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The dramatic new route of the eleventh edition of the Absa Cape Epic, which takes place from 23 to 30 March next year (2014), will offer participants from around the world an awesome trail that showcases the best that the Western Cape has to offer. Both local and international mountain biking enthusiasts will be taking […]
What do crocodiles and road safety have in common? Well, not much usually, other than it is generally safer inside a vehicle if a crocodile happens to be on the road, but this October added a new commonality to the pairing. Australia’s leading voice in road safety, the Amy Gillett Foundation, teamed up with the […]
With the opening of registration for the fifth edition, TRANSPYR presents us with a new format. Keeping the same demanding level and attractive route, on its fifth anniversary the organisation incorporates a competitive incentive for greater personal encouragement, and moves on to 7 stages in length. This should be more feasible within the time constraints […]
The Crocodile Trophy is one of the longest running mountain bike events in the World. I only know of one other stage race that claims to be older and beats it by a single year. In 2013 the “Croc” celebrated its 19th year and has become one of the biggest and hardest races in the […]
I am a big believer in making your own luck, I often get a bit agitated when people look at me and the way I live my life and say “you are so lucky” little do they know about the battles I had to fight on my journey. The last 12 months however I slightly altered […]
Ahhh, the joys of the final day of a stage race. That feeling you get knowing that there is just one more bit of pain to go… Stage 4 started out at Colonial Brewery, and was rumoured to be a flat fast ‘burn up’. The GC winners were unlikely to change today, but in the […]
For the first time in eight years an Australian has won the Crocodile Trophy! Mark Frendo conquered the oldest and hardest mountain bike stage race in the world and after nine days, 900km and more than 15,000m of elevation finished in 30:40:17 ahead of the Canadian Cory Wallace and Jiri Krivanek from the Czech Republic. […]
The Austrian Josef Benetseder wins his second Crocodile Trophy stage today into Hope Vale. The wide and open Outback Highways suit the European road racing pro and he crossed the line in 3:59:50 with a gap of almost six minutes to the main field, which arrived in big bunches with several sprint finishes to decide […]
Xanadu winery hosted the start of stage 3, which included a neutralised 7.5km ride through the center of town to the delight of the watching public, and supportive local community. Going into the stage, the previous nights ‘Redbull Shoot-out’ hadn’t had any material change on the GC, other than awarding Andy Blair with an additional […]
Mark Frendo won today’s time trial stage at Laura and increased his race lead by almost a minute. Race favourite Cory Wallace couldn’t race away from his strongest rival, finishing in third behind Josef Benetseder from Austria. While Liesbeth Hessens again impresses the entire Crocodile Trophy rider field and crew by clocking in the 25th-fastest […]
