The Cape to Cape’s eighth edition got underway today under perfect blue skies in WA’s Margaret River region. Over 1,000 competitors from across Australia formed a massive, multi-coloured snake stretching for hundreds of metres beneath Cape Leeuwin’s historic lighthouse. Today’s stage, while the shortest at just 42 kilometres, was also widely touted as the race’s hardest, with […]
Archives for October 2015
Crocodile Trophy 2015: Huber is unstoppable
Urs Huber increased his lead at the 21st Crocodile Trophy with his fourth consecutive stage win ahead of Nicholas Pettina and Soren Nissen, with Brendan Johnston coming home in 4th. Unfortunately, Elite woman Regina Genser is out of the race due to a gastro problem. Overall women’s leader Sarah White from Australia says she wants […]
What’s happening at the 2015 Crocodile Trophy?
Have you just realised that the world’s oldest mountain bike stage race is about to start it’s ‘hump day’? With stage 5 about to start, racers are well and truly on the way to Port Douglas and the finish line. The race so far Starting on Saturday with a lap based XC race at Smithfield, […]
Crocodile Trophy 2015: Hat trick for Huber
Stage 3 of the 2015 Crocodile Trophy remained in Atherton, as the racers toured the region on a hilly 80km route. The Swiss Urs Huber scored himself a triple-treat with today’s stage win at Atherton. Huber holds onto his leader’s jersey, increasing his overall race lead ahead of runner up and today’s second place, Nicholas Pettina […]
The Camelbak Highland Fling is approaching
The Australian marathon racing calendar has a few stand out events, ones that are long running, and have helped create the sport in Australia. Some racers even refer to them as our ‘classics’. On 7-8 November, the Camelbak Highland Fling will transform Bundanoon into a small town of mountain bikers. One of the longer running […]
Crocodile Trophy 2015: Huber and White defend and extend
Urs Huber scored his second stage win at the 2015 Crocodile Trophy ahead of the Australian Brendan Johnston and the Italian Nicholas Pettina. Sarah White stays in the overall women’s lead with a third consecutive stage win in Atherton today. The most typical terrain that you would encounter as a mountain biker in Australia are […]
Cape to Cape set for takeoff
Australia’s most popular marathon stage race, Cape to Cape, is set to kick off this Thursday 22 October. Set in Western Australia’s gorgeous Margaret River region, it’s famous for beautiful scenery and a relaxed vibe. The fantastic (equal) prize money and fabulous trails also attract some of Australia’s top talent. For Australia’s Elite Cross Country […]
Crocodile Trophy 2015: Urs Huber takes stage 2 and the lead
The Swiss Bull, Urs Huber, claimed today’s stage win at Lake Tinaroo ahead of Denmark’s National Marathon Champion Sören Nissen and yesterday’s winner, Nicholas Pettina (ITA). The Australian XCM Champion Brendan Johnston finished in fourth with double-Crocodile Trophy winner Ondrej Fojtik from the Czech Republic. The Australian elite female, Sarah White, increased her race lead […]
Crocodile Trophy: Pettina and White snare leader’s jerseys in Smithfield
The Italian Nicholas Pettina has won the first stage of the Crocodile Trophy with a respectable lead of 3:18.07 minutes at Smithfield MTB Park in Cairns ahead of Urs Huber from Switzerland and the Australian Brendan Johnston. It was a hot start to the nine-day mountain bike stage race in Tropical North Queensland and the local […]
Transpyr reloads for its seventh edition
After six editions, the Transpyr stage race has continued to grow into a better and more exciting experience crossing the Pyrenees from coast to coast, and this year the organisation proposes important novelties. In the words of the organization, “Transpyr Coast to Coast participants are extraordinary heroes who will face and enjoy a unique mission, […]