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The second stage of Brasil Ride resulted in a new leadership in the Open category, during the eighth edition of the main mountain bike stage race in the Americas. More than four minutes ahead of the runner-ups in the 130-kilometre route between Arraial d’Ajuda and Guaratinga, Portuguese Tiago Ferreira and José Silva are definitely podium […]
Marathon races in Australia are often mass-participation events, where ‘completers’ outnumber ‘competers’ by huge margins. Cross Country Olympic racing (XCO), on the other hand, usually attracts hard-core racers chasing medals and jerseys. But even if you’re a marathon ‘completer’ when you get out to race, there are lots of reasons to love, watch, and even […]
In the first day of the competition of the 2017 Brazil Ride, three champions returned to the podium, with a mere 36-second interval. Two times champion Hans Becking (NED) and his partner Sebastian Fini (DEN) were the fastest, completing the 21-kilometre prologue in 49min42. Runner-ups were Henrique Avancini, winner in 2013, and Jiri Novak (CZE), […]
The eighth edition of the Brazil Ride (scheduled from 14 to 21 of October on Discovery Coast in South Bahia) will have a constellation of mountain bike stars for the most important marathon stage race in the Americas. Among the 500 participants who will be riding between Arraial d’Ajuda in Porto Seguro and Guaratinga there […]
Last weekend it was time to celebrate 2017 and 20,000 people came out to party. Roc d’Azur once again hosted the end of season get together with 5 days of events. This could be my fourth visit to sunny Frejus on the stunning French Riviera. After being ill I wasn’t in a position to […]
The Crocodile Trophy brings in a range of riders from around the globe. Everyone is there for their own reasons. Be it to finish their racing season, have a huge outback adventure, knock off a bucket list race – or test themselves against riders from home and abroad. In 2017, Grant Webster brought his Apollo […]
Rotorua has long been touted as one of the greatest mountain biking destinations, with the trails of the Redwoods – the hard work of the Rotorua Trails Trust – becoming almost mythical in their allure. While principally a destination for those who enjoy the Southstar shuttle service and reps of the great Corners or Little Red Riding Huck […]
The dates of the Cyprus Sunshine Cup 2018 are fixed. The mountain bike race series in the sun of Cyprus starts on February 22 in Lefkara with the 22nd edition of the Afxentia Stage Race and ends on Saturday, March 3 by the race in Amathous/Agios Tychon. For amateur riders the event offers a slightly different […]
Words: Alex Malone | Photography: Trent van der Jagt The journey into off-road stage racing has been an exciting one for the team at Cyclist Australia/NZ magazine. Our primary focus has always been around road cycling but with the ever-increasing popularity around gravel and multi-surface drop bar riding, the gap to wider tyres and full […]
It’s one of the questions we’re asked most often here at MarathonMTB.com, so we chatted to our team of marathon riders and put together a bunch of answers, starting with the most pressing one… What to drink? What should I drink in a marathon MTB race? It really boils down to a couple of choices […]
