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Every mountain bike stage race reaches a point where competitors would be happy for it to finish. Fatigue builds, the joy of camping wears thin, and everyone is ready for a day off. I went to bed after Stage 6 ready for the final stage, understanding that instead I would be waking to the penultimate […]
Day 6 of the 2017 Crocodile Trophy marks the start of our march towards the coast. For the past few years the Crocodile Trophy has ended at Port Douglas, instead of Cooktown, with a run from Wetherby Station down the Bump Track. This 2017 stage plan has us spend two nights at Wetherby Station, one […]
The benefit of finishing a stage of a marathon stage race at a coffee plantation and cafe, is that you start there again the next day. And as we are here at Skybury coffee for two nights, we come back again as well. So this morning the coffee machines were buzzing as riders in the […]
With a cooler than expected finish at Tepon after Stage 3, much of the Crocodile Trophy camp slept to the sound of rain on their tent – unless they had the hotel option of course. It doesn’t rain that much in that area, but with such a heavy rain system sitting off the coast plenty […]
Waking on the blustery shores of Lake Tinaroo today was pretty special. The Crocodile Trophy is many things – but it’s often known for the wrong things. Much commentary online has been made about yesterday’s stage and a mistake with course marking – where vehicles couldn’t access the middle section of the course. Few of […]
Stage 2 of the Crocodile Trophy tends to be when the race truly gets underway – or so say many of those riders who have completed the race before. Unlike Stage 1, which is an XCO race within Smithfield Mountain Bike Park, Stage 2 has a end off from the Esplanade in Cairns. With a […]
For 2017 the Crocodile Trophy moved to new dates, bringing the race forward to September instead of the traditional date in October. It was hoped that some riders would stay on after the recent World Championships. And while not many did, today it was Haley Smith and Leandre Bouchard from Canada who backed up their […]
Due to heavy rainfall and snow in upper areas, Stage 3 of the Perskindol Swiss Epic route has been adjusted. Instead of individual starts on the mountain at the Rinderhütte, the race started in blocks in Leukerbad, so that it all took place earlier and in lower areas. The adjusted route covered 42 km, with […]
Another day, another change in the race lead at the 2017 Perskindol Swiss Epic! The crossing of the bungee swinging bridge at Niouc with a 200 metre high view of the canyon floor was today’s highlight for most riders – and for some, the biggest challenge of the day. This was no problem for the […]
In rainy weather the men’s field in the Epic format was disarranged today at the Perskindol Swiss Epic. The Swiss BiXS Pro Team with Konny Looser and Oliver Zurbrügg won the stage with a time of 4h 31min and took the lead rather surprisingly, despite a flat tyre. Andri Frischknecht of the Scott-SRAM MTB Racing […]
