The fourth edition of the Perskindol Swiss Epic kicked off on Monday 11 September 2017 with the prologue in Grächen. The first day’s champions in the men’s category was the Team Centurion Vaude with Daniel Geismayr and Jochen Käss, who completed the 18km track in the fast time of 52 minutes and 20 seconds. For the women, […]
Bike Check: Jolanda Neff’s Kross Level
The Swiss mountain bike superstar Jolanda Neff has just won her first Elite Women’s XCO World Title, with a commanding display of technical ability, fitness and race tactics in Cairns, Australia. Although Neff won the XCM World Championships in 2016, this is her first elite title in XCO, which is her main discipline. She’s just […]
The Pioneer returns to New Zealand in 2018
One of the events to make a big splash o the marathon stage race calendar in the past two years is The Pioneer. After two gruelling editions in 2016 and 2017, the 2018 dates were delayed, to make sure The Pioneer had the right mix of route and timing. And today, The Pioneer is back, […]
3Epic – 2018 Marathon MTB World Championships preview
In 2018 the World Cross-country Mountain Bike Marathon Championships head back to Italy, to a mountainous course in the Dolomites – running alongside the 3Epic event. The 2017 edition has proven to be an excellent preview for the organisers, racers and fans. Italian Samuele Porro (Team Trek Selle San Marco) just won the 2017 edition of the […]
Beukes brothers on top!
It was a family affair as brothers Matthys and Gerrie Beukes won their respective age categories at the third round of the Madibaz XCO Series at Nelson Mandela University in George on Sunday. Matthys, who finished third at the SA National MTB Championships last month, said he woke without plans of racing but the enticing […]
Rocky trails at the Shimano MTB GP
It’s been a while since I put a number on at one of the Rocky Trail Entertainment Shimano MTB GP events. But even since moving to Brisbane two years ago, it’s always great to get to one of the events run by the Martin and Juliane Wisata, who make up the husband and wife event […]
Reflections on the Grand Raid
Related Event: Grand Raid
Grand Raid BCVS is arguably the biggest one day classic in mountain bike marathon racing. It’s an event I’ve always wanted to compete in, 125km from Verbier to Grimentz with over 5000m of ascent through the beautiful Swiss mountains. This year was the event’s 28th edition. I don’t get nervous about too many races but […]
Beers and Hammond secure Trans Baviaans
Matt Beers and Tim Hammond of Spot Africa Ryder Red E held off a late challenge from Team Bianchi to take overall victory at the 14th edition of the Trans Baviaans Mountain Bike Race which finished in Jefferys Bay this weekend. The 230 kilometre non-stop race from Willowmore in the Karoo to Jeffreys Bay on the […]
Elite field set to smash Trans Baviaans record
With the trail conditions better than they have been in years and with a stacked field of elite riders, including three teams containing previous record holders, the 2017 Trans Baviaans could be the fastest yet. Now in its third year of the two event, over consecutive weekends, format the country’s top ultra-endurance mountain biking specialists […]
Re-live the 2017 Rumble in the Jungle
The 2017 Rumble in the Jungle took riders through the wilds of Sri Lanka. From tea plantations, to villages and mountain passes. Four days of racing gave riders a rich experience of Sri Lankan life and customs, plus a whirlwind tour of the areas they passed through. The 2018 dates have been set for the […]