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October 12, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Stage set for 24th Crocodile Trophy in Cairns

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Crocodile Trophy MarathonMTB

The iconic Crocodile Trophy has long established itself as one of the most difficult and spectacular MTB stage races on the calendar. Somewhat of a pioneer in this format of MTB racing The Crocodile Trophy has seen many adaptations since it’s first edition in 1995 that ran from Darwin to Cairns. The race now takes […]

Filed Under: Crocodile Trophy Tagged With: Atherton, Cairns, Crocodile Trophy, Epic, Konny Looser, MarathonMTB, MTB stage racing, Stage Race, Stage Racing, urs huber, XCM

August 24, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Get a taste of the Crocodile Trophy in 2016

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Crocodile Trophy

The Crocodile Trophy hangs like a myth in the minds of many mountain bikers. The truth is a long way from the fiction, and we have busted some myths about the Crocodile Trophy in the past. There aren’t countless days of corrugated roads. There aren’t really any crocodiles (ok there were freshwater ones where we […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Atherton, Cairns, Crocodile Trophy, MarathonMTB, MTB, Stage Race

May 6, 2016 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

Training in the Tropics – Atherton

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Tropical Training Camp Atherton Smithfield Cairns Port Douglas Bump Track MarathonMTB Subaru

Photos of our riding in Atherton by Robert Conroy – unless stated otherwise.   The beautiful, unique and welcoming town of Atherton lies approximately a 90 minute drive inland and uphill from Cairns in the beautiful Tropical North Queensland region. It was set to be our first port of call on our Tropical Training Camp. The area is […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Atherton, MarathonMTB, MTB, ridecairns, Training

May 5, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Training in Tropical North Queensland

Tropical Training Camp Atherton Smithfield Cairns Port Douglas Bump Track MarathonMTB Subaru

With the first round of the 2016 XCO World Cup landing in Cairns on the 24th April, a plan was hatched earlier this year to head up to Tropical North Queensland to support our XCO racer, Sebastian Jayne, on race day and then get a few good days of training in the legs too. Taking a […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Atherton, Cairns, MarathonMTB, Smithfield, Subaru, XCM

October 21, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

What’s happening at the 2015 Crocodile Trophy?

Have you just realised that the world’s oldest mountain bike stage race is about to start it’s ‘hump day’? With stage 5 about to start, racers are well and truly on the way to Port Douglas and the finish line. The race so far Starting on Saturday with a lap based XC race at Smithfield, […]

Filed Under: Crocodile Trophy, News Tagged With: Atherton, Croc, Crocodile Trophy, Irvinebank

October 19, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Crocodile Trophy 2015: Huber and White defend and extend

Urs Huber scored his second stage win at the 2015 Crocodile Trophy ahead of the Australian Brendan Johnston and the Italian Nicholas Pettina. Sarah White stays in the overall women’s lead with a third consecutive stage win in Atherton today. The most typical terrain that you would encounter as a mountain biker in Australia are […]

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April 28, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Explore Tropical North Queensland via the Crocodile Trophy

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The Crocodile Trophy is one of the most demanding mountain bike stage races in the world. As much as it has changed a lot in the past five years, it is still a testing 9 days of mountain biking in Tropical North Queensland. The variety of the race no longer suits European road professionals at […]

Filed Under: Crocodile Trophy, Features Tagged With: Atherton, Croc Trophy, Crocodile Trophy, MTB, Tropical North Queensland

April 24, 2014 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Atherton Tablelands set for ANZAC Day Marathon

The action from the Real Insurance XCM Series continues this weekend as competitors head to Atherton in North Queensland for the fourth round of the five race series. The Tablelands Classic and will be headlined by women’s series leader and XCM national champion Melissa Anset (VIC), as well as four time world 24 hour mountain […]

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October 21, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Woodsman Wallace Fells Croc Competitors

The Canadian National Marathon Champion Cory Wallace claimed his first Crocodile Trophy stage win today in Irvinebank after dominating the elite field together with the overall race leader Mark Frendo who came in second on the 80km stage. Third was Czech rider Jiri Krivanek ahead of M1 racer Mario Färberböck (AUT) and Matthew Page from […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Atherton, Breakaway, Croc Trophy, Frendo, Irvinebank, Maple Syrup, Wallace

April 21, 2013 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

English and King win Subaru Australian XCM National Championships

On 21st April, the 2013 Subaru Australian XCM Championships were raced in Atherton, Queensland. On a mixture of new single track, well established trails, double track and dirt road, the 32 lap took in close to 1100m of climbing. Many of Australia’s best Marathon and Cross Country racers turned up to aim for the green […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Atherton, marathon mountain biking, XCM

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