Check out our on-course pictures from cross-country racing at the 2014 Cairns World Cup. If you missed the first set of images, click here. And to read a report on each of the 4 races, please visit here.
Archives for April 2014
Giant Odyssey 100km 2014
The Giant Odyssey has matured to become a pinnacle annual event for many elite marathon mountain bike riders, well attended by both national and international riders. In the last two years, the Rapid Ascent team have honed the 100km course, modifying it into a logistically more appropriate ‘clover leaf’ circuit with riders starting, transitioning and finishing […]
Race Report: Giant Shorty 50km
The Giant Odyssey is known as one of the toughest marathon mountain bike races in Australia. With a reputation like that, it’s no surprise that many participants decided to enter the easier version of the race and take on the 50 km Shorty. The course of the Shorty is very different from the Odyssey but […]
Incredible final day of racing at Cairns World Cup
At various times today the Cairns cross country course was described as “one of the most technical courses on this year’s World Cup series”. It’s a moot point; the racing it provided was par excellence. The use of French to describe the action is appropriate, too, as two Frenchmen dug their tyres into the red soil […]
Photos: XCO Day at UCI World Cup Cairns
The superstars of the cross-country mountain bike world put on a show in Cairns. The day began with victories to Helen Grobert (Germany) and Victor Koretzky (France) in the under-23 races, before Italian Champion Eva Lechner put on an emphatic display to win the Elite women’s race. Julian Absalon then put on a display to […]
Photos: Cross-country warm up at UCI World Cup
The global mountain biking community has its attention trained on Cairns, Queensland this weekend. The cross-country stars are set to shine on Sunday. Saturday gave them a chance to scope the course.
Real Insurance XCM Round 4: English and Fay win Tablelands Classic
About a year after the 2013 Australian Marathon Championships visited the Atherton Tablelands, the Real Insurance XCM Series ventured north for it’s 4th Round. Falling on ANZAC Day, and prior to the main events of the Cairns World Cup, no one was certain who would be attending. A home World Cup is a big deal […]
Atherton Tablelands set for ANZAC Day Marathon
The action from the Real Insurance XCM Series continues this weekend as competitors head to Atherton in North Queensland for the fourth round of the five race series. The Tablelands Classic and will be headlined by women’s series leader and XCM national champion Melissa Anset (VIC), as well as four time world 24 hour mountain […]
2014 Absa Cape Epic review and wrap-up
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
2014 Cape Epic review A big adventure What an adventure. For a very small minority of the participants, the Absa Cape Epic is a race, pure and simple. Nino Schurter, Jose Hermida, Rudi van Houts, Christoph Sauser – those guys are all racing, throwing it down every day for eight days, sprinting for stage wins, […]
Seb’s Diary: The Wombat 50km
Sorry about the delayed race report! Things have been a bit hectic lately, with an impending European racing trip and Cairns world cup within the next few weeks. Two weekends ago I set up a double race weekend with a Melbourne Northern Combine road race on the Saturday and the wombat 50km mountain bike race […]