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February 12, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Report: Imogen Smith at the 2018 Oceania Championships

I headed off to Oceania Champs on my own this year, a week after my 37th birthday. Last year was meant to be my last year racing XCO, but I had an accident and couldn’t, so this year I’m doing all the stuff I’d planned to before I hit the deck, making up for lost […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Championships, Dunedin, mountain biking, MTB, New Zealand, oceania, Racing, signal hill, XCO

February 8, 2018 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

2018 XCO Oceania Championships course preview, Dunedin

Oceania Mountain Bike XCO MarathonMTB Imogen Smith

Oceania Champs, the Continental Championship for riders from New Zealand, Australia, and much of the South Pacific will take place this Saturday, February 10, at Signal Hill in Dunedin, which sits halfway down the east coast of the South Island. Huge UCI points are on offer so the event, in this beautiful harbour town, is […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Championships, Dunedin, mountain bike, MTB, oceania, signal hill, XCO

April 28, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Who can win the 2017 Australian Marathon Championships?

Related Event: Australian XCM Championships - UCI XCM Series
Subaru mountain bike Imogen Smith

The elite titles for Australia’s 2017 Cross-Country Marathon (XCM) Championship are set to be decided on 30th April. For this year, the XCM Champs have travelled north to Townsville, being run in conjunction with the Townsville MTB Festival for this year and 2018. Townsville is home of the Townsville Rockwheelers mountain bike club (one of […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: championship, Championships, dan mcconnell, MarathonMTB, MTB, MTBA, townsville, XCM, XCMChamps

May 6, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

British XCM Championships announced

There'll be plenty of action on - and off - the bike in Wales. Photo Jon Brooke

In a late move, British Cycling have announced that they will endorse a national Marathon Mountain Bike (XCM) Championships event for 2016. Set for August 28th, the race will take part in Crychan Forest, a mostly pine forest in Mid Wales. With the race starting and finishing in Llandovery, the event aims to have a 40km […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Championships, Wales, XCM

June 26, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Who can win the 2015 XCM World Championships?

The start lists for the 2015 XCM World Championships are out. The racing is barely 24 hours away. The climbs are big, the air is thing, and the Val Gardena is starting to throb with the low resting heart rates of some supremely fit individuals. For 2015, the UCI Cross Country Marathon (XCM) Mountain Bike World […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Championships, marathon, Specialized, XCM, XCM Worlds

June 22, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Aussies and Brits at the 2015 XCM World Championships

An amazing route - the Sellaronda Hero

The Marathon MTB World Championships are this Saturday, 27 June, and MarathonMTB has been speaking to some of Australia and Great Britain’s representatives to hear what they think of the course, how their preparations are going, and what gear they’ll be using. To find out more about the course, check out our preview, and be […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Championships, Italy, Racing, Sellaronda Hero, XCM, XCMChamps

May 12, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Australian Marathon Championships Preview

In a matter of days, Australia’s marathon mountain bike racing elite, along with many more enthusiastic amateur racers, will travel to Derby, in North East Tasmania. A small town previously ravaged by mining and forestry, mountain biking is set to be the saviour of this town and its region. 100km of trails built by World […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Blue Derby, Championships, Derby, MTBA, XCM

August 27, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

XCM Championships to Derby

Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) has announced that the Australian Cross Country Marathon Mountain Bike Championships (XCM Champs) will be heading to Derby in Tasmania for the next two years. MTBA will partner with Dorset Council and Launceston Mountain Bike Club as a joint venture to deliver the premiere Marathon MTB event in Australia. It is […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Championships, Derby, UCI, XCM

April 6, 2014 By Mike Blewitt 3 Comments

Australian Marathon MTB Championships – Real Insurance XCM Series Round 2

Australian Marathon Mountain Bike Champion compare podium footwear

April is a busy month of racing, and to start, the countries best marathon racers congregated at Mt Joyce Recreation Park for the Australian Marathon MTB Championships, which were also the second round of the Real Insurance XCM Series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdCW_ej_i1M The trails at Mt Joyce, which sits south west of Brisbane  between Beaudesert and Boonah, […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Championships, MTB, Specialized, XCM

June 13, 2013 By Chris Pedder Leave a Comment

British XCM Champs 2013; Punctures, crashes, bonus miles and two underdog winners!

So, based on my attempts at punditry at last year’s world marathon champs, and now also for the British XCM champs this year, i shouldn’t give up my day job! In a race that saw many of the pre-race favourites sidelined or handicapped by punctures, navigational error or “technique failure” it was Neal Crampton who […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Championships, Selkirk, XCM

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