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After the rains and mud of Robertson on Stage 2, climbing back on the bike today was tender. Mechanics were up all night repairing bikes, It was the longest day today at 134km, but without lots of climbing – a paltry 1800m. A day like this is a transition day, one enjoyed by the roadies […]
Absa Cape Epic Stage 2 It’s hard to look very far beyond the conditions when talking about today’s stage. The Absa Cape Epic is associated with heat and dust; but even in South Africa, it sometimes rains! And boy did it rain, all through the night and into the morning. New stage winners in Men, […]
Absa Cape Epic Stage 1 – the sort-out The first full stage of the Absa Cape Epic is always a bit of a sort-out. It’s a day for big changes in GC results, and a day for all riders, however far down the order they might be, to discover a little more about what the […]
Cyprus Sunshine Cup’s will conclude this Sunday with the Voroklini’s Cross Country race where vice world champion Maja Wloszczowska will be make her season debut. Jan Skarnitzl is the favourite amongst the men and Jolanda Neff will be keen to continue on from her success last weekend. Maja Wloszczowska (Giant Pro XC) the 2010 world […]
The 2014 Crocodile Trophy will be a UCI classified MTB Stage race, attracting an S1 ranking. Only the Cape Epic has the highest ranking, HCS – or “beyond categorisation” for a Stage Race. The Crocodile Trophy is arguably the longest running MTB Stage Race in the world. It’s possibly the hardest too – but ‘hard’ […]
Everyone at MarathonMTB.com feels that a mountain bike stage race can be one of the best ways to see a country, or a region, or a specific mountain range. Mountain bikes can take you places. They are a tool for a journey. While that may just be for post work escapism it can also be […]
I have a lot of, ahem, idiosyncrasies when in comes to food, both on and off the bike. I’ve been vegetarian for 17 years (that’s over half my life and way longer than I’ve been riding bikes). I eat the same thing for breakfast every day and have, with minor variations, for about four years. […]
Xanadu winery hosted the start of stage 3, which included a neutralised 7.5km ride through the center of town to the delight of the watching public, and supportive local community. Going into the stage, the previous nights ‘Redbull Shoot-out’ hadn’t had any material change on the GC, other than awarding Andy Blair with an additional […]
Hamelin Bay hosted the finish of stage 1, and consequently the start of stage 2. What we know of beach resorts is that they are sea-level, meaning a climb to get out. Sure enough, the first 3km of bitumen pretty much just went up. A few snapped chains under the pressure (probably ruined in the sea […]
Mark Frendo won his third Crocodile Trophy stage at this year’s event in Laura today. Cory Wallace came in second in a finish sprint, unable to shake off the race leader who still firmly holds onto an 11 minute lead. Jiri Krivanek is third, completing the podium of the general elite classification. Liesbeth Hessens is […]
