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December 19, 2020 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Raid Evolénard unveils the program of the European Championships

Between the World Championships in Graechen in 2019 and those planned for 2025, the Valais will remain in mountain bike marathon mode next season with Raid Evolénard hosting the European Championships.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: European Championships, evolene, marathon mountain biking, Raid Evolenard, Switzerland

March 11, 2020 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

Cuthbert and Johnston win 10th edition of The Willo

The 10th James Williamson Memorial Enduro (aka The Willo) was held at Sparrow Hill on 1 March and a crowd of over 400 mountain bikers gathered to remember one of Australia’s most talented endurance racers, James ‘Willo’ Williamson. The 2020 titles went to Canberra locals: National Marathon Champion Brendan Johnston won the classic marathon distance […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Australia, Bike, biking, Canberra, james williamson, marathon mountain biking, MarathonMTB, Race Report, the willo

November 29, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

My Top 5 Favourite Events of 2019

This year I raced less, trained more and it seemed to work, my fitness was higher than ever and the race results were pretty sensational! In previous years I’ve had double the amount of race days, all the travelling, packing, race stress is tiring and eventually it’s a struggle to maintain the same motivation. This […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 4 islands, Alps Bike Festival, Belgian Mountain Bike Challenge, Ben Thomas, Ben Thomas Coaching, marathon mountain biking, Skaidi Xtreme, Top 5s, world marathon championships

October 10, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Party Time at Ruta Patena BTT

I came to Ruta Paterna to win my first UCI World Marathon Series round but this is mountain biking, anything can happen. Within the first 15km I suffered 2 mechanical issues, I could have given up and not finished the race or left Spain disappointed. Instead I leave Spain with satisfaction having recovered to still […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: marathon mountain biking, Ruta Paterna BTT, Spain, uci world marathon series

August 25, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Swiss Epic 2019 Stage 5

The final stage of the Swiss Epic, stage 5, took the race in full circle, back to Davos. Covering 64 kilometres and 2,350m of climbing, the stage promised no easy finale, with a number of challenging climbs. MarathonMTB.com’s day at the Swiss Epic With one day to go and over 6 minutes lead, Imogen and […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: epic series, marathon mountain biking, MarathonMTB, Stage Racing, Swiss Epic, Switzerland, XCM

August 24, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Swiss Epic 2019 Stage 4

I know from experience that you can’t pack much more than 2,000m of climbing into 50km if you want to finish in the same place you start – so while today’s Swiss Epic stage looks mercifully short, it was bloody hard work, and that’s how it always stood out from the race route. Swiss Epic […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: epic series, lenzerheide, marathon mountain biking, mountain biking, Stage Racing, Swiss Epic, Switzerland, XCM

August 21, 2019 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Swiss Epic 2019 Stage 2

The Swiss Epic’s second stage presented us with a grand tour of St Moritz, the iconic ski town of luxury shops and private jets. So it was kindof a shame to see two hundred bikers tramp through reception in filthy gear yesterday and pretty much ruin the carpet at our lovely hotel, but nobody seemed […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: epic series, marathon mountain biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Stage Race, Swiss Epic, XCM

August 10, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Beyond Expectations: British Marathon Championships

It’s been an amazing year with two 2nd places at the UCI World Marathon Series (Roc d’Ardenne and Alps Bike Festival), third place at Raid Evolenard, a 5th and 6th at BeMC and now the National Marathon Championship title. Hard work pays off! Since winning the title back in 2015 and 2016 the event moved […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: British Cycling, marathon mountain biking, National Championships

June 22, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Swiss alpine meadows and snowy peaked mountains – Raid Evolenard

A small town called Evolène situated within the Valais area of Switzerland and Pennine Alps hosts a marathon event called Raid Evolenard.  This past weekend was my opportunity to discover why this event comes with such enthusiastic recommendations, attracts such a star studied line-up, has hosted numerous Swiss National Championships and has been awarded European […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: evolene, marathon mountain biking, Race, Raid Evolenard, Switzerland, Valais

May 8, 2019 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Our European editor finishes 2nd at Roc d’Ardenne!

Switzerland’s Konny Looser won Sunday’s Big Roc Marathon which was a round of the UCI World Marathon Series. Our editor Ben Thomas finished second. Frans Claes was the first Belgian in fourth position. The Roc Marathon is the official UCI race for women and a 83km marathon against the clock for experienced mountainbikers looking for […]

Filed Under: News, Reports, Video Tagged With: marathon mountain biking, roc d'ardenne, UCI XCM Series

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