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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 […]
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 […]
Transpyr has continued to grow, from an event that wasn’t strictly a timed race, to a very competitive and difficult crossing of the Pyrenees. With a mountain bike and road route on offer, and brilliant hotels to stay in, it’s as much a holiday as a riding adventure. Of course, 800km and 20000m climbing might […]
It’s up there with a lot of questions, but asking whether you can free ride a fat bike might be best answered by Rocky Mountain Bicycles and their crew of accomplished free riders. People who made the sport, like Wade Simmons. Sure, free riding is a long way removed from marathon and stage racing. But fat […]
Often called the stage race with the best trails in South Africa, and revered as one of the most enjoyable – the joBerg2c have released a video showcasing some of the amazing trails that the nine day race covers. A race that links the communities that host it, and with organisers who aim to have […]
Here are MarathonMTB.com we are all fans of the classic stage race that is Transalp. Perhaps it’s a love-hate relationship. None of us live in the Alps, and therefore a stage race that is so demanding in terms of climbing is a difficult proposition. But all of our riders also live on islands, and there […]
The Roc Laissagais has become a fixture on the international XCM scene – and due to the demanding nature of the course, and the quality of the organisation, it has secured the rights to hold the 2016 XCM World Championships. Having raced there in 2012, I have experienced the mud, the speed of club level […]
The 2014 Perskindol Swiss Epic captured the minds of mountain bikers around the globe. Six days of racing in the Valais region, along ancient trails that traversed huge mountains and joined the stage towns of Verbier, Leukerbad, Grachen and of course Zermatt. Matt Page and Stu Spies raced for MarathonMTB.com, and covered the races here: […]
The Dolomiti Superbike is a classic Italian Marathon MTB race in the Sudtirol, one of the most strikingly beautiful areas of Italy. The food is rich, the coffee strong, the lifesty;e Italian, and the efficiency is almost German. It’s a good place to be. The race is heavy on gravel roads, but has amazing views […]
There’s always someone that stands out from the crowd, like the naughty kid at a family get together. The class clown. Rogues. Mischievous types. And the same goes for marathon racing – and not just the racers! While the sport does enjoy have loners, rogues who excell without the company of others, and who march to […]
