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Every stage race has a stage that glares at you from the race handbook. Big distances, big kilometres – a long and hard day on the bike. While the 2015 Mongolia Bike Challenge has no easy days, Stage Four was certainlt the Queen Stage, with 175km and 2450m of climbing. Starting off from their overnight Stage […]
The tales from the Mongolia Bike Challenge are often those of an epic nature. Epic distances. Epic struggle. Epic vistas. And epic reward. It’s quite possible that the third stage of the 2015 Mongolia Bike Challenge will also be known as truly epic. The 135km stage started along a trail known from previous editions for being […]
The Mongolia Bike Challenge is more than a bike race. Ok, it is actually still just a bike race. But it offers a lot more than many mountain bike races. THe Mongolia Bike Challenge offers a unique way to see the Mongolia environment and culture, and no matter what your speed, the speed of a […]
Weary bodies lined up outside the Chifley Hotel for the 6th and final stage of the 2015 Redback. For some, the weariness meant the plan was to ‘just survive’ while others more towards the pointy end, this was the final chance for mountain biking glory. Stage 6 began with a neutral start rolling from the […]
Stage 4 Results (Ground Effect Night Stage) Men 1. Craig COOKE 00:53:27 2. Ben HOGARTH 00:55:15 3. James DOWNING 00:55:49 Women 1. Holly HARRIS 01:03:09 2. Terri RHODES 01:04:55 3. Kim WILLOCKS 01:08:21 After the dual-stage day one and two of the Redback, day three featured only one stage. Rapid Ascent had amended the format […]
Results from Stage 2: Anzac Hill Sprint Local junior Luke Pankhurst sped up Anzac Hill to take the win last night in a speed of 00:00:46. In the women’s Holly Harris stamped her mark on the 2015 race backing up her stage 1 win with a convincing 00:00:59. Men 1. Luke Pankhurst 00:00:44 2. Ben […]
The Breck Epic is one of the North American classic stage races right up there with Singletrack 6 (aka TransRockies) and the BC Bike Race. The 6 day event takes part in the Rocky Mountain town of Breckenridge, Colorado with a base elevation of 9 500 feet and goes up from there, a couple stages […]
Category: Reports Tags: Redback, Alice Springs, DotheNT, ExploreNT, Stage Race, Alice Springs Stage one of the Redback was a 38km stage that began, like most of the stages of the Redback, at the social hour of 0930. Just to ease into things a bit, the stage started from the Chifley Resort—the event centre—and had a […]
TransRockies was arguably North America’s premier stage race for a number of years and went through a major overhaul last year as it transformed into SingleTrack 6. The format is great with 6 days of riding some of the World’s best trails in a different iconic Canadian town everyday and new region each year. In 2014, […]
The final act of the Sudety MTB Challenge 2015 has been played. The longest stage of this race led the riders back to the starting point – Stronie Śląskie. Like each stage before – this one was also accompanied by beautiful weather. Racing kicked off in Duszniki Zdrój – a well-known Polish spa town. However […]
