Get a rider’s-eye view of the diverse range of tracks that made up the 2014 Real Insurance XCM Series. Race 5 – Convict 100 in St Albans, New South Wales http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8xi74SxvQI Race 4 – The Tablelands Classic in Atherton, Queensland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8twInctXMTo Race 3 – Wombat 100 in Woodend, Victoria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ZZthV5D-w Race 2 – Australian XCM Championships at Mt Joyce, […]
Photos: Real Insurance XCM Series 2014 – Round 5
The 2014 Real Insurance Series wrapped up with the Convict 100, with Canadian XCM Champion Cory Wallace and Irish XCM Champion Jenny Fay winning their respective Elite races. In the process the two wrapped up their overall series titles, with Wallace winning rounds 3 and 5, and Fay taking victory in rounds 2, 4 and […]
Incredible final day of racing at Cairns World Cup
At various times today the Cairns cross country course was described as “one of the most technical courses on this year’s World Cup series”. It’s a moot point; the racing it provided was par excellence. The use of French to describe the action is appropriate, too, as two Frenchmen dug their tyres into the red soil […]
Photos: XCO Day at UCI World Cup Cairns
The superstars of the cross-country mountain bike world put on a show in Cairns. The day began with victories to Helen Grobert (Germany) and Victor Koretzky (France) in the under-23 races, before Italian Champion Eva Lechner put on an emphatic display to win the Elite women’s race. Julian Absalon then put on a display to […]
Photos: Cross-country warm up at UCI World Cup
The global mountain biking community has its attention trained on Cairns, Queensland this weekend. The cross-country stars are set to shine on Sunday. Saturday gave them a chance to scope the course.
Happy Holidays from Rad Santa
Rocky Mountain have put together this great little video to help celebrate the festive season. And although Rudolph and the lads might be looking for new work soon, it’s probably going to be a slimmer version of ‘ol Saint Nick next year. Wherever (and however) you celebrate the holidays, we here at MarathonMTB.com wish you […]
Rocky Mountain presents their Staycation
If you’re prone to fits of jealousy, you might not want to watch this. The seasons have started their march towards winter for the northern hemisphere, but rather than head south, the Rocky Mountain team stayed put in British Columbia. As the video below shows, they had a blast. The accompanying grab from the press […]
MBC: Wallace and Williamson win GC, Looney nabs a stage win
Cory Wallace sealed a convincing overall win at the 2013 Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea with a third stage victory, as Catherine Williamson crossed the line wrapped the leader’s jersey she too has worn since the opening day of racing. Stage 7 on Saturday led riders through 86 kilometres with 1,400 metres of climbing as […]
MBC: Batmunkh and Blewitt animate stage 6, but Zamora wins solo
Marcel Zamora (Buff-Niner) closed a dramatic day’s racing with a solo stage win on stage 6 of the 2013 Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea on Friday. Zamora won after closing down a huge breakaway effort by Maral-erdene Batmunkh (Genco Tour Team) and Mike Blewitt (Subaru-MarathonMTB.com). The duo had escaped soon after the start of […]
MBC: Wallace awarded second stage win
Cory Wallace was awarded the stage 5, after a course marking mix-up on stage 5 of the Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea, which saw times awarded some 44km before the end of the stage. The stage was run as scheduled, with a 96km loop which included 1,400m of climbing. However shortly after the […]