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November 5, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Hellfire Cup Sprint Stage Race Wraps up in Tasmania

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The final two days of the Hellfire Cup have wrapped up on the stunning Tasman Peninsula outside Hobart, Tasmania. Friday evening brought with it a rather catastrophic forecast with sever weather warnings given to the race area of catastrophic winds of over 110km/h. Subsequently the race organisers ‘Storm Bay Productions’ headed by Tasmanian MTB personality […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Blue Derby, Hellfire, Hellfire cup, MarathonMTB, Maydena, MTB, MTB Tasmania, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Tasmania

November 2, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Action underway at Tasmania’s premier stage race.

Related Event: Hellfire Cup

The Hellfire Cup now in it’s 5th year has quickly become a staple in the Australian MTB stage race calendar. Always attracting a high quality field of racers from across the country. The race is located an easy 45minute drive from the island’s growing major city Hobart meaning logistics and access is very straightforward. The […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Hellfire, Hellfire cup, MarathonMTB, MTB stage racing, MTB Tasmania, Nankervis, Shimano, Tasmania

November 19, 2015 By Wil Barrett Leave a Comment

Hellfire Cup Stage 2: All For One And One For All

Related Event: Hellfire Cup

Hmm. “So what you’re saying is that I have to do the four laps on my own? I can’t just do 2?” That was the question I had to pose during the downtime between Stage 1 and 2 this afternoon. After having a fantastic ride this morning on the opening 25km stage of the 2015 […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Hellfire, Stage Race, Tasmania

November 19, 2015 By Wil Barrett Leave a Comment

Hellfire Cup Stage 1: And The Racing Is Tight

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Designed to attract mountain bikers from all over the country, the Hellfire Cup enters into its 3rd year for 2015. It’s a stage race, but it’s a little different to your average mountain bike stage race. And after you meet event organiser Duncan Giblin, you’ll understand why. First and foremost, the Hellfire Cup is primarily […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Hellfire, MTB, Stage Race, Tasmania

September 4, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

What makes the AvantiPlus Hellfire Cup tick?

Related Event: Hellfire Cup

The AvantiPlus Hellfire Cup really found some traction in 2014, with riders digging the natural trails, relaxed vibe of the event centre, and the hot racing. While some weren’t sure if it sat at the end of the marathon season, or the start of the XC season, all racers were pretty set on racing hard, […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Hellfire, MTB, stagerace

November 25, 2014 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Anthony Shippard: Dissecting the Hellfire Cup

It’s very hard to write-up a stage race – so much happens within each stage that putting it all together makes for such a huge long list of events that it’s impossible to get the ‘feel’ for the event. Instead of writing up a blow-by-blow account of who won what, and who punctured when, let’s leave […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Hellfire, MTB, Shippo, Tasmania

November 24, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

4Shaw Wins Hellfire Cup Overall

Stage 6 of the Avantiplus Hellfire Cup is an optional night event at the end of Day 3 – it’s an XC dash for cash over 9km. This has the first man and woman across the line racing for $1,000 each from Laser Electrical and bragging rights as the King & Queen of Kellevie for […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Hellfire, Stage Race, Tasmania

November 22, 2014 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

Hellfire Cup: Day Three

The time trial course on day 3 starts after riders roll out of the village in a 6km cruise stage to the time trial start on the Marchweil property. Special access to the stunning private property has been arranged for the Hellfire Cup which follows the coast and is below the event’s namesake Hellfire Bluff. The […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Hellfire, MTB, Stage Race, Tasmania

November 21, 2014 By Anthony Shippard Leave a Comment

Anthony Shippard: The Hellfire Cup, back with a bang

Clear skies and dry trails greeted riders for Stage 1 of the Hellfire Cup. It was a very different vibe in the race village this year from last, and the relief of race organiser Duncan was palpable! All the work put into the local trails was finally going to pay off – with the riders […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Hellfire, MTB, Tasmania

November 20, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The World Shines on the Hellfire Cup – Day 1

The Avantiplus Hellfire Cup is back for a second year. The 4 day multi-stage Mountain Bike Race is held in Kellevie, South-East Tasmania. Attracting elite riders as well as weekend warriors, the event has attracted people from all over the country to 4 days of racing in the Tasmanian countryside. The event offers both pairs […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Hellfire, Stage Race, Tasmania

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