The isolated point of Cape Leeuwin flooded with more than 1,300 mountain bikers last week as the Cape to Cape MTB returned for its seventh year. On the first 40km staged efending Cape to Cape MTB champion Andy Blair was joined at the start line by 2012 London Olympics representatives Dan McConnell and Bec Henderson, 2013 […]
Archives for October 2014
Calling Final Highland Fling Entries!
The days are closing in for your final Camelbak Highland Fling entries. One of the biggest marathon mountain bike races in the country will be held on the weekend of 8-9 November, 2014. More than that, the Fling will be celebrating its 10th anniversary. Racers will be threading through the farmland of the beautiful Southern […]
Smith and Saw Champions of the 20th Crocodile Trophy
Imogen Smith and Greg Saw are the Elite Champions of the 2014 Crocodile Trophy. The 20th edition of the hardest mountain bike stage race in the world finished today at the breathtakingly beautiful Four Mile Beach in Port Douglas. The final stage was a time trial race from Weatherby Station via the infamous Bump Track […]
Carl Jones wins Nzo Whaka 100 in Rotorua
Carl Jones has just won the Whaka 100, but that is only half the story as he also smashed his own race record for the toughest mountain bike race in New Zealand by 13 minutes to finish in a sensational 4 hours 31 minutes. And the local hero was nursing a bad dose of ‘flu. […]
The Windy Croc – Skybury to Wetherby
Once you have been doing the one thing for a week you well and truly settle into a routine. Ride, eat, sleep, repeat. Ok, there’s more eating than that. But one of the beautiful things about stage racing is how normal it ends up feeling when you’re racing your bike. Everyone likes routine. Today was […]
Catching up on the Croc – Irvinebank to Skybury Coffee Plantation
So far the 20th Crocodile Trophy has been a little different to years past. Firstly, it’s a UCI sanctioned race, which means guaranteed prize money for elite riders – and a lot of ranking points on offer too. This has also brought a slight change to how the race is run – starts are prompt, […]
Croc Trophy Diary: Taking stock in Irvinebank
It’s not often in a stage race that you find yourself with nothing to do. But here I am, sitting in a shady spot with the sound of the wind in the trees, birds, and hammering in my ears. Camping has its advantages. After enjoying myself far too much yesterday, I decided that today, the […]
Cory Wallace snares a Boomerang in Atherton
The 4th Stage of a stage race usually has some fatigue starting to show. And maybe that’s exactly what Cory Wallace needed to snare his stage win today on the out and back loop from Atherton Forest Mountain Bike Park. Wallace had been training for The Munga, which he was set to race with Australian […]
Croc Trophy Diary: Railing the Atherton Trails
Sitting down, in clean clothes, using free wifi. As the Croc gets into swing, scenes like these are getting rarer. It’s day three and we cruised from Lake Tinaroo to race at Atherton, another MTB mecca, this morning, where we’ll have a brief reprieve from the daily pack-up for two nights. Mike and I were […]
Saw takes emotional win on 2nd Stage of Croc Trophy
The true Crocodile Trophy starts on day 2, with a neutral start from the Esplanade in Cairns, before the race starts properly at the foot of the climb to Copperlode dam. It’s not an easy stage. In fact, I think I said numerous times today that it’s one of the hardest point to point mountain […]