With less than a month until start of the fourth Tour de Timor, Mr Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães, Chief of Staff of the Office of the President has introduced a number of the Timor-Leste riders who are currently training for Asia’s hardest mountain bike challenge. Talking about the upcoming race Mr. Magalhães said “It is […]
Archives for August 2012
Is this the world’s most popular enduro?
The Park City Point 2 Point (PCP2P) returns to the Wasatch Back for the fourth year in a row this Labor Day Weekend on Saturday, September 1. As the premier endurance event of the West, the PCP2P is the only sanctioned National Ultra Endurance Series with a distance shorter than 100 miles. Featuring thigh-busting climbs […]
O-Tour Bike Marathon coming up
The UCI Marathon Series has seen races all over the world, from the European marathon heartland to South Africa and Costa Rica. The series finishes with a bang with two races on the same weekend – Val di Fassa Bike in Italy on Saturday 8 September and then the O-Tour Bike Marathon in Switzerland on […]
CRC MTB Marathon early start
‘Just one alarm snooze’ is what I told myself when my alarm when off at 4:00am Saturday. It was the Abergavenny round of the CRC MTB Marathon event and we had to load bikes and leave London at 5:00am for Wales. Between snoozing sessions I noticed that the weather forecast was still showing thunder storms. […]
CRC MTB Marathon Series 2012 – Abergavenny round report
Abergavenny saw the 4th round of the CRC MTB Marathon Series powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport and the Vitus Road Sportive Series. With the new destination, the event also saw an exciting change in format, running the MTB Marathon on Saturday and road event in the Sunday. The weather in the week leading up to the event was perfect […]
Fun, Games and Some Good Old-Fashioned Rivalry
With only a couple of days now until the Rocky Trail JetBlack/WSMTB Sydney 12 hour race, anticipation is building. We caught up with Subaru-MarathonMTB.com team ring-in, Gary Harwood, to hear his pre-race thoughts and so he could tell us, once again, how pumped he is to be on the team. Naturally, we’re pretty stoked to […]
Severe weather alters Mongolia Bike Challenge
Racing resumed today at the 2012 Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea after a day of severe weather conditions cancelled yesterday’s eighth stage. It was hot and dry on the 105 kilometer course that took riders from their lush grassland camp into the pre-desert that separates the mountains from the Gobi Desert. Barry Wicks (Kona) […]
A day of rest for the Mongolia Bike Challenge
Today athletes rested and recuperated next to the Tamch River after seven epic stages of racing at the 2012 Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea. Yesterday saw the stage shortened due to severe weather conditions in the mountains. Results have been adjusted based on arrival at the second GPM. Athletes not reaching this point before […]
Mongolia Bike Challenge heads into the hills on stages 5, 6, 7
A fast day through the desert for the fifth stage of the 2012 Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea. Leaving from the Ongi River Camp, racers rode through the African Savanna-like landscape to Guchin Us on the edge of the Gobi Desert. The Mongolian National Team rider, ‘Tugu’, flew off the front of the pack […]
Singletrack Mind Series: Coondoo Awaits
One of the most popular enduro race series in South East Australia is kick starting again after a lull through the depths of winter. The SRAM Singletrack Mind Series will be hosting Round 3 at Coondoo Road, Nowra, on August 19th. Like the last two rounds, racing will take place over 7 hours, not 8. […]