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The dates of the Cyprus Sunshine Cup 2018 are fixed. The mountain bike race series in the sun of Cyprus starts on February 22 in Lefkara with the 22nd edition of the Afxentia Stage Race and ends on Saturday, March 3 by the race in Amathous/Agios Tychon. For amateur riders the event offers a slightly different […]
The last stage of Cyprus Sunshine Cup at Voroklini ended up in a Czech duel. Ondrej Cink took the win in front of Jan Skarnitzl. Third place went to Thomas Litscher (Sui). In a tight finish of women’s race, Jolanda Neff (Sui) was able to pass Blaza Klemencic (Slo) to take her second win in […]
Day 4 of the Afxentia stage race would be a multi-lap XCO race at Mantra tou Kampiou, the final stage would showcase the talented world class athletes that had gathered in Cyprus. Another hazy day dawned but with warm temperatures from the early hours it was sure to be a hot on and off the […]
Stage 3 promised to be another hard day of racing, the course would cover 40km and 3800 feet of climbing starting from the host town of Lythrondontas. With 2700 feet of that climbing occurring in just 16km it was a test of who’d recovered well from yesterday. The Mediterranean island was covered by a light […]
The longest day of the Cyprus Sunshine Cup lay ahead on day 2 with 31 miles and 4000 feet of climbing. There was none of the nervous waiting like yesterday with racers set to roll out of the start town Lefkara at 11am with a 3.5km paced lead out. Yesterdays winners Adelheid Morath and Jan […]
Today the 4 day Afxentia Cyprus Sunshine Cup stage race began with a tough 5.7km time trial. The town of Lefkara hosts stages 1 and 2, by midday today it was packed out with brightly coloured lycra and shiny carbon bikes. The race for many was the season opener and with Hors Category status the […]
A week before Cyprus Sunshine Cup we caught up with a few Brits who’ll kick off their race season on the Mediterranean island. Each rider had a very different winter with Imogen Buick battling the British weather, Steve James racing a full cyclocross calendar including the recent World Championships, and the Batchelor brothers escaping to […]
In just under a months time racers will flock to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus for the 2014 edition of the Cyprus Sunshine Cup. This year the event will consist of two rounds with a 4 day Afxentia stage race (February 27th – March 2nd) taking place a week before a single day cross country […]
