2012, in terms of racing, pretty much wrapped up last weekend for me at the SRAM Singletrack Mind Race at Awaba. This was not a race I entered to contest, just one to race with some friends. As for races that I was aiming to contest, that all finished up almost three weeks ago, at […]
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Stage towns set for 1st BIKE Four Peaks
The framework for the 1st BIKE Four Peaks is set, the secret about the stage towns of the new mountain bike stage race has been disclosed. The successor event of the Trans Germany will kick off in Ruhpolding on June 5. From the Upper Bavarian town situated in the Chiemgau Alps area the route will […]
Croc Trophy 2012: The Closing Stages
With stage 6 being quite a brutal stage for all but the strong and the canny, it was a triumphant cheer that went up at dinner on Thursday when Race Organiser Gerhard Schoenbacher announced that the 120km stage would be cut to 90km. With the route making a 90km trip to Maytown, and the extra […]
Croc Trophy Day 6: Ondrej Fojtik braves heat to take stage win at Maitland Downs
Another boomerang for the Czech Republic – Ondrej Fojtik claims his second stage win ahead of Ivan Rybarik (CZE) and Cory Wallace (CAN) after a gruelling stage. In the general classification the two Czech riders still dominate the field, with Rybarik leading ahead of Fojtik and Austrian Wolfgang Krenn was able to increase his gap […]
Stage 6: Werner consolidates M1 lead
This morning it was so peaceful waking up to the sound of birds. Yesterday we finished at Mt. Mulligan, a working cattle station, and we couldn’t have asked for a better camping spot – right next to a small lake. Everybody was looking much more relaxed and rested after yesterdays ride in the cooler […]
Stage 5: Wolfgang Krenn notches up stage win for Austria
The Crocodile Trophy camp will applaud two new faces on the elite male and female podiums: Wolfgang Krenn from Austria wins ahead of Ivan Rybarik and Ondrej Fojtik in a thrilling finish sprint into the Mt Mulligan. The Belgian mountain bike marathon racer Alice Pirard finished as the fastest woman of the day. “The track […]
Stage 5: Hump Day at the Croc
Stage 5 Irvinebank – Mt Mulligan Hump day. There is a point in any mountain bike stage race where you finally feel that the end is in sight. We’ve just made it there in the Crocodile Trophy, finishing 5 out of 9 stages. There was an air of uncertainty yesterday about whether the riders who […]
Croc Trophy Stage 2: And now we climb
Today saw us tackle the first ‘proper’ Crocodile Trophy stage after yesterdays short XC stage at Smithfield. On paper the 102km from Cairns to Lake Tinaroo had me wondering what I have gotten myself into especially after looking at the profile which include 2500m of climbing. After yesterday’s stage which included a loose seat I […]
Ivan Rybaric wins Croc Trophy 2012 Stage 1
Stage 1, Lap race Smithfield 5 x 6km laps, 800m Surprise stage win by strong Czech racer Ivan Rybaric Ivan Rybaric had won two stages at the infamous stage race in 2008 and showed a strong performance today, adding a third Boomerang to his collection at the lap race in Smithfield today. Belgian rider Mike […]
Croc Trophy Stage 1: Smithfield XC
In a big change from 2011, the 2012 Crocodile Trophy started with a standard cross country format race. Using the old World Cup/World Championship trails in Smithfield, the local course setters came up with a challenging but not overly technical 6km loop for the racers to start on. With 130 racers in Cairns for the […]