The 2013 Cape to Cape race kicked off today at 12.30pm with stage one from Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse up to Hamelin Bay. The start was a 50km from Margaret River itself, so a short drive down to the start was needed. Midday starts are always fun – when to eat, what to eat challenges are […]
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Benetseder dominates Queen Stage of Croc Trophy
Benetseder conquers monster stage in solo race Stage win for Austria – in an impressive solo race over 163km Josef Benetseder wins the fifth and longest stage of this year’s Crocodile Trophy at Granite Creek Dam in the mining country of Far North Queensland with a massive 12 minute lead ahead of race leader Australian […]
Wallace claims Stage 4 into Mt Mulligan
Today’s Crocodile Trophy stage into Mount Mulligan was decided with a gripping sprint finish. Repeating yesterday’s result, Cory Wallace claimed the victory ahead of Mark Frendo (AUS) and Jiri Krivanek (CZE). Liesbeth Hessens increases her lead in the female general classification. The fourth Crocodile Trophy stage took riders out of the mining town of Irvinebank […]
LIMBC 2013 Stages 4 and 5: Never a dull moment
There is never an easy day in Langkwai at the LIMBC, the closing two stages were considerably shorter in distance than the preceding stages (stage 4: XCO 4.5km course x 5 laps and stage 5: XCC 1.6km course x 8 or 9 laps) and time (XCC 30 minutes to XCO 90 minutes) but the womens […]
Stage 1 LIMBC 2013: 65km XCM
Stage one LIMBC 2013: a 65km XCM around the island, a description that conjures up scenic ideals and one would expect a scenic tour of the island….Ha!… Todays stage was far from a scenic tour and displayed all the attributes of ‘classic Malaysian racing’: mud, paddocks and water crossings separated by much appreciated sections of tar […]
MBC: Wallace and Williamson win GC, Looney nabs a stage win
Cory Wallace sealed a convincing overall win at the 2013 Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea with a third stage victory, as Catherine Williamson crossed the line wrapped the leader’s jersey she too has worn since the opening day of racing. Stage 7 on Saturday led riders through 86 kilometres with 1,400 metres of climbing as […]
MBC: Batmunkh and Blewitt animate stage 6, but Zamora wins solo
Marcel Zamora (Buff-Niner) closed a dramatic day’s racing with a solo stage win on stage 6 of the 2013 Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea on Friday. Zamora won after closing down a huge breakaway effort by Maral-erdene Batmunkh (Genco Tour Team) and Mike Blewitt (Subaru-MarathonMTB.com). The duo had escaped soon after the start of […]
MBC: Wallace awarded second stage win
Cory Wallace was awarded the stage 5, after a course marking mix-up on stage 5 of the Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea, which saw times awarded some 44km before the end of the stage. The stage was run as scheduled, with a 96km loop which included 1,400m of climbing. However shortly after the […]
MBC: Flooding calls an early end to stage 3
Organisers of the 2013 Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge suspended stage 3 of the event after on Tuesday, as heavy overnight rains caused flooding along the Tuul River. The stage was suspended just 40km into the 148km stage from the banks of the Tuul River to racers’ campsite (Kavcir Ganga), with rains bringing cooler temperatures and […]
Mongolia Bike Challenge Diary – Stage 1: The King Stage
Part of chasing mountain bike marathons and stage races around the globe is stepping into the unknown, being fully aware that you are about to do something that you can’t know everything about, and that you might not fully be prepared for. In the age of readily accessed information, you still yearn to know what […]