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Mountain bike legend and Olympic gold medallist Sabine Spitz of Germany seems to be taking a liking to the Absa Cape Epic and today she and teammate Yana Belomoina swept to an impressive win in the race’s Queen Stage. Spitz and her Ukranian partner punched the air as they finished the 93km Stage 5 nearly two […]
Day 5 and stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic was another of disaster and delight. For Team Topeak-Ergon It was a day of disasteras one of the race favourites when Kristian Hynek of the Czech Republic pulled out early on Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic after injuring his arm in a crash […]
The third stage of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic brought drama and delight – it just depended what team you were in. Swede Jennie Stenerhag, second overall in the women’s category with South African Robyn de Groot (Team Ascendis Health), collapsed over the finish line after a tough and very hot 104km ride. She was […]
The second stage of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic was also the 100th stage in the history of the event. As one would expect, it was held in another hot, windless day in Tulbagh. The racing in both the Men’s and Women’s categories was as intense as the heat and the course. The leading men’s Team […]
While the Cape Epic Prologue was exciting, it was Stage 1 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic on Monday set up a thrilling race for both the elite men’s and woman’s categories. Birthday boy Karl Platt, riding for Team Bulls with Swiss Bull Urs Huber, is on track for a record-equalling fifth win after winning Stage 1 […]
Four-time Absa Cape Epic winner Karl Platt of Germany and Swiss partner Urs Huber (Bulls) laid down a marker for the week ahead by blitzing the course to win Sunday’s prologue. And in the Women’s category South African Robyn de Groot and her Swedish teammate Jennie Stenerhag (Ascendis Health) gave notice that they will be […]
This past weekend the UCI category 2 Algarve Bike Challenge took place. The event is a marathon stage race taking place over 3 days. You can read my preview for the event here https://marathonmtbcom.wpengine.com/2016/03/03/algarve-bike-challenge-preview-and-stage-race-catch-up/ The event was a pair’s race so I teamed up with Austrian Uwe Hochenwarter who rides for the Craft Rocky Mountain […]
The short track (XCC) fell final day of cross-country racing at the Subaru MTBA National Round in Toowoomba this weekend. While not as popular as XCO, the shorter discipline is high on action – as well as burning muscles and lungs after the previous days hard efforts. Arriving in time to just catch B grade men, […]
The final round of the Subaru MTBA Mountain Bike Series ventured north for a C1 ranked race in Toowoomba this weekend. With the XCO racing on Saturday, and DHI on Sunday, there were hot and dusty riders all over the mountain. With start times a little later than usual, the Elite women started at 10am, […]
This weekend Algarve Bike Challenge takes place, the event is a UCI category 2 marathon stage race taking place over 3 days. It’s the 4th year the event has taken place and I thought it was about time I checked it out. It will be my first visit to southern Portugal, the Algarve is known […]
