What drives a seasoned marathon racer to get off the beaten path? Silvio Wieltsching, the renowned competitor, did just this, by lining up for a race, which has been for him a ‘terra incognito’. After the friendly support of www.bikeandmore.it, the idea was born, to go out and do some unprecedented races. “I didn’t think anything […]
Beskidy Trophy: Peters wins ahead of Rood
If the favorite of the race justifies his abandon because the race proved to be way too tough for him, than that speaks volumes for the harshness of the Trophy. His whole team follow suit too. According to his statement, after stage 2, he was not just willing to ‘take the beating’ and didn’t line […]
Beskidy Trophy: Brozka extends in challenging terrain
As the 1st stage has not been that taxing, as far as the track difficulty goes, today, knowing that the route will be more demanding, a lot of attacks went from the start at Bukovica, Czech Republic. The complete course led thorough beautiful Czech Silezian/ Beskid Mountains. The figures called for 80km and 2700m of […]
Beskidy Trophy: Stage One goes to Bzrozka
The kickoff of this years Beskidy Trophy presented itself from a little more softly than its trademark. Already the first couple of kilometers ran on tarmac and that pattern has been more or less characteristic for the laongest part of the 66km long stage. This is most probably more than welcome for the huge presence […]
Coming up: the Beskidy MTB Trophy
It may sound incredible, but there is only one week to go until the start of the 6th edition of the Beskidy stage race. This adventure kicked off for the first time back than in 2007, but every year following different landscapes, tracks as well as details take a huge influence on the level of […]
Rally di Romagna – Stages Five to Seven
More coverage of the Rally di Romagna from the experienced Robert Matusek, read his report from Stages 1-4 here. Stage 5 Palazuollo – Riolo Terme This is the genuine picture of the Tuscany/Emilia Romagna, just like in the guide books: picturesque, divine countryside, lovely tracks, tranquil places and the much coveted sunshine. Although, the latter […]
Rally di Romagna – Stages One – Four
Entering the sought-after race with a popping question mark in your head doesn’t bode well. As good as my off season preparation went, I ended up with chronic insomnia, preventing me to fine tune and peak for the season openers. I did reasonably well in the first four road marathons, but Rally di Romagna, being […]
Epic Event: Rally di Romagna
If you want to give a birth to your sought after ‘child’, it grows out of visionary ideas. Stefano Dalfiume had such a committed idea out of love for mountian biking. “We obviously didn’t have ‘The Idea’, with the capital I, what we had, though, is the inner desire to put up a race that […]
Epic Events: ‘The Trophy’
Something outstanding, some unheard-of event ought to be placed in Europe and so, the initiator; the mastermind of the race, Martin Huber put forward the idea and made it happen within brief time: the (Salzkammergut) Trophy was born! Back then in 1998, 30 starters longing for the brutality of 210km on one day, lined up […]
Your guide to mountain bike racing in Poland
In today’s world, where national borders are less and less noticeable and freedom to travel is growing, the number of places we can spend our spare time is also expanding. If you live in countries such as Belgium and Denmark, Slovakia or the Czech Republic, it’s more than likely that the bike-mad inhabitants will have […]