In the Queen Stage of the 17th edition of the Crocodile Throphy, Subaru-MarathonMTB’s Graeme (Biscuit) Arnott stomps home in second place. Not the longest but without any doubt the technically hardest stage had race leader Jeroen Boelen’s name written all over it. The Dutch Milka-Trek rider arrived in Starke some ten minutes earlier than the […]
The Croc lives up to its name
Former Slipstream/Garmin rider Huub Duyn stage winner in the midst of bush fires and crocodiles. Good that the Normanby River, in which the infamous Queensland’s saltwater crocodiles where sighted just a few days ago, separated the raging bush fires from the finish area or the stage would have had to be neutralized today. After a […]
Singletrack Mind Round 6: Skills Sharpening.
With less than three weeks until the pinnacle of the domestic marathon season, MarathonMTB.com headed out to the latest round of the Singletrack Mind series in search of form-finding. What we found was a plethora of wild singletrack. If you have been looking for a course to practice your technique then Rydal/Lidsdale should feature […]
Sokoll takes out a tactic filled Stage 7
Christoph Sokoll one year after terrible billabong crash / Bernhard Eisel’s training mate wins in Laura. Christoph Sokoll had made a name for himself in cycling already by riding 190km in the front as a first year elite in the 2009 Mendrisio World Championship, which was won by Cadel Evans. Now the mountain bikers know […]
Unbeatable Huber beaten by heat
Urs Huber was ready to win his third consecutive Crocodile Trophy. He only needed to follow his biggest competitor Jeroen Boelen, but in an epic marathon stage of 189 km, Huber broke. Like most of the riders today, Huber punctured, but the jersey weraer also ran out of energy in the hot outback of Queensland. Some of the […]
Boelen tastes success offroad
Belgium’s Mike Mulkens was the hero of the day but came away empty handed. The race around the dirt roads of Irvinebank was claimed by Jeroen Boelen (Milka-Trek-Bart Brentjens MTB Team) from the Netherlands in a sprint finish. He out-muscled Wolfgang Krenn, leader Urs Huber and Josef Benedseder in the dash towards the line. Dominant today […]
Racing looking brighter in FNQ
On the steep uphills to Irvinebank Swiss marathon champion Urs Huber showed again that nobody can beat him on the longer climbs, however time gained going up was lost by Urs not daring to tempt a river crossing in the closing kilometers of Thursdays stage. At the close of the days play, Urs holds a […]
Saddling up for the SRAM Singletrack Mind round 6
Tate Dogan has made steady progress in Marathon Mountain Bike Races throughout the 2011 season. MarathonMTB.com are excited to have him onboard for 2012, and flying our colours for the rest of 2011. He is currently preparing for the next round of the SRAM Singletrack Mind Series. As the Australian Mountain Bike racing season draws […]