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October 20, 2014 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Croc Trophy Diary: Railing the Atherton Trails

Stage Race

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 […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Croc, FNQ, Stage Race, UCI

August 14, 2014 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Busting the Crocodile Trophy’s biggest myths

Over the years, like all the most challenging events in the world, the Crocodile Trophy has accumulated a lot of myths about it. It’s nothing but dry desert roads. You won’t get a shower. You might get bitten by a snake. At least two of these are myths. Now let’s bust some more. The Croc […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Cairns, Croc Trophy, FNQ, MTB, Stage Race

July 25, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Have you tried Crocodile?

Tropical North Queensland

The Crocodile Trophy is no small undertaking. While it isn’t a three week race anymore, the 20th anniversary edition is still 9 days of racing. Not everyone can manage that, without enough time to plan or train. The Croc is actually a lot more achievable than many people think – but the Cairns MTB club […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Croc, FNQ, UCI

April 24, 2014 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Atherton Tablelands set for ANZAC Day Marathon

The action from the Real Insurance XCM Series continues this weekend as competitors head to Atherton in North Queensland for the fourth round of the five race series. The Tablelands Classic and will be headlined by women’s series leader and XCM national champion Melissa Anset (VIC), as well as four time world 24 hour mountain […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Atherton, FNQ, Real Insurance, XCM

December 23, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Crocodile Trophy gains UCI S1 ranking

The Crocodile Trophy is the oldest mountain bike stage race in the world and in 2014 will celebrate its 20th anniversary. In honour of this jubilee and major milestone for the event, its organisers decided to join the UCI. The most adventurous mountain bike stage race in the world will become a UCI race with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Croc, FNQ, Stage Race, UCI, XXXX

October 30, 2013 By Adam Cobain Leave a Comment

The Amy Gillett Foundation wrestles with the Crocodile Trophy

What do crocodiles and road safety have in common? Well, not much usually, other than it is generally safer inside a vehicle if a crocodile happens to be on the road, but this October added a new commonality to the pairing. Australia’s leading voice in road safety, the Amy Gillett Foundation, teamed up with the […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Amy Gillett, Croc, FNQ, Road Safety

October 29, 2013 By Matt Page Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Crocodile Trophy, Diaries Tagged With: Cairns, Crocodile Trophy, Euro, FNQ, Stage Race, UCI

October 27, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Cooktown, Croc, Crocodile Trophy, FNQ, Frendo

October 27, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Booming Benetseder Beasts 2nd Boomerang

The Austrian Josef Benetseder wins his second Crocodile Trophy stage today into Hope Vale. The wide and open Outback Highways suit the European road racing pro and he crossed the line in 3:59:50 with a gap of almost six minutes to the main field, which arrived in big bunches with several sprint finishes to decide […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Benetseder, Croc, FNQ, Frendo, Hope Vale

October 26, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Frendo defends his Croc lead with Time Trial victory

Mark Frendo won today’s time trial stage at Laura and increased his  race lead by almost a minute. Race favourite Cory Wallace couldn’t race away from his strongest rival, finishing in third behind Josef Benetseder from Austria. While Liesbeth Hessens again impresses the entire Crocodile Trophy rider field and crew by clocking in the 25th-fastest […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Croc Trophy, FNQ, Laura, MTB, Race, Time trial

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