Kevin Evans and David George (360Life) continued their total domination of local mountain bike racing on Monday by winning the opening stage of the DCM Cape Pioneer Trek. It was the pair’s third major victory in 15 days. Their winning spree began when Evans won the MTN Ride Crater Cruise. By finishing third in the same […]
Team Thoughts The night before kick off
It’s barely 12 hours, and the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team will be off and racing. The 2011 Crocodile Trophy rolls out of the Esplanade, neutral until a lookout above town. The real gun goes off from here, and it goes up. We even go over Northern Queenslands highest point. We are all keen to get started, here’s […]
Local pair ready for a test at DCM Cape Pioneer Trek
The conversion of Neil MacDonald and Waylon Woolcock (RE:CM) from the road to mountain biking is undoubtedly one of the success stories of South African cycling. Hardly a weekend goes by without at least one of them finishing in the top ten somewhere in the veld. In fact their mountain biking CVs provide impressive reading. […]
Knox and Sauser team up for DCM Cape Pioneer Trek
In a mountain biker’s life dramatic changes can occur unexpectedly. Until a week ago Max Knox (Ghost/Do-it-now) had told everybody that he would not defend his DCM Cape Pioneer Trek title because he didn’t have a partner. He had planned to team up with Adrien Niyonshuti (MTN-Qhubeka), but when Jacques Janse van Rensburg signed a […]
Prepping for the heat in Queensland
In this video Subaru-MarathonMTB.com’s Mike Blewitt takes a look at the Camelbak Octane XTC hydration pack which he and teammates Graeme Arnott and Justin Morris will be using at the 2011 Crocodile Trophy. Today the temperature in Cooktown was 28˚C, it looks like the boys are going to need every drop from the Octane’s reservoir.
Milatz upsets Sauser in Roc d’Azur sprint finale
The scenario may have been the same as last year, with a sprint finish, but the players were different this time. After 2:23:36′ winding throughthe dirt paths of the Massif des Maures, German cross country champion Moritz Milatz won his first Roc d’Azur (56 km) beating Christoph Sauser by by a few hundredths of a […]
The stage is set for 2011 Roc d’Azur
Sticking with tradition, gradients and thrills can again definitely be found at Roc d’Azur. The mountain bikers got to grips with the Maures Mountains, before meeting at the exhibition which opened its doors today: at 12 noon for professionals and 4pm for the general public. 159 participants in the Enduro Roc For the 2011 edition […]
Engen and Strauss join Sauser on DCM Cape Pioneer Trek start list
The world’s best mountain bikers are certainly beginning to take note of the DCM Cape Pioneer Trek (17-22 October) which will start and finish in the town of Oudtshoorn. Christopher Sauser (Specialized), currently the world marathon champion, has already established himself as one of the tour’s stalwarts. The Swiss rider makes it clear that something […]
Entries Open: 2012 Mountains to Beach
Wild Horizon’s Mountains to Beach mountain bike stage race starts on Monday March 4, 2012. Over five days riders will ride 400km from the roof of Australia to the surf beaches of the NSW south coast. It’s a classic route, one that takes you from the the Snowy Mountains and the nearby alpine wilderness areas, […]
Calendar Preview: October 2011 – who said there’s an off season?
2012 Events are confirming their dates, but 2011 still has to run its course. Where could you be this coming month – what should you look into for next year?