Another day, another bike race. Such is the beauty, or the banality, of a marathon stage race. When you’re on a roll, it’s a case of rolling on from one stage to the next. You nail your routine in the morning. From the coffee line, to breakfast, to the bike park, to finish packing and […]
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Costa Blanca Bike Race 2016 Preview
This week the European season begins at Costa Blanca Bike Race, its the first UCI stage race of the season and therefore has attracted a strong calibre of entries. Many riders are hunting for UCI points to qualify for the Olympics before the May deadline. The event is a pair’s event which always makes things […]
Sauser set to race The Legend of El Dorado
The Legend of El Dorado is absolutely delighted to announce that one of the Sport’s legends, Christoph Sauser, from race sponsors Specialized, has decided to race The Legend in its historical, first edition in Colombia 2016. Sauser doesn’t seem able to retire properly yet. He officially retired after the 2015 XCM World Championships, but has since landed […]
Thomas Frischknecht lines up for Tortour Cyclocross race
Thomas Frischknecht, one of the most successful mountain bikers of all time, is going back to his roots. ‘Frischi’ began his career as a cyclocross pro in the early 90s, and will be competing in the first edition of the Tortour Cyclocross from 12 to 14 February 2016 in Schaffhausen – the first multi-day cyclocross and gravel […]
Alps Epic to bring European Stage Racing to France
Related Event: Alps Epic
France is set to join the ranks of other European stage races with the inaugural edition of the Alps Epic taking place July 3-9, 2016. In keeping with the mountainous tradition of other European “Epics”, the race will encompass 5 stages of 50-70km with a 2,000-3,000m of climbing each day. For stage race aficionados the route presents a mouth-watering spectacle. It […]
Kona Endurance to race the 2016 Pioneer in New Zealand
Related Event: The Pioneer
Visiting New Zealand to ride is on most mountain bikers’ bucket lists. In January the Kona Endurance team will be ticking it off theirs as Spencer Paxson, Barry Wicks, Kris Sneddon and Cory Wallace head to New Zealand to race in the inaugural Pioneer Stage race. Over a gruelling seven days the two teams will […]
Hellfire Cup Stage 5: Into The Night
Related Event: Hellfire Cup
Alright, I’m going to be honest here. If you’re expecting a highly detailed race report, expect to be disappointed. It’s 9:30pm, I’ve been racing for 3 days straight, I’ve eaten about 6 tacos, and the effect of several glasses of Ironhouse Porter is taking a hold of my fatigued body. So I’ll keep things brief. […]
Hellfire Cup Stage 4: The Team Time Trial
Related Event: Hellfire Cup
Photos by Nat Jeanneret and Kai Fuller Today’s race entry includes a tale of a love story. It’s a story about how two riders, set deep in the heart of competition, came together as one during the Team Time Trial at the 2015 Avanti Plus Hellfire Cup. There was hardship, there was sweat, there were […]
Hellfire Cup Stage 3: The Half Marathon
Related Event: Hellfire Cup
All photos by Nat Jeanneret or Nick Miller Day 2 of the Avanti Plus Hellfire Cup would see just one stage held for the day, but it was to be the longest stage of the entire 4-day race. The 50km Half Marathon stage was designed to test competitor’s endurance, after yesterday’s harder and faster-paced […]
Hellfire Cup Stage 2: All For One And One For All
Related Event: Hellfire Cup
Hmm. “So what you’re saying is that I have to do the four laps on my own? I can’t just do 2?” That was the question I had to pose during the downtime between Stage 1 and 2 this afternoon. After having a fantastic ride this morning on the opening 25km stage of the 2015 […]