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April 20, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Racing on a Frontier: Easter in the Alice stage 1, Alice Springs

The Easter in the Alice Springs has become somewhat of a pilgrimage for the Australian MTB community over the past 10-15years. With the drawcard of one of the finest single trail networks in Australia couples with a unique and spectacular location it really has become an event that most MTB’ers agree is a ‘must do’ […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Andy Blair, Anna Beck, Briony Mattocks, Central Australia, easter in the alice, Jenny Fay, Justin Morris, MTB stage racing, Stage Race

August 26, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Redback day 4: Final stage again finishes in sprint. De Rooze and Thomson take GC crowns

Related Event: The Redback

A few tired legs on the start line in downtown Alice Springs for the final and arguably hardest stage of this year’s Redback MTB stage race. Rider’s today faced 45km of predominantly the rocky, well cambered singletrack that typifies the riding in central Australia. Chatting among the riders there was more or less complete agreement […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Cape to Cape, Central Australia, Maddog, MarathonMTB, MTB, Rapid Ascent, Stage Race, Stage Racing, the redback

August 25, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Redback MTB day 3: A sprint finish after riders rewarded with Alice Spring’s best trails!

Related Event: The Redback

Day 3 of The Redback MTB stage race is the first single stage day of the race. A longer and more challenging 42km course from the race hotel to the lush ‘Telegraph Station’ just north of Alice Springs took riders onto some of the finest trails of the region. A perfect mix of singletrack, fire […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Central Australia, Maddog, mountain bike, MTB, Redback, Stage Race, Travel

August 24, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Redback Day 2: Sun and Moon stage’s

Related Event: The Redback

Day 2 of racing in the red centre of Australia for the Redback stage race involved two 22km races one a TT and one a mass start race both competed on the same course but with one BIG differentiating factor. One competed under the warmth of the sun and the other under the stars and […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Maddog, marathon mountain biking, MTB, Redback, Singletrack, Stage Race, Stage Racing, the redback

August 23, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

The Redback day 1: Thomson and Gadsen take GC lead

Related Event: The Redback

The increasingly famed mountain bike trails of Central Australia again are playing host to quality racing at a high quality event. ‘The Redback’ MTB stage race run by event organiser Rapid Ascent is now in it’s 11th edition and with an honour roll including names like Andrew Blair, Jason English, Rowena Fry, Holly Harris and […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Central Australia, Rapid Ascent, Stage Race, the redback

August 17, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Stage set for The Redback MTB race

Related Event: The Redback

Mountain bikers from across Australia will race along kilometres of hand built single-track in Alice Springs next week as part of The Redback, a four-day, six-stage bike race held around Alice Springs, NT. All the action begins Thursday 23rd August with a 39km stage and continues with racing each day, finishing on Sunday 26th August. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alice Springs, Central Australia, Redback, Stage Race

May 18, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Get red hot at The Redback this winter

Related Event: The Redback
MarathonMTB Alice Springs The Redback

In Australia, there is more than just a chill in the air in some parts of the country. With early snow falls in the Alps, and even snow on the ground on the Tablelands last week, it’s clear winter is making its mark for 2018. And while some of the racing is winding up for […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alice Springs, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain biking, Rapid Ascent, Singletrack, Stage Race, the redback, Travel, XCM

April 2, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Standish and Hill win final stage of 2018 LEITA

LEITA Alice Springs MarathonMTB

The organisers of the 2018 Lasseters Easter in the Alice (LEITA) say that they keep the best trails for last. And after racing Stage 3, I’m inclined to agree. With another start at the Telegraph Station, today we were rolling out behind a neutral car back towards the highway, before a hard right hand turn […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, LEITA, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, XCM

April 1, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Ivory and Beck defend on Stage 2 at LEITA

Related Event: Easter in the Alice
LEITA Alice Springs MarathonMTB

After a deceptively tough Stage 1 at the 2018 Lasseters Easter in the Alice, racers lined up again for a much different Stage 2 at the historic Telegraph Station this morning for a 7am start. While this was the first building in Alice Springs, and the site of the original spring, since then the Telegraph […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, biking, LEITA, mountain bike, MTB, ride shimano, Stage Race, XCM

March 31, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Ivory and Beck take line honours at 2018 LEITA

LEItA Alice Springs MarathonMTB

The first stage of Lasseters Easter in the Alice doubles as the opening rounds of the Australian XCM Series – so not only does the 75km race decide who takes the LEITA leader’s jersey into stage 2 tomorrow, it also denotes who leads the XCM Series ahead of the 2nd round – which is also […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Bike, biking, cycling, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, MTBA, Shimano, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Travel, XCM

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