The 2014 Subaru Australian National Mountain Bike Champs would be held in Bright, Victoria, after having held a round of the national circuit last year with most riders happy with the course. The course changed slightly for the better this year, with a bit faster and more open start and some more of Bright’s best […]
Archives for March 2014
Racing resumes with the Real Insurance XCM Series in Bright
The Real Insurance XCM Series was instrumental in lifting the profile of elite marathon racing in Australia in 2011 and 2012. Tying some of the most well known and readily accessible marathons together, with guaranteed media coverage and good prize money, attracted deeper fields more consistently, and the racing moved up a level. Racers with […]
Race preview: Cyprus Cup Voroklini
Cyprus Sunshine Cup’s will conclude this Sunday with the Voroklini’s Cross Country race where vice world champion Maja Wloszczowska will be make her season debut. Jan Skarnitzl is the favourite amongst the men and Jolanda Neff will be keen to continue on from her success last weekend. Maja Wloszczowska (Giant Pro XC) the 2010 world […]
Henderson and McConnell win Australian XCO Elite titles
The township of Bright, in Victoria, Australia, is over run by cyclists this March long weekend. With top Australian mountain bikers flooding the town for the Subaru National MTB Championships, and masses of road cyclists staying here before the 3 Peaks road event, there’s barely a spare bed in town. Today, the Elite men’s and […]
How to Prepare for Transalp, Mixed
When my Dad decided this parenting malarkey was best done more at arms length than in the trenches, I landed up with a little more feminine perspective than is probably healthy for a 9 year old boy. Thankfully Dad was always on hand to keep the scales balanced (albeit after an hour pedal to the […]
I.Idro Drain-Bianchi MTB Launch with High Ambitions
Bianchi MTB team’s official presentation took stage in late February at the Sala Viterbi at the Province of Bergamo, Italy. Back from a successful worldwide campaign, the historical Italian offroad team – changing its name from TX Active-Bianchi to i.idro DRAIN-Bianchi and supported also in 2014 by Italcementi – introduced its seven-rider 2014 roster, while […]
Want kudos? Six cycling achievements you can’t post on Strava
Strava changed cycling. Data is no longer the domain of coaches; bragging no longer confined to the coffee shop; and racing is on every day, not just Sundays. I don’t want to discourage anyone from using it, because it’s useful and fun – great for tracking improvement and finding new rides – but If you’re […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup: XCO racing on Marathon legs
Day 4 of the Afxentia stage race would be a multi-lap XCO race at Mantra tou Kampiou, the final stage would showcase the talented world class athletes that had gathered in Cyprus. Another hazy day dawned but with warm temperatures from the early hours it was sure to be a hot on and off the […]
Australia’s Elite Descend on Bright
The Subaru Australian Mountain Bike Championships will take place in Bright, Victoria this week from March 6-10 presented by Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA). Australia’s cross country, down hill and trials riders will descend on the Alpine Shire for 5 days of international standard racing. Riders will be competing to take home the National Champion title for […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup: Giger and Neff extend
Stage 3 promised to be another hard day of racing, the course would cover 40km and 3800 feet of climbing starting from the host town of Lythrondontas. With 2700 feet of that climbing occurring in just 16km it was a test of who’d recovered well from yesterday. The Mediterranean island was covered by a light […]