As I write this I sit in the river beside the venue icing the legs. The current is not strong but could easily wash me away I am so tired. Today’s stage 3 covering 63 km (40km for the short distance) was another tough day in the saddle, there will be riders out in the […]
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Beskidy MTB Trophy 2015: Stage 2
Related Event: Beskidy MTB Trophy
The introduction is definitely over, today Beskidy MTB Trophy treated us to a killer stage, bodies and bikes lay in taters at the finish. Those making it to the finish are all winners having covered the 84km classic distance or 66km shorter distance. The race started at a rather sedate pace meaning a large group […]
Beskidy MTB Trophy: Stage One
Related Event: Beskidy MTB Trophy
Beskidy MTB Trophy stage 1, the opener, the introduction, done! What an introduction it was, so many great trails and stunning views along the 62 kilometre route. The first stage of the Beskidy MTB Trophy led the riders through the climbs of Wielki Stożek, Mała Czantoria and Wielka Czantoria. At 10am we rolled out of […]
Snowboard superstar Benjamin Karl to race Transalp with Veronika Windisch
Related Event: Craft BIKE Transalp
The mixed category has received a prominent entry for the 2015 Craft BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma. Austria’s very own Winter Olympic athletes Benjamin Karl and Veronika Windisch, who got to know each other during their service for the Austrian Armed Forces, will tackle the seven-day mountain bike stage race (July 19th thru 25th) for the […]
BeMC Stage 3 – Randonneuring
Rachel’s takeStage 2 was tough, but we all knew stage 3 would be tougher. Taking in the same distance at around 100km, but with 500m more ascent. So I decided that for stage 3 I would just ride. No chasing down the wheel in front, no worrying about places, just riding. I chatted to the […]
VIDEO: Catching up with the 4Islands MTB Race in Croatia
Related Event: 4 Islands MTB Race
The Bike 4Islands MTB Stage Race only recently finished, and after a successful first year, plans are already being made for a bigger and better event in 2016, still linking the trails on 4 islands in the Adriatic sea by ferry. We have a race report online already, but check out the stage highlight videos, […]
Roadies shake up stage 7 of joBerg2c
Related Event: Joberg2c
It was a battle of the former roadies as Hanco Kachelhoffer and Pieter Seyffert outsprinted their rivals to take the stage win on day seven of the Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on Thursday. The Altech Autopage Karan Beef pair hung on in a tight run into the finish at MacKenzie Club near Ixopo to […]
A second stage for Combrinck and Rabie at joBerg2c
Related Event: Joberg2c
Overnight leaders Gawie Combrinck and Johann Rabie celebrated Freedom Day by claiming their second stage win on day four of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on Monday. Combrinck and Rabie set the tempo on the 121km course from Sterkfontein Dam in the Free State to lead the plunge off the escarpment into […]
Zulus dominate opening stage of joBerg2c
Development riders Mboneni Ngcobo and Sthembiso Masango showed the pro field a thing or two as they drove the pace on the 116km neutral opening stage of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on Friday. The muddied but unbeaten RMB Change a Life Academy duo set a solid tempo as the field of […]
2 Oceans MTB Race – Explore the great Southern Forests
Related Event: Two Oceans MTB Race
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to visit south Western Australia. Living in Sydney, it’s not somewhere that is close by. After a 4 hour flight there’s then about a 3hr drive to get there. Round 2 and 3 of the Subaru MTBA National Series was on in Pemberton, so it was a great […]