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Calle Friberg (SWE, Scott Skoda) has clinched the second stage of the 2015 Protective BIKE Four Peaks, which led via 91.05km and 1,969m from Bad Klein Kirchheim to Hermagor, in a photo finish. The Swedish racer crossed the finish line after 3:12.38,2 hours and only a blink of the eye ahead of defending champion Christoph […]
Italian Juri Ragnoli ruffled his international competition at the Protective BIKE Four Peaks on the opening stage of the four-day race. The racer of Team Scott mastered the course around Bad Kleinkirchheim (49.63km, 2,349m) in 2:29.54,1 hours and relegated defending champion Christoph Sauser (SUI) of Specialized Racing with an advantage of 4.43,1 minutes to the second rank […]
Living in a mild climate, the first big ride of summer is lost on me. It would probably be associated with sunburn, blown out dusty trails or dehydration. But having just visited Ogden, in Utah, I went for a sunday ride with two of the Competitive Cyclist Mountain Bike Team pro riders, and what would […]
Are there mixed messages in mountain biking? After a couple of years doing media work in mountain bike racing, it’s a question I get asked every now and then by event promoters desperate to grow women’s participation in their competitions. After all, so many women of all ages are taking up the sport – why […]
The Beskidy MTB Trophy, like the Sudety MTB Challenge, are visual feasts. Chances are you might miss the scenery when racing. But thankfully their photographers and video crew do a fantastic job of capturing it. The teaser video has just been released – the full version should be epic! Did you see our race coverage […]
On June 17, the 3rd Protective BIKE Four Peaks will kick off in Bad Kleinkirchheim. It’s the first time ever the four-day event, which took place in Salzburg and Tyrol the last two years, will be staged almost exclusively in Carinthia. 800 participants from almost 30 countries, including hundreds of amateurs and several pro riders, […]
355 mountain bikers from 32 countries took on the Alpentour Trophy on Thursday in the Schladming region. Almost 200 kilometres and 8800m of elevation was on the menu over the four days – like riding straight up Mt Everest. Hot summer days meant a lot of exhausted faces at the finish after the first three stages, […]
The Dolomiti Superbike is a classic Italian marathon event. Not very technical, but very fast, very challenging – and a prestigious event to win or place well in. In less than a month, on 11 July 2015, the 21st Dolomiti Superbike is going to take place in Alta Pusteria. 5,509 mountain bikers from 40 countries are […]
The first event of the Willingen festival has been won by Peter Hermann of Germany. The racer of Team Firebike Drössiger mastered the long distance (121.52 km, 3,544 m) in 4:46.45,3 hours. Last year’s third ranked athlete relegated Team Bulls riders Tim Boehme (GER, 4:51.24,3) and Karl Platt (GER, 4:56.32,3) to second and third rank, respectively. The trio had put […]
“Strong, Light, Cheap. Pick any two.” Keith Bontrager was onto something when he first coined his famous phrase, because those words are just as relevant now as they were 20 years ago. Sure, mountain bikes have progressed enormously over that time. Today’s modern race bike is lighter, faster and more capable than ever before. If […]
