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June 6, 2019 By Gordon Wadsworth Leave a Comment

The Return of the Trans-Sylvania Epic

Updates to a Winning Format For nearly a decade the Trans-Sylvania Epic Stage Race pitched the United States’ best amateur and professional racers against some of the most challenging terrain in North America. The Epic has taken several forms with a clover-leaf format departing the Seven Mountain Boy Scout camp in central Pennsylvania being the […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Canyon, jeremiah bishop, MTB stage race, Stage Race, Trans-Sylvania epic, TSE2019

July 30, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Prologue gets La Leyenda del Dorado 2018 started

Related Event: La Leyenda del Dorado
La Leyenda prologue MarathonMTB.com

Triple XCM World Champion Alban Lakata and his Czech powerhouse partner Kristian Hynek have won the 49km prologue of La Leyenda del Dorado this Sunday, the most important and prestigious mountain bike race in Colombia. The racers from the Male Elite category took 2 hours and 4 minutes to complete the route between La Plaza […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Canyon, la leyenda, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Stage Race, topeak canyon

June 26, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

8 things you should know about the new Canyon Lux

Canyon Lux Alban Lakata

A few months ago we put together a feature on what we could pick up from phots of the new bike Canyon team riders were on. But we still had questions. What was the geometry? What was the travel? The weight? Canyon have just released all that information. There are 6 models of the all-new […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: alban lakata, bikes, Canyon, canyon lux, marathon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, Shimano XTR, sram eagle

March 11, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Canyon’s new cross-country bike

Mathieu Van Der Poel canyon MTB

HOLD ON! The Canyon Lux has been launched – check it out!! It’s been clear that Canyon have been working on a new cross-country full-suspension bike. With the LUX first spotted ahead of the Cape Epic in 2012, it’s life cycle may have run too long. Those who paid attention during the Tankw Trek might […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: BIke Check, biking, Canyon, cross country, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, stellenbosch, van der poel

February 12, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Canyon Topeak cinch Tankwa Trek

MarathonMTB Tankwa Trek

The third and final stage of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, was won by Nicola Rohrbach and Daniel Geismayr (Centurion Vaude by Goldwurst Power), and Yolande de Villiers and Mariske Strauss (Silverback Volvo OMX); but despite a tense moment for the leading women neither the pink or yellow jerseys changed hands. No […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: alban lakata, Canyon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, south africa, Stage Race, Topeak

February 10, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Canyon Topeak Factory Racing and dormakaba fight for Tankwa Trek leads

Related Event: Tankwa Trek
Tankwa Trek MarathonMTB

Canyon Topeak Factory Racing and dormakaba fought their way to very different but equally courageous stage victories on the opening stage of the 2018 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, on Friday the 9th of February. The 83 kilometre long opening stage took in 1900m of climbing and encircled the beautiful Witzenberg Valley; along […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: alban lakata, Bike, Canyon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, south africa, Stage Race, Tankwa Trek, Topeak

February 9, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Same firepower, new name for Canyon superstars

Canyon Topeak Factory Racing Lakata Mountain Bike

When you think of marathon and stage race super power you typically think of two teams: Topeak Ergon and Team Bulls, and of course more recently Centurion Vaude. In 2018, Canyon are expanding on their commitment to the world of marathon and stage racing creating Canyon Topeak Factory Racing. The Marathon specialists will be headed […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: alban lakata, biking, Canyon, canyon topeak factory racing, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Stage Race, UCI

February 2, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Alban Lakata searches for a win at his ninth Absa Cape Epic

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
MarathonMTB Alban Lakata Cape Epic

Alban Lakata has won just about every marathon mountain bike race that is worth winning, including the world title three times. But as he heads into his ninth Absa Cape Epic, Lakata is desperately seeking the win that has proved elusive for one of mountain biking’s true stars. Lakata will once again team up with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: alban lakata, biking, Canyon, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, south africa

February 5, 2015 By Matt Page Leave a Comment

Swiss Epic Pro Bike: Robert Mennen’s Canyon Lux CF 29

Related Event: Perskindol Swiss Epic

The Swiss Epic attracted some of the very best MTB racers in the World, from XC, to Marathon and Enduro in the first edition in 2014. While there were lots of very special bikes within the field, I caught up with the Topeak-Ergon team to capture Robert Mennen’s Lux CF 29. Robert was racing with Alban Lakata and […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, Canyon, PRO, Swiss Epic, Tech, Topeak Ergon, UCI

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