At the pre-race briefing for Day 4 riders were advised that today they would encounter some “funny trails”, and that perhaps today would be the hardest stage. An overnight storm gave riders their first taste of mud for the tour so far.. The British contingent revelled in the familiar conditions, but for many the slippery tracks […]
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Transalp: Building rapport before the race
Part of getting older and more experienced with your riding and racing is recognising your habits and patterns. Be they good or bad, at least when you are aware of your strengths and weaknesses it’s easier to work with or around them. I’m a creature of habit, and from the outside it would seem like […]
The Queen stage. Transpyr Day 3.
After a long and technically difficult stage from La Seu D’Urgell to El Pont de Suert travelling over 128km and with 3500metres of ascent, it came down to a sprint finish between Team Bici and Team Buff with Team Bici taking their first win in a time of 5hrs and 53 minutes. No rider seemed […]
New Final Stage for Crocodile Trophy
The 2013 edition of the Crocodile Trophy will not only include a brand-new Relay Team category for three riders in addition to the individual and Adventure Pairs classifications, but also the longest individual time trial ever raced and, what’s just been confirmed, a brand-new last stage from Hopevale to Cooktown on day nine. Reports just […]
Kaess wins Stage 3 at BIKE Four Peaks
Three time German Champion Jochen Kaess has clinched the third stage of the 2013 BIKE Four Peaks. The 32-years-old Centurion-Vaude racer crowned his long solo ride on the 82.12 km and 2,440 metres in elevation from Kirchberg to Kaprun in 3:33:15.1 hours, but missed to improve to the top-3 in the overall ranking by just […]
Sauser and Loevset win leaders jersey’s at BIKE Four Peaks 1st Stage
Two-time World Champion Christoph Sauser has clinched the opening stage of the inaugural BIKE Four Peaks. After a total of 68.73 km and 1,900 metres in elevation from Ruhpolding (Germany) to Lofer (Austria), the Swiss racer of Team Specialized came out first in a sprint finish of a pack of six riders (2:40:22.2 hours) with […]
ICME Enduro MTB : Stage 7 : Rocky Racing Comes To An End
What a week it has been, rain, mud, rocks, and finally the sun came out for the final stage of the ICME. Very exiting racing in the men’s and the women’s fields was about to come to an end and although happy to give my legs a break, this week had gone way to fast! […]
ICME MTB Enduro Stage 5 and 6 : Fast and Furious
Stage 5 and 6 of the ICME endure was raced over the same course, a 25km fast technical loop over the stunningly positioned Golf Course of Alice Springs. The morning stage was an individual time trial where riders would leave the start 30 sec apart. Fast technical riding is not my strength and I struggled […]
ICME MTB Enduro : Stage 4: A Marathon with an orientering leg
There are always a lot of stories after a Mountain bike race, about the terrain, the course, the tactics, lines being taken, lines being missed. Sometimes you wonder if it is the same race they are talking about. The talk of yesterday’s stage was Kyle Ward finishing the last 30km without being able […]
ICME Enduro MTB Stage 3 : Rock Galore
During a drunken night out post Convict 100 I happily offered to share my free accommodation for the ICME stage race to Micheal Crosby who probably wouldn’t have been able to afford coming up otherwise. When later that same night Kyle Ward asked me if he could come also, I enthusiastically babbled drunkenly, yes […]