This past weekend Roc Laissagais hosted the first European round of the 2015 UCI Marathon World Cup Series. The event takes place in Laissac which is a small village about 30 minutes east of Rodez. Laissac is in the Aveyron region which is located in the north of the Pyrenees region of southern France […]
VIDEO: Racing the Roc Laissagias
The Roc Laissagais has become a fixture on the international XCM scene – and due to the demanding nature of the course, and the quality of the organisation, it has secured the rights to hold the 2016 XCM World Championships. Having raced there in 2012, I have experienced the mud, the speed of club level […]
2014 Roc Laissagais
“You’re going to do what? After the last couple of times? Are you sure?” Such was the comment of various riding mates upon hearing that I would be returning to the Roc Laissagais in 2014. 2012 – one week after the Cape Epic. It turns out that one week isn’t really long enough to recover […]
UCI World Marathon Series – Roc d’Azur
After the previous weekend’s mudfest at Extreme-sur-Loue, which will henceforth be known as Mud-sur- Loue, the team headed south like migrating birds to the Cote d’Azur for two races to round off the 2013 season. Here’s how they got on. This has been provided by Vauxhall-Mountain Trax rider Tim Dunford. Sitting on the beachfront in […]
Nienke’s Euro Blog: Xterra France – A Charbonniers Charm
I endured a little hiccup on the train in Switzerland where I was oblivious to the fact that there are trains where bike’s are forbidden and almost ended up with 150 Euro fine and a night in jail! I confused the guard by telling them I was from Australia but presenting a Dutch passport. The […]