The Momentum Health Tankwa Trek presented by Biogen has announced that in 2019 this iconic race in South Africa will be available for livestreaming. This is a massive undertaking for the 4-day stage race, as the route will see riders plunging into some of the most remote regions in South Africa. But it is a huge […]
Transalp 2019 route is revealed
The 2019 version of Bike Transalp has had the course revealed. Organisers say it will let you discover entirely new stage towns and completely new trails. And with a new start town in Tux, they might be right. From day one you shoot along the recently finished and never before ridden bike trail from Tuxerjoch […]
Are you a marathon man (person)?
Five of the top events in Germany, Italy, Austria and Czech Republic are again part of the popular international 2019 Mountain Bike Series. Some of the races have already more than 20 years experience and are an annual fixture for many mountain bikers. Once again more than 11.000 contestants are expected to be participating at […]
JetBlack Wild Wombat wows riders
The inaugural Jetblack Wild Wombat mountain bike event was held in Mogo on the NSW South Coast on 1 December 2018. The classic 12 hour format included a ‘Wild Solo Challenge’ and the seven-time 24-hour Solo World Champion Jason English from Newcastle reached his goal of completing 220km on the 10km circuit, winning the Solo […]
Ramses Bekkenk wins The Munga
On Wednesday morning at 12.00 local time in South Africa, Ramses Bekkenk started The Munga in Bloemfontein and then finished on Friday at 14:30 as winner in Wellington. The race conditions mainly had a headwind over 1070 kilometres through South Africa. The route has to be ridden within five days and Bekkenk succeeded more than […]
European XCM Championships hosted by Malevil Cup in 2022
The European Championship will return to the Czech Republic in 2022. The European Marathon MTB Champions will be selected on the trails of the Malevil Cup in Lusatian Mountains, 10 years after the last time. The Commission of European Cycling Union entrusted the Malevil Cup organisers to host the European Championship in MTB Marathon (XCM) […]
Avancini and Fumic wrap up Brasil Ride
Current Brazilian MTB marathon champion Henrique Avancini of Cannondale Factory Racing won Brasil Ride for the third time on Saturday. Avancini raced alongside his teammate Manuel Fumic. The duo won the 44-km decisive stage in 1h . 39min 26sec. The podium of the day had Portuguese Tiago Ferreira and Dutchman Hans Becking from DMT Racing […]
The Breck Epic goes UCI in 2019
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If you have been trawling the 2019 UCI calendar you would have spotted it, but the pre-eminent mountain bike stage race in the USA, The Breck Epic, is now a UCI sanctioned S1 race for 2019, and will move to HCS status in 2020. “We want the fastest men and women on the planet here […]
The JetBlack Wild Wombat heads to Mogo!
This summer, the JetBlack Wild Wombat heads south to make brand-new mountain bike event on the NSW South Coast. On December 1st both Team and solo categories will take part in a classic 12-hour format event, but race organisers Rocky Trail Entertainment have something unique to offer as well – as usual! The all-new ‘Wild […]
Epic Rides Oz Trails Offroad: Aspirations, perspiration, and expiration.
The long awaited finale to the Epic Rides series definitely delivered on the summer full of hype. The “Oz Trails” of Northern Arkansas’s Ozark Mountains didnt give up their secrets or their shred easily and treated riders to a master class in #BeastCoast style rocks and roots, with more than a touch of mayhem. […]