Sun blazing and with a smell of sun cream in the air the event started with a run and as I’d already had the pleasure of starting the Enduro 6 I left it to my team mates to battle it out to see who was going to do the honours; Si Ernest our ringer from […]
Archives for June 2013
Final Preparation : The Shimano GP 4 at Ourimbah
It’s time to pack. It’s time to let all last month’s efforts sink in. It’s time to get on a plane, to go to Europe and face the music. It’s time to believe. It’s time to race. I have worked extremely hard the last month, on my swimming, my riding, my running. I have been […]
Carl Friberg wins Roc Marathon in La Clusaz
The warm sun shining above La Clusaz presided over the second day of the Roc des Alpes, which was spiced up by a great variety of races (rides, downhill, children’s races, marathon…). The highlight of the day, the 82 km long Roc Marathon, fell into the hands of Swede Carl Friberg, a usual fixture in […]
Justin Morris’ Blog: Conquering Corners, Climbs & Commiserations
Hello mates! I am now entering month 4 of cycling abroad for 2013 and as every year and I’m sure every Aussie expat can attest it has been a roller coaster. My time here in the USA so far has been primarily focused on criterium races tempered with 2 stage races. The National Criterium Circuit […]
British XCM Champs 2013; Punctures, crashes, bonus miles and two underdog winners!
So, based on my attempts at punditry at last year’s world marathon champs, and now also for the British XCM champs this year, i shouldn’t give up my day job! In a race that saw many of the pre-race favourites sidelined or handicapped by punctures, navigational error or “technique failure” it was Neal Crampton who […]
What do you carry for the Tour Divide?
What? Once people get past the sheer ‘why would anyone want to do that?’ thing of an adventure like the Tour Divide Race, the next series of questions delves into a series of discussions about what sort of gear you need to carry with you in order to do it. Basically carrying gear on a […]
Dolomiti Superbike introduces new course
In less than a month, the 19th Südtirol Dolomiti Superbike will take place. The mountain bike marathon in Alta Pusteria is the eighth race on the UCI Marathon World Series and commences on Saturday July 6th. In order to meet the regulations of the International Cycling Union, the organizing committee had to establish an additional […]
Why Ride the Tour Divide?
Why? It’s a question I’ve been getting a lot lately. Closely followed by ‘are you insane?’ and not to mention my personal favourite ‘Idiot.’ See, later this month (June 14th to be exact) I along with approximately 120 other nutters will be lining up for what is often referred to as the toughest bicycle race […]
Sauser and Loevset take BIKE Four Peaks Titles
The inaugural BIKE Four Peaks wrapped up with the third stage win taken by the dominating mountain biker of the past four days. Well deserved title winner Christoph Sauser (SUI) impressively underlined his strength mastering the due to the bad weather conditions over the past days adapted routing from Kaprun to Neukirchen (72.07 km, 1,804 […]
Kaess wins Stage 3 at BIKE Four Peaks
Three time German Champion Jochen Kaess has clinched the third stage of the 2013 BIKE Four Peaks. The 32-years-old Centurion-Vaude racer crowned his long solo ride on the 82.12 km and 2,440 metres in elevation from Kirchberg to Kaprun in 3:33:15.1 hours, but missed to improve to the top-3 in the overall ranking by just […]