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August 23, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Reflections on the Grand Raid

Related Event: Grand Raid
Grand Raid Switzerland MarathonMTB MTB Ben Thomas

Grand Raid BCVS is arguably the biggest one day classic in mountain bike marathon racing. It’s an event I’ve always wanted to compete in, 125km from Verbier to Grimentz with over 5000m of ascent through the beautiful Swiss mountains. This year was the event’s 28th edition. I don’t get nervous about too many races but […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Ben Thomas, Grand Raid, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Sauser, Swiss, Valais, Verbier, XCM

August 23, 2014 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Not racing, gambling. The 2014 Eiger Bike Challenge

After racing Sudety MTB Challenge as a mixed pair, Mike and I had spent some time training in Livigno (pasta, altitude, trails, bikewash. Oh, and freezing rain), then travelled to Grindewald in Switzerland to write about MTB tourism in the area for Australian Mountain Bike magazineĀ and race the Eiger Bike Challenge, a famous Swiss marathon […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: Eiger Bike Challenge, Enduro for marathon racers, Gambling, Grand Raid, Marathon mountainbiking, MarathonMTB, MTB, Racing, Training, Verbier MTB, Zermatt MTB

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