The Rwandan Epic recently ran in March, after two years of postponing and moving the first edition. Some of the winners including Karl Platt and Jean Eric Habimana have convinced the event team to not only move the event back to its original date in November, but also to add one more stage to race, […]
European XCM Championships to Lusatian Mountains in Czech Republic
For the second time in history, the Lusatian Mountains will welcome the best marathon bikers of Europe to compete in the Twentieth Anniversary MTB Marathon European Championships. In its first edition in 2012, the championship was dominated by Czech riders. Kristián Hynek became the European Champion, followed by Pavel Boudný at the second position. The […]
2022 Otway Odyssey back to Forrest
The Otway Odyssey is one of the longest running marathon mountain bike events in Australia, with a winner’s circle that has many elite names. With the 15th edition in 2021, Rapid Ascent took the Odyssey back to its roots and the original start at Apollo Bay, on the beautiful Great Ocean Road. Catch our Otway […]
Cape Epic 2021 is ready to go
There is one month to go to until the Absa Cape Epic in October kicks off, 36 months since the 2019 Absa Cape Epic concluded. There will be 300 teams racing the 2021 event and the organisers have remained committed to doing everything possible to ensure the 2021 Absa Cape Epic takes places safely and successfully […]
Epic Series goes to Wales for The Cymru MTB Classic
Wales is known for its myths and legends and strikingly rugged landscapes. The Welsh are proud of their longstanding culture and the Cymru MTB Classic is said to be a race for riders with a pure love of mountain biking. Landing in southern Snowdonia in 2022, the three day race will run from 17 to […]
The Prospector MTB Stage Race opens entries for 2022
New Zealand has never been short on places for challenging events, and the South Island has often delivered the combination of epic scenery with terrain and conditions to test athletes. Earlier in 2021, the Central Otago region played host to the first edition of The Prospector MTB Stage Race – and it’s on again for […]
Seewald and Esusquiza Fischer win Euro XCM Champs
Andreas Seewald and Natalia Fischer Esusquiza are the new European champions after the 2021 Cross Country Marathon (XCM) European Championships. If the Swiss were a bit behind in the men’s category, the Swiss women shon as the Swiss champion Steffi Häberlin finished in second place, ahead of the world champion Ramona Forchini and Ariane Lüthi […]
Australian National XCM course stats revealed for Dwellingup 100
Earlier this year Auscycling announced that the 2021 Australian Cross-Country Marathon (XCM) National Championships would be contested in Western Australia, within the Dwellingup 100 (D100) event on September 18, 2021. You might remember a similar announcement in early 2020, but while the D100 event ran, there was no national title contested for XCM in 2020 […]
Oliver and Burnett crowned Prospector champions
New Zealand has the terrain to host a variety of mountain bike races, and while The Pioneer is gone (for now?) The Prospector popped up in 2021 as a 3-day mountain bike stage race in the Central Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island. With a prologue on Friday followed by two stages, the race […]
The 2021 Andalucia Bike Race route
The route for the 11th edition of Andalucía Bike Race will travel 364 km with 11 330 metres of climbing, and this challenge will run from 17 to 22 May in Jaén and Córdoba in Spain. This year the route will take in popular sections of the typical race route, amongst others that have not […]