Stage7: Mount Mulgrave to Laura. 151km Today’s 151km stage had many unenthused faces upon the startline, the 189km previous days stage had put many into a pretty serious hurt locker. The stage today promised less climbing but poorer road conditions than the previous day. With a new race leader in Jeroen Boelen from Milka-Trek, the […]
Archives for October 2011
Unbeatable Huber beaten by heat
Urs Huber was ready to win his third consecutive Crocodile Trophy. He only needed to follow his biggest competitor Jeroen Boelen, but in an epic marathon stage of 189 km, Huber broke. Like most of the riders today, Huber punctured, but the jersey weraer also ran out of energy in the hot outback of Queensland. Some of the […]
Evans and George seal victory in South Africa
Christoph Sauser and Max Knox sealed their fourth stage victory of the 2011 DCM Cape Pioneer Trek, as Kevin Evans and David George sealed their overall victory in the six day race. Sauser and Knox’s performance throughout the race indicated that it could have been a tight contest between the two aforementioned pairs, who accounted for […]
Croc Trophy Stage 6: Death march
Mt Mulligan – Mt Mulgrave: 189km When people think of the Croc Trophy, and like me say that they will never ever do it because it is just too hard and stupid, they have visions of today’s stage. And it is worse than you imagine. It was so hot I wouldn’t be surprised if I […]
Thrilling sprint finish to stage five in South Africa
Christoph Sauser came across the line third by a whisker to seal a third stage win for himself and teammate Max Knox. Knox had himself only minutes earlier finished second to David George, who crossed the line first on the race’s Queen stage. Sauser faced his own sprint against George’s teammate Kevin Evans, prevailing by […]
Croc Trophy Stage 5: Mechanical Carnage
Irvinebank to Mt Mulligan: 105km, 1200m climbing While the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team were divided overnight between hotels and under canvas, we were united on our plan for the day. We hoped to get Justin into a break, whether it was before the rougher section at km21, or after, the race would have to dictate. It was […]
Evans and George extend with second stage win
Overall leaders Kevin Evans And David George of Nedbank 360 Life won stage four of the DCM Cape Pioneer Trek. The duo finished two minutes ahead of Ben-Melt Swanepoel and Nico Bell (Bell’s Cycling -Specialized) and RE:CM “roadies” Neil MacDonald and Waylon Woolcock. MTN Qhubeka’s pairing of Adrien Niyonshuti and Jacques Janse van Rensburg, who […]
Boelen tastes success offroad
Belgium’s Mike Mulkens was the hero of the day but came away empty handed. The race around the dirt roads of Irvinebank was claimed by Jeroen Boelen (Milka-Trek-Bart Brentjens MTB Team) from the Netherlands in a sprint finish. He out-muscled Wolfgang Krenn, leader Urs Huber and Josef Benedseder in the dash towards the line. Dominant today […]
Croc Trophy Stage 4: Killer Kermesse
Irvinebank – Irvinebank: 84km Good news – no rain today! We had evacuated ourselves to a motel again last night, allowing for plenty of good food and some clothes washing in Atherton. We had heard it would be 84km today, and when we arrived back in Irvinebank we heard it would be a 9am start, […]
Racing looking brighter in FNQ
On the steep uphills to Irvinebank Swiss marathon champion Urs Huber showed again that nobody can beat him on the longer climbs, however time gained going up was lost by Urs not daring to tempt a river crossing in the closing kilometers of Thursdays stage. At the close of the days play, Urs holds a […]