North Canterbury brothers Ben and Craig Oliver are set to take on the Cape Epic mountain bike challenge.

In arguably the strongest group of UCI WorldTour riders, a young journeyman professional from Wanaka, Paul Wright, upset all predictions

Kaikoura's Oli Clark takes the overall win in the opening downhill round of the Mountain Bike NZ national series.

Kiwi Sam Gaze dug deep to finish third overall at the opening round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.