In a new series of feature interviews, we caught up with fast man James Downing, from Canberra, to talk food, riding, going sideways, and how he managed to score the biggest win of his career at the Flight Centre Epic. Name: James Downing Age: 40 Team: Cannondale-Sugoi Factory Racing Team (athlete and manager) Started Racing: […]
Archives for September 2014
Kowalski Classic 2014 Race Video
There’s always someone that stands out from the crowd, like the naughty kid at a family get together. The class clown. Rogues. Mischievous types. And the same goes for marathon racing – and not just the racers! While the sport does enjoy have loners, rogues who excell without the company of others, and who march to […]
Crocodile Trophy Stages Updated for 2014
The 20th Crocodile Trophy is now just around the corner – and the stage plans have now been finalised. Gone are endless days of dirt roads with corrugations, the back to back days of 7hrs in the saddle, and the camps where you’re given a shovel for when nature calls. The race now tackles the […]
Giant Odyssey open to enter for 2015
Entries have opened for the 2015 Giant Odyssey Mountain Bike Marathon, set for Saturday 21st March on the phenomenal trails around Forrest, South-West Victoria. Coming into its 9th year, the Giant Odyssey is one of Australias biggest and best marathon MTB races thanks to the quantity of epic singletrack, the climbs and blitzing descents, race atmosphere and sense of […]
Sellaronda Hero set for 2015
On 27 June 2015, the winners of the men’s and women’s categories of the Südtirol Sellaronda HERO will proudly wear the rainbow jersey awarded by the UCI for the marathon category. 4,015 mountaint bikers will compete, half of them from outside Italy, representing 50 countries and 5 continents. The Sellaronda Hero follows a truly epic route in the Dolomites, […]
Sudety MTB Challenge 2014 Highlights Video
One mountain bike stage race is not like another, and if you are after a bike racing experience that will take you through different countries, and to places you just might not visit otherwise, then you need to head to Poland. The Sudety MTB Challenge has run for 10 years, and explores the terrain of […]
Port to Port MTB Returns in 2015
The Port to Port MTB race will be returning to the Newcastle region in 2015, running from Thursday 28 – Sunday 31 May. After theFollowing on from the success of the inaugural event held earlier this year, which saw 300 recreational and professional riders participate, Port to Port MTB is quickly reaching the heights of sister event, Cape […]
ASADA warns against doping at the Scott 24hr
This feature has been compiled by University of Canberra student Andrew Nardi. From elite to casual mountain bikers, the Scott/CORC 24-hour mountain bike race will bring together a range of cyclists in the Canberra community. The event will test the endurance of solo riders and teams as they strive to race around Mount Stromlo for 24 consecutive […]
Snow Epic launched by Absa Cape Epic Team
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
The Swiss Alps is now the home for a new adventure by the team behind the Absa Cape Epic – the Snow Epic. From January 14 to 18 in 2015 it will stage Snow Epic, Europe’s first winter festival of biking, in the idyllic Alps town of Engelberg. The riding will be done on fatbikes, […]
Perskindol Swiss Epic – Stage 5 – Grächen to Zermatt 60km
A week ago I arrived in Switzerland, meeting race partner Stu for the first time in the baggage reclaim. Having not ridden with Stu before I was a little apprehensive to say the least. While I wasn’t at the Swiss Epic for a “result”, I still wanted to push myself and do well and a […]