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March 18, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Cape Epic win for Trek-Selle San Marco

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic

Day 5 and stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic was another of disaster and delight. For Team Topeak-Ergon It was a day of disasteras one of the race favourites when Kristian Hynek of the Czech Republic pulled out early on Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic after injuring his arm in a crash […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: cape epic, south africa, Stage Race

March 16, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Kleinhans and Langvad snare the lead at Cape Epic

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Cape Epic

The second stage of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic was also the 100th stage in the history of the event. As one would expect, it was held in another hot, windless day in Tulbagh. The racing in both the Men’s and Women’s categories was as intense as the heat and the course. The leading men’s Team […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: cape epic, south africa, Stage Race

March 15, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bulls grab the Absa Cape Epic by the horns

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic

While the Cape Epic Prologue was exciting, it was Stage 1 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic on Monday set up a thrilling race for both the elite men’s and woman’s categories. Birthday boy Karl Platt, riding for Team Bulls with Swiss Bull Urs Huber, is on track for  a record-equalling fifth win after winning Stage 1 […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: cape epic, MarathonMTB, south africa, Stage Race, Team Bulls

March 14, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bulls take charge of Cape Epic

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic

Four-time Absa Cape Epic winner Karl Platt of Germany and Swiss partner Urs Huber (Bulls) laid down a marker for the week ahead by blitzing the course to win Sunday’s prologue. And in the Women’s category South African Robyn de Groot and her Swedish teammate Jennie Stenerhag (Ascendis Health) gave notice that they will be […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: cape epic, south africa, Stage Race, Team Bulls

March 13, 2016 By Stu Spies Leave a Comment

How hard can the Cape Epic be?

How hard can the Absa Cape Epic be? Let’s just chuck that out there so you can all roll around on the floor laughing with that ‘oh he is so dead’ hilarity that comes from knowing the answer. No, I’m not trying to be provocative, that is a genuine question. It’s a question that I’ve […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: cape epic, south africa, Stage Race

March 11, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Who can win the 2016 Absa Cape Epic?

The 2016 Absa Cape Epic is just moments away. Social media feeds have been full of photos and updates from professionals and amateurs the world over, preparing for the challenge of 8 days racing across the Western Cape. As it’s an Olympic year, the race takes on a slightly different shape. Some Olympic hopefuls will […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: ABSA, cape epic, Lakata

March 9, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Team dynamics in Toowoomba

MarathonMTB Toowoomba Imogen Mike Team

On the first weekend of March, the final round of the Subaru MTBA National Series was run in Toowoomba, about an hour and a half inland of Brisbane, in Queensland. With four riders spread over 3 states on the Subaru-MarathonMTB.COM Team for 2016, it’s pretty rare that paths cross many times through the year, given […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, MarathonMTB, Subaru, Team, Toowoomba, XCO

March 9, 2016 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Algarve Bike Challenge 2016

Related Event: Algarve Bike Challenge

This past weekend the UCI category 2 Algarve Bike Challenge took place. The event is a marathon stage race taking place over 3 days. You can read my preview for the event here https://marathonmtbcom.wpengine.com/2016/03/03/algarve-bike-challenge-preview-and-stage-race-catch-up/ The event was a pair’s race so I teamed up with Austrian Uwe Hochenwarter who rides for the Craft Rocky Mountain […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Algarve Bike Challenge, marathon, marathon mountain biking, mountain bike, MTB, Portugal, Race, Racing, Stage Race, Stage Racing, UCI, XCM, XCO

March 2, 2016 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

Escaping the Winter Wonderland

Around this time last year, I wrote an article on what training in winter looks like for those in the Northern Hemisphere. Not that I’ve had to endure such hardships, although it did get a little windy the other day. I spoke of skiing as one alternative to riding that could tick some pre-season goals […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Lakata, MarathonMTB, MTB, Training, XCM

March 1, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Rebello and de Groot take the 2016 GR300

GR300

Momsen Factory Racing’s Dylan Rebello and Team Ascendis Health’s Robyn de Groot completed stage and general classification victories in very different styles on Stage 3 of the 2016 GR300. Rebello road his heart out to drop the chasing pack having been outsprinted on Stages 1 and 2 by Craig Boyes, while de Groot had done […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: GR300, south africa, Stage Race

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