It’s been 3 days since the race and I barely have enough energy to stay in front of the computer for more than a few minutes at a time. An epic 5.5 hour race in the mud, 24 hour travel day, and stomach virus take a pretty big toll on the body. In a lot […]
Archives for October 2012
Mountains to Beach, back for 2013
The Mountains To Beach stage race returns to New South Wales in 2013, running from Sunday 3 – Friday 8 March. It’s the race mountain biking dreams are made of –so grab some riding buddies, book your annual leave and start training for the 2013 Mountains To Beach. Over five days and 400km riders will […]
Croc Contenders: Justin ‘Maddog’ Morris
The Australian contingent at the 2012 Crocodile Trophy is very strong. Although Graeme Arnott was the highest placed Australian rider (4th) in 2011, he isn’t returning in 2012. Justin Morris has taken time out from his racing with the his pro-conti road team, Team Type 1, to race the Croc again with Subaru-MarathonMTB.com. The Croc […]
Crocodile Trophy attracts biggest field of racers in 2012
The most adventurous mountain bike stage race in the world will return to Tropical Far North Queensland on 20th October with the largest field of participants ever and with a bang: paying tribute to the “Aussie way of mountain bike endurance racing on single trails” by using the former World Cup tracks at Smithfield in […]
Roc On the Beach: Roc d’Azur
Since it was founded in 1984, the Roc d’Azur has grown to become the worldwide reference in mountain biking. From October 10 to 14, the 2012 edition will open its doors in Fréjus and Roquebrune-sur-Argens to over 18,000 mountain bikers, 250 exhibitors in the biggest MTB show in the world and tonnes of activities to […]
Croc Contenders: Ondrej Slezak
As part of our feature on riders to watch at the upcoming Crocodile Trophy, we interviewed Ondrej Slezak. With an amazing boost in his performances this year, Lsezak could have a real impact on the race when it starts on October 20th. Previously, we have featured Matt Page and Mike Mulkens. Although Czech, Slezak lives […]
XCM World Championships 2012 – Periklis and Langvad dominate
“In a hard-fought race over an extremely tough, muddy, slippery course, and run off in near-constant rain, Urs Huber has claimed the title of Marathon World Champion 2012. An unfortunate Christoph Sauser took second after an untimely mechanical left Huber alone in front. Alban Lakata rounded out the podium in third place. In the women’s […]
Meet Team Bulls – Friedemann Schmude, Team Manager
MMTB: So you have the trauma of getting all of these guys over to every race – do they appreciate it? FS: Yes, for sure. I mean, it’s not a “hey, thankyou” after every single race, but yeah, they definitely appreciate it, and there are situations where your efforts are paid back tenfold. MMTB: What’s […]
Marathon World Championships Preview
With the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships set to kick off in Ornans, France in less than twelve hours, MarathonMTB.com takes a look at those we expect to make the race in the men’s and women’s fields respectively. Men With two former world champions (Alban Lakata and Massimo de Bertolis) and the current world […]
Meet Team Bulls – Karl Platt
MarathonMTB.com correspondant Chris Pedder is on location in Ornans, France, ahead of the UCI Marathon Mountain Bike World Championships. While also working for Team GB, Pedder found time to sit down and talk to one of the the strongest Marathon and Stage Racers around – Karl Platt (Team Bulls) who will be representing Germany at […]