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When I raced my first marathon in Europe (Kitzalpbike, 2007), at the start of a long working holiday, I was soon asked if I had raced the Crocodile Trophy. Even though this was less than ten years ago, at the time there was no appeal for me. Long, hot days on corrugated terrain – I’d seen the […]
Australian-born but Norway-based mountain biker racer, Greg Saw, has confirmed that he will return to Australia to defend his 2014 Crocodile Trophy title. Saw moved to Norway a decade ago, but returned to Australia, and his home town of Atherton, for the Crocodile Trophy in a bid to fight homesickness. He missed the heat of […]
Imogen Smith and Greg Saw are the Elite Champions of the 2014 Crocodile Trophy. The 20th edition of the hardest mountain bike stage race in the world finished today at the breathtakingly beautiful Four Mile Beach in Port Douglas. The final stage was a time trial race from Weatherby Station via the infamous Bump Track […]
Once you have been doing the one thing for a week you well and truly settle into a routine. Ride, eat, sleep, repeat. Ok, there’s more eating than that. But one of the beautiful things about stage racing is how normal it ends up feeling when you’re racing your bike. Everyone likes routine. Today was […]
So far the 20th Crocodile Trophy has been a little different to years past. Firstly, it’s a UCI sanctioned race, which means guaranteed prize money for elite riders – and a lot of ranking points on offer too. This has also brought a slight change to how the race is run – starts are prompt, […]
Sitting down, in clean clothes, using free wifi. As the Croc gets into swing, scenes like these are getting rarer. It’s day three and we cruised from Lake Tinaroo to race at Atherton, another MTB mecca, this morning, where we’ll have a brief reprieve from the daily pack-up for two nights. Mike and I were […]
The 20th Crocodile Trophy has begun! The iconic trails of Smithfield mountain bike park, just north of Cairns, held the first stage of the Crocodile Trophy today. The mud from the World Cup in April has dried, and the course was twisty, flowing, dry, dusty – and pretty long considering it was a short stage. […]
We’re on the cusp of the 20th Crocodile Trophy, and this year there are more Australians competing than ever before. From elite men and women, through to all age groups, there are strong Australian riders. Traditionally, it was easy to refer to ‘The Croc’ as a European race run for European racers. But over the […]
Many of you will be familiar with Cory Wallace – the Canadian woodsman who fells trees in the Yukon in winter, and races his bikes in the summer. The Kona factory rider has been on the up for a long time, increasing the calibre of his wins from year to year. In 2014 alone, Wallace […]
The 20th Crocodile Trophy is now just around the corner – and the stage plans have now been finalised. Gone are endless days of dirt roads with corrugations, the back to back days of 7hrs in the saddle, and the camps where you’re given a shovel for when nature calls. The race now tackles the […]
