Markus Kaufmann and Jochen Käß have won the sixth stage from Kaltern to Trento at the Craft Bike Transalp. Centurion Vaude 1 completed the 98.25 km and 2,894 metres of climbing in 4:07:37.4 extending their lead over third ranked team mates Daniel Geismayr and Hannes Genze (4:10:37.4) in the overall ranking to 10:44 minutes. Second place went to Alban Lakata and […]
Archives for July 2014
Have you tried Crocodile?
The Crocodile Trophy is no small undertaking. While it isn’t a three week race anymore, the 20th anniversary edition is still 9 days of racing. Not everyone can manage that, without enough time to plan or train. The Croc is actually a lot more achievable than many people think – but the Cairns MTB club […]
Transalp Stage 5 – Sarntal to Kaltern (67km – 2785hm)
Today was, in a nutshell, BRUTAL! Due to our unfortunate Day 2 (Naomi’s muddy eyeball) we start each day in the mad house that is ‘Pen B’. Why is it a madhouse? Well simply put you have a serious mix of fitness capability, competitiveness and technical skill. This all culminates in a furious attack […]
Transalp Stage 4: Naturns to Sarntal (73km and 2645hm)
The most important thing to remember about a race like Transalp is that there is NEVER an easy day.. today was a mere 73km on paper (very sociable compared to yesterdays 100km and the preceding days of 87km and 97km) but the fine print includes a 30km climb from around 32km to 62km taking us […]
Transalp 2014 stage 3 “The Queen Stage”
Firstly, I will have to up-speed on the events of stage 2 (yesterdays stage from Imst to Nauders) Stu and I were otherwise occupied and failed to log a full report. Stage 2 started in Imst, in the rain and the rain continued for the entire stage… Stu and I rode well (to clarify […]
Transalp: Genze and Geismayr win in the wet
The second day of the 17th Craft BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma wrapped up with a top result for Team Centurion Vaude. Besides celebrating the stage win, the Meckenbeuren based squad also took over the lead in the seven-day stage races’ overall ranking. Daniel Geismayr and Hannes Genze of Centurion Vaude 2 claimed victory in the […]
Craft Bike Transalp 2014 – Oberammergau to Imst – 96km
Wow! Ok so that was part reality check and part amazing, the reality check coming right at the 75km mark when I realized there may actually be a dark art to racing as a mixed pair! The stage started with a slightly terrifying ‘neutralised’ section of 20km, this is generally meant to safely ferry riders […]
Sally Bigham’s Transalp mission: self-powered women
In an interview with Sally Bigham who will be racing Transalp 2014 in a mixed pair, unassisted, Subaru-MarathonMTB.com racer Imogen Smith delves into the integrity of pushing and towing in mixed pairs racing, and reflects on her own experience at Transalp last year. When Sally Bigham announced on Facebook a couple of days ago that […]
Is your life like this?
I promised myself I’d be packed, I’d be packed, prepped, primed, preened and perfectly prepared! All by WAY before my flight leaves right? Then why am I looking at a bike that is in 500 pieces, have a deadline driving me crazy and a presentation with a disagreeable client looming like a vulture ALL the […]
Yak Ru Preeminent MTB Race 2015
Have you ever wanted a reason to visit Nepal? I recently stumbled across the Yak Ru website .. an annual mountain bike event in Nepal that takes riders along to an altitude of 5416 metres. The eight day event (5 days racing, one day resting and 2 days recovering) covers a mere 240km through […]