The hub for marathon mountain biking
While Alice Springs might be the closest town to every beach in Australia, it’s also prohibitively far from all the nation’s capital cities. For many of us, this means a longish flight or maybe two; it means a fair bit of holiday budget sunk into airfares and accommodation; and it means we might think twice […]
The third and final day of the Lasseters Easter in the Alice MTB stage race took riders on a 40km stage of fast, flowy and smooth trails in stark contrast to yesterday’s rocky trails. With a short neutral section on sealed roads out of the historic Telegraph station riders then took at turn onto sandy […]
Stage 2 of the Lasseters Easter in the Alice MTB stage race took place this morning under a welcome cover of cloud in Australia’s red centre. The race HQ of the historic Alice Springs ‘Telegraph station’ provided a welcome backdrop of green grass and a convenient brew shop for post race recovery beverages. Although only […]
Stage one on the Lasseters Easter in the Alice MTB stage race was also round 3 of the Australian XCM national series. With valuable national series points on the line, today’s 75km stage was bound to be the hardest fought of the 3 day race. Current national champion Brendan Johnston came to this race as […]
The Lasseters Easter in the Alice is just a month away. In 2017 the 3 day stage race in Alice Springs has refined the iconic Central Australian bike race to 3 stages. All killer, no filler. With time to travel over the Easter long weekend, and race lengths meaning you’ll have the afternoon to yourself, […]
They say you’ve got to be careful what you wish for. Just before heat-induced delirium set in about half-way through today’s stage I reflected that I’ve been walking around for years trumpeting my taste for hot races. Well, today I got what I wished for and more on the final stage at Easter in the […]
Lasseters Easter in the Alice is in its third year, but this time around organisers have departed from their usual format to introduce a hill-climb stage for the first race of day two, which is traditionally split into two stages, with a night race in the evening. Locals have long been familiar with Mt Gillen, […]
