Defending champion Christoph Sauser (SU) has claimed victory on the queens stage of the Protective BIKE Four Peaks today. The Specialized Racing athlete mastered the 59.25km and 2,421m from Hermagor to Nassfeld/Troepolach in 2:49.38,2 edging off overall leading Juri Ragnoli (ITA) of Team Scott in a sprint duel to the second rank (+ 0,4s). Uwe […]
Friberg wins stage 2 of Four Peaks
Related Event: Protective Bike 4 Peaks
Calle Friberg (SWE, Scott Skoda) has clinched the second stage of the 2015 Protective BIKE Four Peaks, which led via 91.05km and 1,969m from Bad Klein Kirchheim to Hermagor, in a photo finish. The Swedish racer crossed the finish line after 3:12.38,2 hours and only a blink of the eye ahead of defending champion Christoph […]
Juri Ragnoli upsets the Four Peaks hierarchy
Italian Juri Ragnoli ruffled his international competition at the Protective BIKE Four Peaks on the opening stage of the four-day race. The racer of Team Scott mastered the course around Bad Kleinkirchheim (49.63km, 2,349m) in 2:29.54,1 hours and relegated defending champion Christoph Sauser (SUI) of Specialized Racing with an advantage of 4.43,1 minutes to the second rank […]
Summer Rides – Over 10 000ft with the Competitive Cyclist MTB Team
Living in a mild climate, the first big ride of summer is lost on me. It would probably be associated with sunburn, blown out dusty trails or dehydration. But having just visited Ogden, in Utah, I went for a sunday ride with two of the Competitive Cyclist Mountain Bike Team pro riders, and what would […]
Beskidy MTB Trophy 2015 Teaser Video
Related Event: Beskidy MTB Trophy
The Beskidy MTB Trophy, like the Sudety MTB Challenge, are visual feasts. Chances are you might miss the scenery when racing. But thankfully their photographers and video crew do a fantastic job of capturing it. The teaser video has just been released – the full version should be epic! Did you see our race coverage […]
800 mountain bikers set to try to beat Christoph Sauser at Bike4Peaks
Related Event: Protective Bike 4 Peaks
On June 17, the 3rd Protective BIKE Four Peaks will kick off in Bad Kleinkirchheim. It’s the first time ever the four-day event, which took place in Salzburg and Tyrol the last two years, will be staged almost exclusively in Carinthia. 800 participants from almost 30 countries, including hundreds of amateurs and several pro riders, […]
Longo and Bigham win Alpentour Trophy overall
Related Event: Alpentour Trophy
355 mountain bikers from 32 countries took on the Alpentour Trophy on Thursday in the Schladming region. Almost 200 kilometres and 8800m of elevation was on the menu over the four days – like riding straight up Mt Everest. Hot summer days meant a lot of exhausted faces at the finish after the first three stages, […]
Record field set for 21st Dolomiti Superbike
The Dolomiti Superbike is a classic Italian marathon event. Not very technical, but very fast, very challenging – and a prestigious event to win or place well in. In less than a month, on 11 July 2015, the 21st Dolomiti Superbike is going to take place in Alta Pusteria. 5,509 mountain bikers from 40 countries are […]
Peter Hermann wins Rocky Mountain BIKE Marathon in Willingen
The first event of the Willingen festival has been won by Peter Hermann of Germany. The racer of Team Firebike Drössiger mastered the long distance (121.52 km, 3,544 m) in 4:46.45,3 hours. Last year’s third ranked athlete relegated Team Bulls riders Tim Boehme (GER, 4:51.24,3) and Karl Platt (GER, 4:56.32,3) to second and third rank, respectively. The trio had put […]
Austrians fill the podium at Alpentour Trophy
Related Event: Alpentour Trophy
Stage 3, Ramsau Dachstein // 69 km, 2800m Start and finish in Schladming the king stage of the Alpentour Trophy was today, with 2800m of elevation and 69km. The highlight was the climb onto the Türlwand Hut on 1690m with glorious views of the Dachstein mountain and the ride across the deck of the garden restaurant, […]