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April 22, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

In the pits at the Cairns World Cup

Fox Cairns World Cup

The first round of the UCI XCO World Cup is on this weekend at Smithfield Mountain Bike Park north of Cairns. The mountain bike world has been flying in to the tropical paradise over the last week or more. As the first round of the World Cup in an Olympic year, and the fact that […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Absalon, Cairns, UCI, World Cup, XCO

August 14, 2014 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Busting the Crocodile Trophy’s biggest myths

Over the years, like all the most challenging events in the world, the Crocodile Trophy has accumulated a lot of myths about it. It’s nothing but dry desert roads. You won’t get a shower. You might get bitten by a snake. At least two of these are myths. Now let’s bust some more. The Croc […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Cairns, Croc Trophy, FNQ, MTB, Stage Race

October 29, 2013 By Matt Page Leave a Comment

Matt Page’s Blog: Inside the Crocodile Trophy

The Crocodile Trophy is one of the longest running mountain bike events in the World. I only know of one other stage race that claims to be older and beats it by a single year. In 2013 the “Croc” celebrated its 19th year and has become one of the biggest and hardest races in the […]

Filed Under: Crocodile Trophy, Diaries Tagged With: Cairns, Crocodile Trophy, Euro, FNQ, Stage Race, UCI

October 19, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Frendo claims first blood at the Croc Trophy

The 19th Crocodile Trophy started with a cross country race in Smithfield north of Cairns today. More than 80 riders from 15 countries kicked off the race and with an overall race time of 1 h 30:14 min Australian Mark Frendo took out the stage win and elite leader’s jersey with a 1:06.4 min gap […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Cairns, Croc, FNQ, Frendo, Smithfield

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