Thanks to everyone who participated in Lesotho Sky 2018. We’ll be back next year with more of the same awesome trails and good vibes. 2019 dates will be announced soon.
Check out our Youtube channel for all Michiel’s moments and our Facebook Page for the most updated photo albums.
Congratulations to this year’s winners, Andrew Hill and Reinhard Zellhuber from team Garrun-Tib Insurance. We hope you’ll be back next year to defend your title.
A big thank you to all our wonderful sponsors who helped us to make this event a rockstar MTB experience.
A special word of thanks to our three main sponsors, Vodacom Lesotho, Alliance Insurance and Standard Lesotho Bank.
Day 6 – Hail To the Howes Today was the best mountain trails I’ve ever been on and the first time this week that I felt one with the bike. I’m surprised that it took me a while to get used to the feel of......
Lesotho Sky Day 6 – Rocking Roma We finished the 8th edition of Lesotho Sky on a high, literally. This stage’s route took riders all the way up to the top of Thaba Chitja to ride the most epic contour trails. The first 8km was......
Day 5 – The silent trek to Roma Have you noticed how quite people get when they ride far and long? When they start off, it’s usually in a chatter, but as the road gets longer and the climbs steeper, your bike takes you beyond......
Lesotho Sky Day 5 – Malealea to Roma Day 5 was a true old school mountain bike day, with a strong dose of new school right at the end. We found a new route to bring riders into Roma, which included a bit of hike-a-bike......
Day 4 – Malealea Monster Where did your bike take you today? Mine took me on an epic roundtrip in Malealea, Lesotho. Today’s route piggybacked on an established Lesotho mountainbike event, called the Malealea Monster. It’s a 55km route that loops in a figure eight......
Lesotho Sky Day 4 – Malealea Monster Today was a big day for Lesotho cycling. Tumelo Makae and Phetetso Monese of Alliance Insurance took their first stage win of the week. It is Makae’s first ever stage win here at Lesotho. Makae was noticeably disappointed......
Day 3 – Malealea Loop It was supposed to be a rest day, but it became my toughest day on the bike. The route was awesome and the trails were some of the best I’ve ever ridden, but I just could not get my legs......
Lesotho Sky Day 3 – Malealea Loop The third day of Lesotho Sky 2018 was a short and fast-paced day. It suited the XCO riders the best, while old diesel engines huffed and puffed to keep up with the frenetic pace. The route followed existing......
