With record breaking rains lashing Southern NSW this past week, both participants and organisers have been on tenterhooks regarding the running of this classic five-day mountain bike stage race, set to start at the top of the chairlift in Thredbo at 8:30am tomorrow morning. It was with good reason that all riders today received an embroidered […]
UK and European Solo 24 hour MTB Champs
There’s no doubt 2012 is going to be a great year for sport and SIP events are pleased to announce the UK & European Solo MTB Championships are once again taking place at Rock UK in Newcastleton on the 7th and 8th April. Now in its third year “24 Hours of Exposure” and last year’s […]
Privateer’s 24 hours in Old Pueblo
The crew from Privateer were on the ground in the Arizona desert earlier this month to capture the atmosphere of one of the world’s most legendary 24hr events, the Kona 24hrs of Old Pueblo. Expect to see a beautiful collection of words and images in the next issue of the magazine, including an interview with the […]
Rocky Trail MTB Cruise 100
With five completed loops, Canberra’s Ed McDonald won the 100 mile event in seven hours, 13 minutes and 25 seconds. With endurance challenges including 100 miles and 100 km, the MTB Cruise 100 event kicked off Rocky Trail’s racing season at Stromlo Forest Park on 25 February 2012. Organisers had linked the vast network of […]
Evans fires in Sabie round of UCI Marathon Series
Four-time South African marathon champion, Kevin Evans (Nedbank 360Life) left nothing to chance when he raced to a dominant victory over a strong international field at Round 3 of the South African National Marathon Series in Sabie in the Mpumalanga province on Saturday. The 33-year-old, who has won South Africa’s National Marathon Series title six […]
BC Bike Race turns things up with new chip-timed sections
The BC Bike Race – The Ultimate Singletrack Experience is proud to celebrate its sixth year and announce the 2012 route with the exciting addition of twelve individually chip-timed sections. The 2012 route offers the same smorgasbord of great venues as last year, but will see an all new Day 7 in Whistler and some […]
SRAM Singletrack Mind – new venues & more singletrack in 2012
The Chocolate Foot team is proud to announce that the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series is set to hit the trails again for 2012. After a great series of racing in 2011, which saw entries grow by over 50%, Chocolate Foot have not been content to click it back a gear and have instead slammed it […]
Norris & Mullens conquer 2012 Kona Odyssey
Giant team rider Lachlan Norris defied pundits’ predictions to win the Kona Odyssey Mountain Bike Marathon today, maintaining an unassailable lead after passing race favourite, Team Milka/Superior’s Chris Jongewaard, following the 25km mark. Norris, a rider who tackles both mountain and road disciplines at the elite level , took advantage of Jongewaard suffering a flat […]
2012 Mountains To Beach: The Stage is Set
With less than a month to go, Wild Horizon’s Mountains To Beach mountain bike stage race, kicking off on Monday 5 March 2012, is looking to host some fierce battles. Queensland’s Andy Fellows returns defend his title in 2012, while 2011 second place winner Garry James will also be back and hot on his wheels […]
Ben Thomas: On track for success in 2012
As Mountain Trax rider Ben Thomas explained to MarathonMTB.com last week, marathon events will form a bigger part of his race program in 2012. In the second part of our interview with the 2011 Kielder 100 Champion, Thomas tells us where his season will take him, how he intends to get there and the records […]