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Words: Harlan Price Photos: Margus Riga, Dave Silver, Erik Peterson, Todd Weselake “It is a real mountain bikers course. A technical, bumpy, chunky course and not manicured at all. It required a ton of focus for the last day. By the end of the week you’re a better rider and this is a good test […]
Searing heat and dusty conditions in Cumberland, BC break the seal on the first day of the BC Bike Race. Paxson and Nash defeat the heat and their fields. Words: Harlan Price Photos: Margus Riga, Dave Silver, Erik Peterson, Todd Weselake Saturday Registration in North Vancouver saw over 600 racers meet for the first […]
Photos by Wisthaler/Freddy Planinkschek/SellarondaHero FORGET THE WORDS – GIVE ME THE RESULTS LINK! On a crisp summer’s day in the beautiful Val Gardena, the world’s elite assembled. Cool air was puntuated by the whir of tyres on rollers, the smell of pine and alpine flowers was punctuated by the aroma of embrocation. June 27th was […]
The Marathon MTB World Championships are moments away – and the latest update from Specialized racing suggests that 2014 champ, Olympic medallist and XCO champ Jaroslav Kulhavy will be riding in service of team mate Christoph Sauser. XCM Champs often see trade teams, not national teams, taking priority – so it’s not a big surprise. […]
The start lists for the 2015 XCM World Championships are out. The racing is barely 24 hours away. The climbs are big, the air is thing, and the Val Gardena is starting to throb with the low resting heart rates of some supremely fit individuals. For 2015, the UCI Cross Country Marathon (XCM) Mountain Bike World […]
On 19th of July, The Craft BIKE Transalp will start in Ruhpolding with KMC-Mitsubishi-Koga duo Bram Rood and Robby de Bock. The Transalp is a seven days stage race starting in Germany leading via Austria to the finish in Italy in Riva del Garda. Previously 8 days and on somewhat less technical terrain, the […]
The 2015 UCI Marathon MTB World Championships are quickly becoming a clash of the titans. With many World, National and Olympic champions lining up to contest the men’s and women’s elite titles, the race this Saturday is set to be one of the best marathon races for spectators and racers alike. The HERO Bike Festival […]
The Marathon MTB World Championships are this Saturday, 27 June, and MarathonMTB has been speaking to some of Australia and Great Britain’s representatives to hear what they think of the course, how their preparations are going, and what gear they’ll be using. To find out more about the course, check out our preview, and be […]
With just a week to go towards the 2015 UCI Marathon MTB World Championships in the Val Gardena, we can look at results to see who is getting some last minute racing in, who is tapering, and who clearly isn’t racing and is keen to show team selectors that they might have made a mistake. […]
The Bike Four Peaks has finished brilliantly for the Scott team, with Franz Hofer (ITA) claiming victory on the final stage. The Team Scott racer mastered the 71.15km and 2,122 metres of climbing from Nassfeld/Troepolach to Weissensee in 2:57.22,1 hours with Texpa-Simplon athletes Christian Schneidawind (GER, +4,5s), Wolfgang Mayer (GER, +4,7s) and Matthias Leisling (GER, +5,4s) to second, […]
