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May 24, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Port to Port stage 2: Thrills and spills at Killingworth

Stage 2 of the Port to Port MTB stage race was spoken highly of from competitors who raced a similar course in 2018, high expectations were justified as riders roared through the hard pack yet flowy singletrails of the Southern Hunter Valley. With narrow margins on the GC for the men’s pairs an exciting race […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Brendan Johnston, holly harris, Hunter Valley, Ironman, MTB stage race, MTB stage racing, Newcastle, Port to Port, samara sheppard, Stage Racing, Wine

May 23, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

High drama on Port to Port stage 1 as interstate riders take the spoils.

The Port to Port now in its 6th year has undoubtedly become one of the premier MTB events on the Australian calendar. With hundreds of riders coming from all over the country and world to compete, news of the race’s amazing trail network and slick organisation has spread far and wide over the race’s short […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Brendan Johnston, holly harris, Hunter Valley, Ironman, MTB stage race, MTB stage racing, Nankervis, new south wales, Newcastle, Port to Port, samara sheppard

August 12, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Reef to Reef: The fourth and final stage

MarathonMTB Reef to Reef

And just like that, it’s over! Reef to Reef today finished with a sweet 50-kilometre stage that took in some icons of tropical north Queensland riding: Wetherby Station, The Bump Track, and Port Douglas’s Four Mile Beach. Logistically, this was a tricky one to manage: everyone corralled in the dark at 6am to load bikes […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Ironman, MarathonMTB, mountain biking, MTB, reef to reef, Stage Racing, XCM

August 9, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Reef to Reef 2018 stage 1

Reef to Reef is finally here! There’s been a fair bit of excitement about this event and it’s understandable. Not often do you get the chance to 1. Race in Cairns in the dead of winter, and 2. Race in a pair in Australia, or even 3. Attend an event in its inaugural year. The […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Cairns, Ironman, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Pairs racing, reef to reef, Smithfield, Stage Racing, XCM

August 19, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Ironman buys the Cape Epic

Big news came out overnight, that has little immediate impact on the races we enjoy, but might change the size and scale of events in the future. Ironman announced that they have reached an agreement to acquire the Cape Epic mountain bike race. In addition to operating The Motatapu and The Pioneer multiple stage mountain bike races in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cape epic, Ironman, mountain bike, MTB, south africa, Stage Race

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