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February 20, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The Cape Epic women’s field is lit in 2020.

The Cape Epic is often seen as the one stage race to rule them all. And we will be the first to admit that while you will have a completely different race experience at other events around the world, nothing truly comapres to the Cape Epic. The size, the drama, the pressure, the fans – […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: annika langvad, Briony Mattocks, cape epic, epic series, Imogen Smith, mountain bike, MTB, south africa

August 27, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Course Records Blown Apart at The Redback 2019

Paul Van der Ploeg thumped the final right hand corner into the Mercure Hotel on Sunday morning in Alice Springs to claim his 5th stage win of the 2019 Redback and overall Redback Crown. And he smashed the course record by four minutes while he was at it—coming home in a tick over two hours. […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Briony Mattocks, Central Australia, MTB stage race, MTB stage racing, Paul VDP, Rapid Ascent, Redback, Specialized, Stage Race, the redback

May 7, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Johnston and Mattocks win 15th Convict 100

The Convict 100 mountain bike marathon has now well and truly established itself as a classic and reliable staple on the Australian XCM calendar. The race originally called the Dirt Works Classic was first run in 2004 making it one of the oldest continuously running marathons in Australia. A very similar course has been used […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Andy Blair, Australian MTB, Australian XCM Championships, Brendan Johnston, Briony Mattocks, Convict, Convict 100, Imogen Smith, new south wales, Port to Port, sydney, XCM

April 22, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Riders race in honour of local legend on final day of Easter in the Alice 2019

The final stage of this years ‘Easter in the Alice’ was more than another 40km of fast, flowy desert racing it also marked a memorium for local MTB community organiser and former race director Paul Darvodelsky. Darvodelsky lived in Alice Springs for close to a decade drawn to the town from his native Sydney by […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Alice, Alice Springs, Andy Blair, Anna Beck, Briony Mattocks, Central Australia, easter in the alice, Jenny Fay, Justin Morris, northern territory, outside

April 21, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Easter in the Alice Day 2: Sprint finishes & short course gallops on windy day of racing

Day 2 of the Outback Cycling Easter in the Alice began in the backyard of the official race hotel and sponsor the Double Tree Hilton, Alice Springs. Meaning many riders whom were staying here were awarded a slightly extended sleep in and the ability to roll down the elevator and straight onto the start line. […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, Andy Blair, Anna Beck, Briony Mattocks, Central Australia, easter in the alice, Justin Morris, marathonmtn, northern territory

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

January 9, 2017 By Briony Mattocks Leave a Comment

Australian National XCO racing stirs up the dust in Orange

Anna Beck XCO mountian bike

The town of Orange in NSW hosted the first two rounds of the National XCO Series with back to back races on both the Saturday and Sunday. Dry, hot and very dusty conditions greeted the riders who travelled from all over to compete in a range of junior, masters and elite categories. While the Orange […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Briony Mattocks, MTB, MTBA, Orange, XCO

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