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June 18, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Gaddoni and Ragnoli win Sellaronda Hero!

Sellaronda Hero MarathonMTB Italy XCM

Juri Ragnoli and Elena Gaddoni are now officially “HEROes”. Today, they won the toughest mountain bike marathon in the world, the HERO Südtirol Dolomites. Both were in a class of one’s own on the track around the Sella mountain and the Sassolungo and for both, this victory was a dream come true. OC President Gerhard […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, Dolomites, gaddoni, marathon, MarathonMTB, ragnoli, Sellaronda, Sellaronda Hero, XCM

June 17, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

REVIEWED: Light Bicycle XC923 carbon wheel set

xc923 marathonmtb

Almost one year ago I placed an order for a carbon mountain bike wheel set from Light Bicycle. I used their online wheel builder and chose the XC923 asymmetric rims, 28 DT spokes per wheel, and the always reliable DT240 hubs. It was less than two weeks until the wheels were built and delivered to […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Carbon, carbon mtb wheels, chinese carbon, light bicycle, MarathonMTB, mountain bike wheels, reviewed, tested, XC923, XCM, XCO

June 14, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Suess and Stenerhag eye Transalp victory

Cape Epic MarathonMTB MTB

With their official registration for the 20th BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma a few days ago, one thing has become crystal clear: the main favourites for the win in the women category are Esther Suess (SUI) and Jennie Stenerhag (SWE) who are set about securing another 2017 stage race title after triumphing in the Cape […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, can't copy the alps, MarathonMTB, MTB, Stage Race, stenerhag, Transalp

June 12, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Alpentour Trophy: Geismayr and Kollman seal victory

Alpentour Trophy MarathonMTB MTB stage race bike

Top three in the elite men’s, first and second rank in the women’s. That’s the Austrian answer to last year’s Italian triple at the Alpentour Trophy, which had its big finale today in Schladming with a time trial onto the Planai Mountain. Daniel Geismayr wins overall ahead of Hermann Pernteiner and Alban Lakata; Christina Kollmann […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: AlpenTour, mountain bike, MTB

June 11, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Alpentour Trophy: Mensi wins Hauser Kaibling stage

Alpentour Trophy MarathonMTB MTB stage race bike

The “King of the Mountain”, Daniele Mensi won today’s third stage at the Hauser Kaibling mountain ahead of Austrians Hermann Pernsteiner and Daniel Geismayr, who defends his overall lead in the 2017 Alpentour Trophy. The Dutch National Champion Hans Becking came in fourth ahead of Italian Cristian Cominelli. In the women’s Angelika Tazreiter won the stage ahead of […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: AlpenTour, Austria, Bike, MarathonMTB, mensi, MTB, Stage Race

June 10, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Alpentour Trophy: Geismayr takes the lead

Alpentour Trophy MarathonMTB MTB stage race bike

Four Austrians were among the first five place getters – that´s the red-white-and-red result of today’s second stage at the Alpentour Trophy. The newly crowned Marathon National Champion Daniel Geismayr claimed the stage win and takes over the race lead. Double World Champion Alban Lakata was second ahead of Hermann Pernsteiner. The Italian Christian Cominelli […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: alban lakata, AlpenTour, AlpenTour Trophy, Austria, Bike, MarathonMTB, MTB, Stage Race, UCI

June 10, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sabine Spitz on high alert for Singen

Sabine Spitz XCM Singen MarathonMTB

  Sabine Spitz is not only a local hero at the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Singen, Germany, but also one of the serious contenders for a medal.  Sabine Spitz at 45 is still one of the top women in mountain biking, both cross-country and marathon. The three times Olympic medal winner had several appearances […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Hegau bike marathon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, sabine spitz, singen, XCM

June 9, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Alpentour Trophy: Stiebjahn wins Giglach Lakes Stage

Alpentour Trophy 2017 MTB marathonMTB

The 26-year old German racer Simon Stiebjahn won today´s first Giglach Lakes stage at the 19th Alpentour Trophy ahead of the two Autrians Hermann Pernsteiner and Daniel Geismayr. Alban Lakata came in fourth and KOM winner Daniele Mensi (ITA) finished in fifth place. In the women´s, last year´s winner Christina Kollmann won ahead of fellow Austrian Angelika […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: AlpenTour, Austria, Bike, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, stiebjahn

June 7, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Big hitters line up for 2017 Alpentour Trophy

For four days World, Olympic and National Champions from 30 countries will be competing for UCI points and a lucrative sum of prize money in the Schladming Dachstein region. Everyone is awaiting the big revenge race by mountain bike ace Alban Lakata: the double marathon World Champion lost last year’s edition of the race on day two […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AlpenTour, AlpenTour Trophy, Bike, Lakata, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB

June 6, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

How to pack your bike for plane travel

Thule bike pack Subaru MarathonMTB travel

I have travelled with my own mountain bike to countless mountain bike races and riding destinations over the past 14 years. Bike hire is always an option, but if you’re going to compete, or do more than riding for a few days in one place – taking your own bike makes more sense. I’ve used a […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, bike bag, how to pack a bike, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Norco, thule, thule round trip, Travel

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