Adrian Jackson is one of the most recognisable, succesful and most consistent mountain bike racers in Australia. He’s also one of the more reserved riders, and unlikely to spark up a social media storm and hashtag frenzy. But ‘AJ’ has been racing on Orbea mountain bikes for 2-3 years now, and we caught up to […]
Pioneer racers qualify for the 2018 Cape Epic
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
The 2017 Pioneer MTB Stage Race was unique in the fact that it was the first race to act as a qualifier for the Cape Epic. And for the first time in its history the 2018 Absa Cape Epic field will include teams who have qualified to take part by completing another event. A total […]
De Groot triumphant in Sabie XCM
South African marathon champion, Robyn de Groot (Ascendis Health) won a tight tussle with Amy Beth McDougall (Valencia) to capture the overall honours in the women’s division of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series in Sabie at the weekend. It was the inaugural two-day format race in the prestigious seven-round series and it delivered the […]
Moffitt and Burtonwood take JetBlack 24 crowns
The ninth edition of the JetBlack 24 Hour race took place at Awaba MTB Park on the weekend, a change from the previous events closer to Sydney. Sam Moffitt took out the 24 Hour Solo Men’s title and Jemma Burtonwood from Nambucca Heads claimed the women’s win. Despite a grim weather forecast and challenging conditions with […]
MTB Alpine Cup arrives for 2017
Marathon mountain biking isn’t the sport you can always participate in a lot. The volume of training we must do to complete a race in an enjoyable state, and the travel, and recovery for an event takes a toll. But with so many great events on the calendar, it can be hard to pick and choose. […]
Simon Zahner claims 2nd Tortour Cyclocross race
This year again, it turned out to be the Grand Finale of the Cyclocross season: Some 140 athletes from 15 nations gathered together for the second edition of Tortour Cyclocross, the first multi-day ultra-cyclocross and gravel stage race in the world, from the 10 to 12 February 2017 in Glattfelden near Zürich. The two Swiss pro-riders, […]
Pioneer Bike Check: Mike Blewitt’s Norco Revolver 29 FS
Related Event: The Pioneer
The Pioneer mountain bike stage race is just hours away – or it’s started if you’re reading this down the track. As a 7 day race along New Zealand’s Southern Alps, The Pioneer presents it’s own unique requirements, but also very similar ones to other mountain bike stage races around the world. We often get […]
Big hitters arrive in New Zealand for The Pioneer
It is here. The second Pioneer Mountain Bike Stage Race sets off this Sunday with the opening Prologue at the Christchurch Adventure Park, before we are left to ponder longer stages and plenty of climbing over a further six days of riding that will take them around and over the Southern Alps to the finish line […]
Redback heads to Alice Springs again this August
If there is a rite of passage for an endurance mountain biker in Australia, it must be doing a stage race in Alice Springs. And mountain bikers from across Australia will race along kilometres of hand built singletrack in Alice Springs this August as The Redback, a four-day, six-stage race invites riders to escape the colder temperatures […]
Ashburton Investments match women’s prize money in response to Lüthi’s message
On the weekend, Ariane Lüthi posted on her Facebook page that she would sit out the race in Grabouw as the event did not offer equal prize money for men and women. But on Monday, Ashburton Investments, the title sponsor of the South African National MTB Series, has announced it will equal the Elite women’s prize money. While […]