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African Champs XCO 2026 🌍

It was as hot as can be in Cote d’Ivoire today and it came down to a battle between Mike and Luke Moir for the title of African XCO Champion.

“Absolutely mental, the heat. We all could basically only have one gel. The body was too hot to have lots of carbs, cold water every single tech zone pass otherwise you died. Luke and I broke away on the lap 2 climb. I tried to attack last lap middle climb. It didn’t work. Waited for Luke to do something on the last climb when he went I just couldn’t hold on. Quite surprised with myself after being off the bike for the week but anyway no excuses, if you have a bike you have a chance. Luke was strongest today again, man is strong, big ups to him. I just didn’t have that last kick in me.”

Great racing Mike! And congrats to Luke Moir on his XCC and XCO wins 👏

Mike heads back to Europe now for the remainder of the XC World Cup Season! Next up is Leogang on 2 weeks time 💪

Another international race day for the team!

A hot day in Cote D’Ivoire for Mike and 2nd in the African Champs XCC behind Luke Moir 💪

Phil was at King Price Race To The Sun and unfortunately dropped his bike computer during the race and burned a few too many matches trying to catch up to the group again, deciding in the end to save his legs for the upcoming Ford Trailseeker at Van Gaalen 🤝

There’s a big weekend of racing on the cards for the boys!

Mike has made it to Côte D’Ivoire for African Champs XCO and Phil is locking in to the big 100 miles at King Price 🔥

Saturday is XCC for Mike and race day for Phil.

Sunday is XCO day for Mike 🤝

He’s eager to secure the African Champ jersey to represent on the World Cup circuit throughout the rest of the season 💪

30 place for today at the second World Cup XCC of the season 🚴🏼‍♂️

That puts him into the 4th row for tomorrow’s XCO start. Great to see Mike holding his own against the best in the world 💪

Catch him live on the MTB World Series App 📹

Here’s the low down on Mike’s Pyga MoBu that he’ll be racing at the Nove Mesto XC World Cup this weekend 🇿🇦🏆

Frame: PYGA Mobu Gen2
Fork: Öhlins RXC34m.1 120mm
Shock: Öhlins TXC2air 120mm
Handlebar: Csixx 720mm
Stem: Csixx -17° 80mm
Rims: Csixx Series 9
Tires: Maxxis Aspen 2.4 19Psi
Bottlecage: Specilized Zee
DriveTrain: SRAM XX Transmission
Chainring: 36T
Pedals: Shimano XT
Dropper Post: Vertical
Saddle: Ergon

Wheels on track for Mike at Nové Město na Moravě!

This iconic track has a lot of natural tech sections with plenty of rocks and roots to navigate but Mike is making light work of them 👏

Watch Mike live on the UCI MTB World Series Website on track in his African Champs jersey 🟡🟢⚫️

XCC Race: 12:10 Saturday

XCO Race: 15:00 Sunday

It is World Cup race week again for Mike as he gets on course in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic 🇨🇿

XCC is set for Saturday noon and XCO on Sunday afternoon. He’s got the world renowned Oom Piet there to swing spanners, throw bottles and bring the vibes 🔥

A larger field of riders is expected than we saw in South Korea so the heat will be on!

We’re cheering you on big time Mike! Go and do your thing 💪

The vibe is always good when the King is in your court 🤴

King Price makes sure all our bikes and bakkies are Royally covered while we’re out chasing podiums 🏆

They love to do things differently and so do we! That’s why your comprehensive car insurance premium decreases monthly, when you’re with King Price, as your car loses value. 🚙

That’s lekker!