Bright blue skies and picture-book conditions were present in the UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites: organisers and participants of the BMW HERO Südtirol Dolomites could not have asked for more. The hugely popular race still presents an immense challenge in fine weather and the 4018 starters had to give it their all on 86 kilometres and 4500 vertical […]
Related Event: Sellaronda Hero
Kollman and Lüthi pair up for Cape Epic
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
With just a few weeks to go until the 2018 Absa Cape Epic, the women’s field is showing its strength. The XXIII Winter Olympic Games kick off this week in PyeongChang, but at least one athlete from snow-mad Austria packed her sports bags for South Africa, and not South Korea. Christina Kollmann-Forstner bucked the trend, […]
3Epic – 2018 Marathon MTB World Championships preview
In 2018 the World Cross-country Mountain Bike Marathon Championships head back to Italy, to a mountainous course in the Dolomites – running alongside the 3Epic event. The 2017 edition has proven to be an excellent preview for the organisers, racers and fans. Italian Samuele Porro (Team Trek Selle San Marco) just won the 2017 edition of the […]