Urs Huber (SUI) and Konny Looser (SUI) have achieved their yesterday postulated goal of winning a stage on today’s seventh and thus penultimate Craft Bike Transalp stage. The defending champions of Team Stöckli mastered the 72,25 km long distance from Ponte di Legno, Italy, to Madonna di Campiglio, Italy in 3:53:34.1 hours, cementing their third […]
Transalp: Genze and Kugler take the top step on Queen stage
Hannes Genze (GER) and Andreas Kugler (SUI) clinched the queen’s stage of the Craft Bike Transalp from Livigno, Italy, to Ponte di Legno, Italy, today due to a sensational comeback and outstanding downhill skills thus repeating their 2010 victory on the same course. Team Multivan Merida Biking secured their first 2012 Transalp stage win after […]
Transalp: Fourth win for Lakata & Mennen as crashes cause chaos
Facing a blue bird sky for the first time this week, Alban Lakata (AUT) and Robert Mennen (GER) have build up the pressure on the overall leaders by bringing home their fourth consecutive stage win. Team Topeak Ergon Racing clinched the fifth stage of the 15th Craft Bike Transalp, which led over 69.56 km and […]
Transalp: Lakata & Mennen complete hat-trick of stage wins
Due to an extreme parforce run Alban Lakata (AUT) and Robert Mennen (GER) their third successive victory on the fourth stage of the 2012 Craft Bike Transalp. Team Topeak Ergon Racing mastered the shortest distance of the eight-day event with its 52.66 and 1,888 meters in elevation from Nauders, Austria, to Scuol, Switzerland, in 2:15:17.2 […]
Transalp: Lakata & Mennen double up, Leaders defend
Just like yesterday, Alban Lakata (AUT) and Robert Mennen (GER) were the dominating racers on the course, clinching the second Tyrol stage of the 15th Craft Bike Transalp. Team Topeak Ergon Racing mastered the Alps classic’s third stage from Ischgl, Austria, to Nauders, Austria and thus 67.83 km and 2,720 meters in elevation in 3:04:49.5 […]
Transalp: Lakata & Mennen win, Kaufmann & Stoll lead
The overall ranking got pretty garbled on the second stage of the 15th CRAFT BIKE TRANSALP. Topeak Ergon Racing athletes Alban Lakata (AUT) and Robert Mennen (GER), who were dogged by bad luck yesterday, clinched today’s stage through Tyrol, which led over 77.90 km and 3,274 meters in elevation from Imst, Austria, to Ischgl, Austria, […]
Transalp: Perfect debut for Platt and Böhme
Karl Platt and Tim Böhme have clinched the opening stage of the 2012 Craft Bike Transalp from Oberammergau, Germany, to Imst, Austria, thus approving that the team management made the right decision by reconfiguring its team pairings. Team Bulls 1 mastered the 97.80 km and 2,215 meters in elevation as fastest duo claiming the Yellow […]
On The Go Canberra 100 to serve up a pre-Christmas treat
Canberra based cycling apparel company On The Go will partner with iAdventure, producers of the Husky 100, to run the ‘OnTheGo Canberra 100 MTB Marathon’. The first edition of the race will be held in Canberra on the 8th and 9th of December, 2012. Visiting the well-known Sparrow Hill, the 100km marathon will be raced […]
BC Bike Race: Thrilling edition wraps up in Whistler
The 2012 BC Bike Race closed at a party on the finishing line at Whistler’s Olympic Plaza lawn with the sunshine reflecting off the remaining summer snow of the surrounding mountain peaks. As riders crossed the line, getting hugs and medals, their tears mixed with the sweat and dust caked on their faces from the […]
BC Bike Race: The mix of emotions as Whistler beckons
Yesterday riders of the BC Bike Race awoke to the sun peaking over the ‘Chief’, a solid dome of granite, standing a reassuring 417 meters above the tents of base-camp. Nestled by the protective ‘Chief’ and Garibaldi Peak, the atmosphere of the traveling pageant that is the BC Bike Race obtained a sense of peace […]