Belgium Races July 2010 (Catherine Williamson)
	Bizhub Konica Minolta in the UK (Catherine Williamson)
	MTN Cross Country Series, George (Yolandi du Toit)
	Magoebaskloof Cycle Challenge (Lise Olivier)
	Malmesbury Rotary’s Riebeeck West (Jade Roberts)
	My Easter Weekend (Yolandi du Toit)
	Sani 2 Sea - MTB Tour (Yolandi du Toit)
	Harmony Gold to Gold mountain bike race (Michelle Corbett)
	Urban Cycles Prettrap 80km Road Race (Arien Torsius and Catherine Williamson)
	Sabie Classic - MTN Series #3 (Yolandi du Toit)
	Jim Fouche cycle race (Arien Torsius)
	Barberton Classic (Yolandi du Toit)
	Fast One National classic (Jade Roberts)
	Attakwas Extreme Mountain bike race (Ischen Stopforth)
	Caltex Sunny Hill (Catherine Williamson)
	Journey4Sight and Service Cycle Tour (Jade Roberts)

Race diaries

	Yolandi du Toit (November 2011, Lord of the Chain Rings)
	Catherine Williamson (July 2011, Tour de Feminin Krasna Lipa)
	Yolandi du Toit (June 2011, Big Induna MTB Challenge)
	Yolandi du Toit (May 2011, Subaru Sani2C)
	Yolandi du Toit (March 2011, SA Marathon Championships)
	Yolandi du Toit (March 2011, XCO National Champions & Cape Argus Pick and Pay cycle tour)
	Yolandi du Toit (February 2011, African Continental XC Champions )
	Yolandi du Toit (January 2011, Attakwas)
	Yolandi du Toit (January 2011, Attakwas)
	Catherine Williamson (Oct 2010, My Mountain Biking Weekend)
	Yolandi du Toit (Oct 2010, Isuzu 3 Towers)
	Yolandi du Toit (Sep 2010, Crater Cruise)
	Yolandi du Toit (Sep 2010, Marrick MTB Challenge)
	Yolandi du Toit (Sep 2010, MTN Zoo Lake Criterium)
	Victoria Myburgh (Sep 2010, My Diary ...)
	Yolandi du Toit (Sep 2010, Nissan Down & Dirty )
	Yolandi du Toit (July 2010, SA XCO Championships & Medsceme Walkerville MTB Classic)
	Yolandi du Toit (June 2010, My Diary ...)
	Yolandi du Toit (May 2010, My Diary ...)
	Lise Olivier (May 2010, Mountain biking, mountain biking, 12km of road racing, more mountain biking and the aftermath...)
	Yolandi du Toit (April 2010, My Diary ...)
	Jade Roberts (April 2010, Easter Weekend: Family and Fun)
	Arien Torsius (April 2010, Down Time)
	Catherine Williamson (April 2010, Diary for last two weeks)
	Arien Torsius (March 2010, The Argus)
	Lise Olivier (March 2010, The Best, The Worst and Everything In Between)
	Jade Roberts & Jennifer Hohl (March 2010, Cape Town training week leading to the Argus )
	Arien Torsius (March 2010, My first diary )
	Catherine Williamson (March 2010, ‘England’s’ Diary )
	Michelle Corbett (March 2010, My diary)
	Jade Roberts (January 2010, Clarence Training Camp)

My Easter Weekend

I spend my Easter weekend with my family in the charming little town called Parys.

Being a professional athlete most weekends include racing and luckily for me my race for that weekend took place in the same little town.

On Saturday the 3rd of April I participated in the Parys Dirt Max MTB series. The owners of the event are truly passionate about their sport which is very noticeable once you’ve ridden on their trails.

That morning the town woke up under a cloud of mist. This made it quite difficult for me to get out of bed, but as I made my way outside I was very pleased to witness such a beautiful morning.

Due to the mist, the start was postponed for about 15min, making it a bit safer for the riders to be able see a tad more than just a white cloud in front of them :). My father and sister kept the family spirit high and decided to also participate in the event. Both of them don’t even own a mountain bike and had to borrow some for the weekend. So I don’t think I have to say anything more about their mountain bike skills…

Still they were up for the challenge and I am sure they actually enjoyed it a lot at the end.

It was nice to be at a race with my family again. Funny enough I didn’t even stress about my event as I was using the time before the start to catch up on family things.

The event is always quite challenging as you finish the race on a 10km cross country type of circuit which one have to do 2 times. This year the circuit was quite muddy and slippery making it a bit more technical then usual. I really felt good on my bike that day and enjoyed racing my heart out.

I also managed to win the race, it’s always nice to end once race with a good result.

My dad also had a good ride and as he crossed the finish line and stopped next to me his first words were quite different to the usual “ how was your race/where did you finish.”

This time he looked very pleased in asking me “so how many times did you crash? “ My dad was very proud to have fallen 9 times.

As for my little sister’s race, she just kept quite and shook her head.

I was barely back on Monday night and off I went again early Tuesday morning to a training camp in George with my Mountain bike team mates (Ischen Stopforth and Lise Oliver).

We have actually been out on 3 rides already here in George and the routes together with the scenery are breathtaking. You literally ride 200m then you are in the forest on single track. We really have amazing places to ride in South Africa.

Yolandi du Toit

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