Failure is still taboo, but if we dared talk about it a little more, maybe we’d fear it a little less. I recently posted a few comments on Facebook about a race that didn’t go so well and was really grateful for the supportive and encouraging comments from my friends, but I also felt guilty. I hadn’t quite […]
Australian XCM Championships preview: Blue Derby
Related Event: Australian XCM Championships
All photos by Oliver King. The launch of the Blue Derby trails in North East Tasmania have received a lot of attention, and that is completely justified. The development of the trail network there has been made in the hope of rejuvenating the town and surrounding communities that have shrunk since mining stopped and forestry […]
Tomi Misser and Esther Süss win the inaugural Snow Epic.
After Friday’s gruelling climbs and rapid descents, the riders faced their final challenge, a 300m ascent to Gerschnialp. Spain’s Ibon Zugasti again proved his strength on the climb, as he moved up the rankings and secured the final race victory of the first Snow Epic. Following closely was Switzerland’s Silvio Büsser, who beat Tomi Misser […]
GALLERY: Final day of the Snow Epic
The final day of the Snow Epic! We have some photos first up, results, video and a report to follow.
VIDEO: Snow Epic Hill Climb and Down Hill in Engelberg
The inaugural Snow Epic changed tack sharply on its second day on Friday, introducing the more than 120 fat bikers to the steep slopes above Engelberg and testing both their climbing legs and their downhill skills. After Race 1’s cross country-type course with few long climbs, on Friday the riders took on the Brunni making […]
VIDEO: Day Two at the Snow Epic
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
The Snow Epic has already started in Engelberg, Switzerland. And yesterday, we had a small gallery of the racing. Big names from the mountain bike world are racing, including Esther Süss and even Bart Brentjens. Esther Süss from Switzerland, a two time Absa Cape Epic winner, took home first place in the women’s race with a […]
Mountain Biking in Livigno: Part One
Livigno is right up in the north of Italy, butting right up against Switzerland. They share a tunnel connection, a road pass, and at least three singletrack climbs over high passes that I know of. Of course, there are countless connections south into the Alta Valtellina region as well. For a number of years, I visited […]
Richard Jansen wins Dutch Beach Racing Championship
Cyclocross racing isn’t the only winter bike racing option in Europe – many in the ‘lowlands’ of the Netherlands and Belgium turn to beach racing. This past weekend, the Dutch Nath National Championships Beachracing was held in Egmond. With a strong headwind Ike Groen and Stefan Vreugdenhil attacked from the start. They cooperated very well together and […]
Mountain Trax-Vauxhall sign new riders for 2015
Mountain Trax – Vauxhall have announced their 2015 rider line up – and Junior Mark McGuire and Under 23 Dylan Kerfoot-Robson join the team for 2015. Isaac Pucci and team manager Ben Thomas will race for the team for another year. Domestically, Mark McGuire made a real mark on the Junior category in 2014 winning the […]
Sonya Looney leaves Topeak Ergon to start her own project
Sonya Looney is a well-known professional ultra endurance athlete, who has traipsed across the globe and graced the podiums of the world’s stage race and 100 mile races over the last 4 years. Sonya has worked with sponsors as an individual athlete as well as managing the business aspects of running a team for 2015. Sonya Looney is the rider […]