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March 19, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Leaders consolidate at the Cape Epic

Stage 1 of the Absa Cape Epic was a day of consolidation with both the top men and women growing their leads significantly after a tough 111km day which started and finished in Hermanus on Monday. Prologue winners Annika Langvad and Anna van der Breggen (Investec-songo-Specialized) increased their lead in the Women’s race with a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: annika langvad, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, nino schurter, south africa, Stage Race

March 18, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Is Nino Schurter a bully?

The 1st stage of the Cape Epic has just finished, won by XCO World Champion Nino Schurter and Lars Forster. 2nd place went to XCM World Champion Henrique Avancini and Manuel Fumic, a couple of minutes behind on the long stage to Hermanus. The TV crew were quick to interview the riders on the live […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cape epic, henrique avancini, MarathonMTB, nino schurter

March 18, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Cape Epic Prologue – what you need to know.

Team Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing won the Prologue of the 2019 Absa Cape Epic on the slopes of Table Mountain ahead of Cannondale Factory Racing and KROSS-SPUR on Sunday 17 March. Cross country specialists, Nino Schurter and Lars Forster finished in a time of 00:43:41.5, some 41 seconds ahead of Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini to claim […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, nino schurter, scott spark RC, south africa

March 15, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bike Check: Nino Schurter’s Scott Spark for the 2019 Cape Epic

Nino Schurter is lining up for his 6th Cape Epic, and after a less than ideal race in 2018, he will be out to make amends in 2019. A last minute change sees the flying Swiss racing with Lars Forster, not Andri Frischknecht. Andri was struggling with some health issues at the team camp in […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, nino schurter, Scott, SRAM

March 14, 2019 By Mike Blewitt 3 Comments

Spa weekends in Scuol

Swiss MarathonMTB Scuol

Graubünden has come into the international mountain bike spotlight in the past year, being touted as the ‘Home of Trails’ and promoted to mountain bikers around the world. The eastern canton of Switzerland has long been on the radar of our contributors and race team – for all the reasons you might imagine. There are […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Graubuenden, grisons, mountain bike, scuol, Switzerland, Travel

March 9, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sheppard and Ward double up at Macpac Motatapu

Macmacp Motatapu marathonmtb

Mountain bike power couple Samara Sheppard and Kyle Ward took out the women’s and men’s mountain bike races at the prestigious Macpac Motatapu today, riding to impressive victories in near perfect conditions from Glendhu Bay to Arrowtown. The pair have been together for three years, with Ward also coaching New Zealand Commonwealth Games rep Sheppard, […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, biking, kyle ward, MarathonMTB, Motatapu, mountain bike, newzealand, outside, samara sheppard

February 5, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Riding through history at the Convict 100

Convict 100 MarathonMTB

Here in Australia, we don’t have the amount of historical paths and routes that fall into everyday use like some parts of the world. While we still have plenty of examples where indigenous routes of travel have become major traffic corridors, we don’t have quite the same connection with the lived history. We don’t have […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: biking, Convict, Convict 100, marathon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, new south wales, XCM

January 30, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Scott-SRAM Team prepare for the Cape Epic

Scott SRAM MarathonMTB Cape Epic

One of the most powerful teams from the past few years is even stronger in 2019. With the addition of World Champion Kate Courtney and European Champion Lars Forster, SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing heads into another promising XC World Cup season. Team director Thomas Frischknecht alongside team captain Nino Schurter, Andri Frischknecht and the crew have met for the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, cape epic, kate courtney, MarathonMTB, nino schurter, Scott bikes, scott-sram, south africa, SRAM, Stage Race

January 25, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The rider behind the Mitas 4 Islands MTB Race

Bike 4 islands

The Mitas 4 Islands MTB Race has been quick to find fans around the world. And what’s not to like? The 4-day mountain bike stage race explores trails on four islands in Croatia, with the racers transported by boats. It’s a pairs race that is early in the season – offering great trails, good racing […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 4 islands, Bike, biking, Croatia, Europe, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, Travel

January 24, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Everything you need to know about the Appenninica Stage Race

Related Event: Apenninica MTB Stage Race
Appenninica MarathonMTB Stage Race Italy

There’s a new kid on the block in the world of mountain bike stage races. This new 8 day stage race is held within the beautiful Emilia Romagna region in Italy. Running from 20-27 July, the race will cover 550km and 20000m of climbing. If you are familiar with other major mountain bike stage races […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: appennine, appenninica, Bike, biking, Europe, Italy, MarathonMTB, mountian bike, Racing, Stage Race, Travel

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