The world of XCO racing is about to go full gas for a few months, in the run up to World Championships through the World Cup, and then onto the Olympics in Rio. As the first round, the UCI XCO World Cup in Cairns was going to be intense. And today it didn’t disappoint. While […]
Course practice at the Cairns XCO World Cup
Tomorrow is race day here at Smithfield Mountain Bike Park north of Cairns, when the UCI XCO World Cup will kick off for 2016. It’s a tight season with World Championships just 2.5 months away, with Olympics in August. And given that the course in Smithfield will hold World Championships in 2017 – elite racers […]
Bike check: Nino Schurter’s Scott Spark
If there is one rider who can single handedly make cross-country racing cool, it’s Nino Schurter. The Swiss World Champion is a huge personality, with an ever-present smile and a huge presence on the bike. He puts everything into his riding and racing, and is just as frequently in the air, crossed up, as he […]
In the pits at the Cairns World Cup
The first round of the UCI XCO World Cup is on this weekend at Smithfield Mountain Bike Park north of Cairns. The mountain bike world has been flying in to the tropical paradise over the last week or more. As the first round of the World Cup in an Olympic year, and the fact that […]
Williamson eyes off Old Mutual joBerg2c mixed title
Related Event: Joberg2c
Accomplished British mountain biker Catherine Williamson has set her sights on the mixed category title at this year’s Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race that starts on Friday. The versatile athlete will ride alongside Johan Labuschagne, and said she was fired up for the nine-day event that stretched over 900km from the Highveld town of Heidelberg […]
Croatia by bike – racing the 4 Islands MTB race
Croatia is becoming more than just a holiday location – it is becoming a mountain bike destination. The 4 Islands MTB stage race on the islands Krk, Rab, Cres and Lošinj that finished this weekend attracted many mountain bike racing enthusiasts, both professionals and amateurs, from all of the world. There is a certain charm of combining […]
Wolhuter and Boyes seal Liberty Winelands win
Chris Wolhuter and Craig Boyes sealed the overall win after cruising to their third consecutive stage victory in the Liberty Winelands MTB Encounter on Sunday. The Imbuko-Freewheel Cycology pair, who had an 18-minute buffer going into the final day, completed the 48km final stage around Kleine Valleij in Wellington in 1:58:45. Hanco Kachelhoffer and Colin Noel […]
Winelands win for Wolhuter and Boyes
Defending champion Chris Wolhuter and teammate Craig Boyes made an early break to race to a comfortable victory on the opening stage of the Liberty Winelands MTB Encounter on Friday. Despite the relatively short ride of 54km between Coetzenburg in Stellenbosch and Le Franschhoek Hotel on the outskirts of Franschhoek, Wolhuter said there was plenty […]
Shimano launch Deore XT Di2
At the huge industry showcase that is Sea Otter, Shimano have unveiled their newest addition to the mountain bike marketplace – Deore XT Di2. As much as some would feel it was always inevitable that XT would get an electronic option, the arrival of a second tier electronic group set brings electronic shifting efficiency and precision […]
BC Bike Race celebrate 10 years
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It is now a decade since the BC Bike Race began, firmly planting itself onto the international stage race calendar with its unique blend of trails, community, racing – and smiles. The people behind the race, from the trail builders, communities, clubs, logistics crew and more have poured in countless hours of work and passion to make […]