The Crocodile Trophy is one of the most demanding mountain bike stage races in the world. As much as it has changed a lot in the past five years, it is still a testing 9 days of mountain biking in Tropical North Queensland. The variety of the race no longer suits European road professionals at […]
Greg Saw to defend Croc Trophy title
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 […]
Yuki Ikeda – The Croc Trophy Warrior
The 20th Crocodile Trophy is now less than a week away. As is typical for an internationally renowned stage race, quality riders are flooding in from around the world. One of those is Yuki Ikeda, visiting Australia for the first time, just to race his bike. The Basics Name: YUKI IKEDA Age: 34 Home Town: […]
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 […]
Mark Frendo wins 19th Crocodile Trophy
For the first time in eight years an Australian has won the Crocodile Trophy! Mark Frendo conquered the oldest and hardest mountain bike stage race in the world and after nine days, 900km and more than 15,000m of elevation finished in 30:40:17 ahead of the Canadian Cory Wallace and Jiri Krivanek from the Czech Republic. […]
New Final Stage for Crocodile Trophy
The 2013 edition of the Crocodile Trophy will not only include a brand-new Relay Team category for three riders in addition to the individual and Adventure Pairs classifications, but also the longest individual time trial ever raced and, what’s just been confirmed, a brand-new last stage from Hopevale to Cooktown on day nine. Reports just […]