The Real Insurance XCM Series was instrumental in lifting the profile of elite marathon racing in Australia in 2011 and 2012. Tying some of the most well known and readily accessible marathons together, with guaranteed media coverage and good prize money, attracted deeper fields more consistently, and the racing moved up a level. Racers with […]
Henderson and McConnell win Australian XCO Elite titles
The township of Bright, in Victoria, Australia, is over run by cyclists this March long weekend. With top Australian mountain bikers flooding the town for the Subaru National MTB Championships, and masses of road cyclists staying here before the 3 Peaks road event, there’s barely a spare bed in town. Today, the Elite men’s and […]
I.Idro Drain-Bianchi MTB Launch with High Ambitions
Bianchi MTB team’s official presentation took stage in late February at the Sala Viterbi at the Province of Bergamo, Italy. Back from a successful worldwide campaign, the historical Italian offroad team – changing its name from TX Active-Bianchi to i.idro DRAIN-Bianchi and supported also in 2014 by Italcementi – introduced its seven-rider 2014 roster, while […]
Australia’s Elite Descend on Bright
The Subaru Australian Mountain Bike Championships will take place in Bright, Victoria this week from March 6-10 presented by Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA). Australia’s cross country, down hill and trials riders will descend on the Alpine Shire for 5 days of international standard racing. Riders will be competing to take home the National Champion title for […]
Crocodile Trophy 2014: Profiling the Stages
The 2014 Crocodile Trophy will be a UCI classified MTB Stage race, attracting an S1 ranking. Only the Cape Epic has the highest ranking, HCS – or “beyond categorisation” for a Stage Race. The Crocodile Trophy is arguably the longest running MTB Stage Race in the world. It’s possibly the hardest too – but ‘hard’ […]
Shimano MTB Grand Prix – Four Hours, Hard?
The options for MTB racing seem limitless at the moment. Coming into March, a mountain biker based in the South East of Australia has a plethora of bike races to attend. National Championships, the opening rounds of two different Marathon series, lap based endurance races, club cross country, stand alone marathon events… it’s a long […]
Swiss domination at Sabie, Round one of UCI XCM Series
In another sweep victory and with Swiss precision Urs Huber (Team Bulls) and compatriot Ariane Kleinhans (Team RE:CM) stormed to victory in a soaking wet Sabie (Mpumalanga South Africa) for the first round of the UCI World Marathon Series and the second leg of the MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan. The in form […]
Park City Point 2 Point Registration Opens Feb 26th
One of the United State’s top endurance events, the Park City Point 2 Point, will feature an enduro segment in this year’s race. In it’s sixth year as one of the most lucrative mountain bike races in the country, the Point 2 Point will be giving out even more cash and prizes in 2014 with […]
One month to go until Bike Buller MTB Festival
One bike race is not like another. For a racer, this is well known. A race will always play out differently. The course, the weather, the players, and everyones goals differ from one race to the next, so there is no set method to winning. Beyond being the first to cross the finish line. And […]
MTN Series: Luus and de Groot on top in Dullstroom
The opening event in the world’s largest marathon MTB series kicked off the 2014 season in the quant Mpumalanga Highveld town of Dullstroom. The MTN National MTB Series #1 Dullstroom is a new addition on the calendar of the popular series that spans five provinces over eight national events. The event attracted an unprecedented 2500 […]