This past weekend Ben Thomas from Mountain Trax-Vauxhall Motors cycling team was in Sweden racing the Borlange Tour which is part of the Swedish Cup series. Finally I got around to visiting Sweden to visit friends who moved out here from the UK a couple of years ago. They cycle as well so we timed […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup: Czech duel in Voroklini
The last stage of Cyprus Sunshine Cup at Voroklini ended up in a Czech duel. Ondrej Cink took the win in front of Jan Skarnitzl. Third place went to Thomas Litscher (Sui). In a tight finish of women’s race, Jolanda Neff (Sui) was able to pass Blaza Klemencic (Slo) to take her second win in […]
Race preview: Cyprus Cup Voroklini
Cyprus Sunshine Cup’s will conclude this Sunday with the Voroklini’s Cross Country race where vice world champion Maja Wloszczowska will be make her season debut. Jan Skarnitzl is the favourite amongst the men and Jolanda Neff will be keen to continue on from her success last weekend. Maja Wloszczowska (Giant Pro XC) the 2010 world […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup: XCO racing on Marathon legs
Day 4 of the Afxentia stage race would be a multi-lap XCO race at Mantra tou Kampiou, the final stage would showcase the talented world class athletes that had gathered in Cyprus. Another hazy day dawned but with warm temperatures from the early hours it was sure to be a hot on and off the […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup: Giger and Neff extend
Stage 3 promised to be another hard day of racing, the course would cover 40km and 3800 feet of climbing starting from the host town of Lythrondontas. With 2700 feet of that climbing occurring in just 16km it was a test of who’d recovered well from yesterday. The Mediterranean island was covered by a light […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup: The Marathon
The longest day of the Cyprus Sunshine Cup lay ahead on day 2 with 31 miles and 4000 feet of climbing. There was none of the nervous waiting like yesterday with racers set to roll out of the start town Lefkara at 11am with a 3.5km paced lead out. Yesterdays winners Adelheid Morath and Jan […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup: Round One
Today the 4 day Afxentia Cyprus Sunshine Cup stage race began with a tough 5.7km time trial. The town of Lefkara hosts stages 1 and 2, by midday today it was packed out with brightly coloured lycra and shiny carbon bikes. The race for many was the season opener and with Hors Category status the […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup 2014 – The British Contingent
A week before Cyprus Sunshine Cup we caught up with a few Brits who’ll kick off their race season on the Mediterranean island. Each rider had a very different winter with Imogen Buick battling the British weather, Steve James racing a full cyclocross calendar including the recent World Championships, and the Batchelor brothers escaping to […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup 2014 Preview
In just under a months time racers will flock to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus for the 2014 edition of the Cyprus Sunshine Cup. This year the event will consist of two rounds with a 4 day Afxentia stage race (February 27th – March 2nd) taking place a week before a single day cross country […]
Mountain Trax – Vauxhall Motors extend and expand for 2014
2014 will see two new athletes join the Mountain Trax – Vauxhall Motors Cycling Team. Isaac Pucci is entering his second year as an Under 23 and his first year in the Elite class has already earned a reputation following his domination of the expert category in 2013 and his Silver Medal performance at the […]