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Two weeks before to the start of the third Protective BIKE Four Peaks there are more and more racers emerging from the field of participants who could win. However, with Christoph Sauser having confirmed his start, one thing is for sure: if you want to clinch the Four Peaks you have to beat the strong Swiss. […]
Our sport is sometimes as old as it is young, most noticeable when an event celebrates 10 years. Quite an achievement, but not a very long time in terms of “sporting monuments.” The Berg and Bush marks a “decade of dirt” with major celebrations and extensive route changes planned for the 10th edition of the […]
When I raced my first marathon in Europe (Kitzalpbike, 2007), at the start of a long working holiday, I was soon asked if I had raced the Crocodile Trophy. Even though this was less than ten years ago, at the time there was no appeal for me. Long, hot days on corrugated terrain – I’d seen the […]
Some of South Africa’s best-known mountain bikers are preparing to do battle deep in the mountains of the Eastern Cape during the three-day PwC Great Zuurberg Trek, which starts near Addo on Friday. Leading the charge for overall honours in the 200km stage race, and a share of the R100 000 worth of prizes, will […]
There’s nothing like mountain biking and a world class event to showcase your region to the world. But what about if you mixed golf and mountain biking? The Garden Route town of George will be transformed into a significant mountain biking destination with the introduction of the Tour of Homewood, a new three-day mountain bike […]
Well that was a shock to the system! The first stage of the BeMC Cup turned out to be every bit as tough as I thought it was going to be and more. The field on the start list was a bit stacked and then as we were having a coffee in town prior […]
The Swiss don’t do things by halves, and BMC haven’t been known to take bike design lightly. The Impec Lab has teamed up with the BMC Mountainbike Racing Team to create the new BMC Teamelite 01 – the world’s most technically advanced hardtail mountain bike. Cross-country racing, and marathon racing, demands absolute perfection from your […]
The first edition of the Adria Bike 4Islands MTB stage race has been run, won, and deemed a great success. The new event link the four islands Krk, Rab, Cres and Losinj. 200 cyclists from 19 countries took part in the race, which carried them over 270 kilometres of Croatia’s finest trails. Despite ending with […]
On the back of confirming that the 2015 Crocodile Trophy will have equal prize money for men and women, the race organisers have also announced that their other event, The Alpentour Trophy, another UCI S1 race, will have equal prize money paid to women and men in elite classifications. More than three hundred participants from 26 different nations […]
The Crocodile Trophy is one of the most demanding mountain bike stage races in the world. As much as it has changed a lot in the past five years, it is still a testing 9 days of mountain biking in Tropical North Queensland. The variety of the race no longer suits European road professionals at […]
