On 19th of July, The Craft BIKE Transalp will start in Ruhpolding with KMC-Mitsubishi-Koga duo Bram Rood and Robby de Bock. The Transalp is a seven days stage race starting in Germany leading via Austria to the finish in Italy in Riva del Garda. Previously 8 days and on somewhat less technical terrain, the […]
Archives for June 2015
A Journeyman’s Journey to XCM Worlds
“Journeyman: A worker or sports player who is reliable but not outstanding”. This sums me up to a T, I think. Find a small enough cycling-related pond and I can be a big fish, but in the very big pond that is the XCM Worlds, I have no illusions – I expect to be the smallest […]
Seb Jayne: Courmayeur XCO
The small alpine community of Courmayeur is situated beneath the monolithic Monte Bianco peak on the Italian side of the French-Italian border. Towering at some 4810m Monte Bianco, or otherwise known by its less melodic name Mont Blanc, is Europe’s tallest mountain. A suitable location to hold a mountain bike race! Being a ski town, […]
Bike Check: Rachel Fenton’s Open
Take a look at the Open hardtail that British racer Rachel Fenton will be piloting at the 2015 XCM World Championships. In contrast to professional racers who have access to a whole stable of bikes suited to particular courses, we privateers have to pick one bike to rule them all (unless we are lucky enough […]
Big hitters set for Marathon MTB World Championships
The 2015 UCI Marathon MTB World Championships are quickly becoming a clash of the titans. With many World, National and Olympic champions lining up to contest the men’s and women’s elite titles, the race this Saturday is set to be one of the best marathon races for spectators and racers alike. The HERO Bike Festival […]
Aussies and Brits at the 2015 XCM World Championships
The Marathon MTB World Championships are this Saturday, 27 June, and MarathonMTB has been speaking to some of Australia and Great Britain’s representatives to hear what they think of the course, how their preparations are going, and what gear they’ll be using. To find out more about the course, check out our preview, and be […]
Why don’t more women race (plus some advice) – part 2
Since I posted part 1, where I looked at how marketing messages might affect women’s choices about racing, there have been a lot of responses and discussion covering exactly what I was planning to write in part 2. Still, a promise is a promise! First I want to explore some of the issues and then, because […]
Weekend Racing Wrap
With just a week to go towards the 2015 UCI Marathon MTB World Championships in the Val Gardena, we can look at results to see who is getting some last minute racing in, who is tapering, and who clearly isn’t racing and is keen to show team selectors that they might have made a mistake. […]
Hofer wins the battle, Ragnoli wins the Four Peaks war
The Bike Four Peaks has finished brilliantly for the Scott team, with Franz Hofer (ITA) claiming victory on the final stage. The Team Scott racer mastered the 71.15km and 2,122 metres of climbing from Nassfeld/Troepolach to Weissensee in 2:57.22,1 hours with Texpa-Simplon athletes Christian Schneidawind (GER, +4,5s), Wolfgang Mayer (GER, +4,7s) and Matthias Leisling (GER, +5,4s) to second, […]
Sauser snares stage 3 at Bike Four Peaks
Defending champion Christoph Sauser (SU) has claimed victory on the queens stage of the Protective BIKE Four Peaks today. The Specialized Racing athlete mastered the 59.25km and 2,421m from Hermagor to Nassfeld/Troepolach in 2:49.38,2 edging off overall leading Juri Ragnoli (ITA) of Team Scott in a sprint duel to the second rank (+ 0,4s). Uwe […]