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January 15, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

A rider’s advice for the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race

The 2023 Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race lands on the dirt at Derby and surrounds on March 16, bringing 3 days of mountain bike fun to the north east of Tasmania. This will be the third edition of the popular mountain bike stage race, and there are a few changes to the Dragon Trail in […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, Blue Derby, Derby, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, St helens, Stage Race, Tasmania

December 21, 2022 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

What’s new at the 2023 Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race in Tasmania?

In late 2019, Australian mountain bikers were delivered a treat; a 3-day mountain bike stage race on some of the best singletrack in Australia., and even the world. Geocentric Outdoors had launched a daring new event, racing point-to-point from Branxholm to St Helens in the north-east Of Tasmania, going through Derby and the Blue Tier […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, blue tier, branxholm, Derby, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, St helens, Stage Race, Tasmania, weldborough, XCM

February 21, 2022 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

What to pack for the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race

Stepping back from even the slightest inkling of performance anxiety, any mountain bike stage race should be viewed as a multi-day mountain bike holiday. But bike races and holidays alike tend to go better if you take what you need. Point to point mountain bike stage races have some slightly more unique demands, as once […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, Derby, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, Tasmania, XCM

July 4, 2021 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

The Devils Cardigan gravel race sets the scene in Tasmania with epic course and conditions!

Gravel racing has been taking the US cycling scene by storm for a few years now. With the ascension of a now world renowned races such as Unbound Gravel (formerly Dirty Kanza) gravel racing in parts of the northern hemisphere has become a legitimate professional discipline and arguably trumping in popularity the traditional road racing […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Blue Derby, Derby, devils cardigan, endurance, Enduro, Gravel, Gravel Grind, groad, Justin Morris, MTB Tasmania, nathan earle, Road, Road Racing, Tasmania, XCM

March 16, 2021 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Who can win the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race?

This Thursday the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race begins in Branxholm, in north-east Tasmania. The three day mountain bike stage race has been a long time coming. After a lot of excitement for the inaugural edition in 2020, the event was postponed to 2021. And to be honest, some may not have been sure everything […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Derby, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Tasmania

October 13, 2020 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

MarathonMTB Team Camp 2020 – down in Tasmania

With restrictions of movement and cancellation of events in 2020 race days for our team have been few and far between. Myself and Mike Blewitt were able to race and report from the Arabian Epic- Jordan in February. Following that the classic Otway Odyssey weekend in Victoria and MTBA XCO national championship were the last […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: arabian epic series, Blue Derby, Derby, dragon trail, dragon trail MTB, Jordan stage race, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, MTB Tasmania, otway odyssey, sam fox, St helens, Tasmania

April 11, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Mullens and Johnston add extra XCM titles to palmares

Related Event: Australian XCM Championships
XCM

All photos from Russ Baker/MTBA The 2016 Australian XCM Championship headed to Derby after the small town of barely 200 people first hosted the race in 2015. While the trails have been extended and have bedded in nicely, it’s still a small town in North East Tasmania that is earning a reputation around Australia for […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Derby, XCM, XCMChamps

April 9, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Masters Racing at Australian XCM Championships

Related Event: Australian XCM Championships
Australian XCM Championships Derby MTBA

With the Australian XCM Championships arriving in Derby, Tasmania for the second year running, it was another time when racing would run over both days of the weekend. As such, Masters racing and other non-elite categories races today on the Saturday. Given the dry summer season the trails in Derby were dusty and in prime […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Derby, Tasmania, XCM, XCM Champs

April 7, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Previewing the Australian XCM Championships in Derby

Related Event: Australian XCM Championships
XCM Championship Derby Tasmania Imogen

This weekend the Australian XCM Championships take place in Derby, Tasmania. This is the second year that the event has come to Derby, and the sixth year that the race has taken a lap-based format. In 2015, the marathon racing stars of Australia came to Derby unsure what they would find. While many knew that about […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Derby, marathon, MTBA, XCM

February 29, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Australian XCM Championship schedule announced

Last week, Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA), announced the schedule for the upcoming 2016 Australian XCM Championships in Derby, Tasmania. In 2014, MTBA committed to holding the race in Derby for two consecutive years. Last year, the rugged course on the Blue Derby trail crowned Brendan Johnston and Jenny Blair as Australian National Champions. In 2016, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Derby, Tasmania, XCM

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