Here at MarathonMTB.com we are firm believers that paired stage races create some of the best mountain bike experiences. Mountain biking is often viewed as a sport for individuals – and it is. But mountain biking also offers so many things that are best experienced with others. The general rhythm of a stage race means […]
Hynek and Bigham light it up at 2018 Malevil Cup
Related Event: Malevil Cup - UCI XCM Series
The Malevil Cup suits Kristian Hynek, as he won the 19th Malevil Cup by Author ahdead of 70 elite marathon mountain bikers from 13 countries. The current Czech champion repeated his triumph from 5 and 2 years ago. He beat Jan Škarnizl in the last stretch before the finish line. In the women’s race, favourite […]
8 things you should know about the new Canyon Lux
A few months ago we put together a feature on what we could pick up from phots of the new bike Canyon team riders were on. But we still had questions. What was the geometry? What was the travel? The weight? Canyon have just released all that information. There are 6 models of the all-new […]
Epic Rides Carson City Offroad- “Fast times and Hot lines in the Rush for Gold”
Epic Rides brought another “good day on the bike” to Carson City Nevada this past weekend. The Carson City Offroad is the third in their four race series and the last even in the Western USA before the series heads to the deep south for the Oz Trails weekend in Bentonville Arkansas. While new last […]
Paez and Kollman-Forstner win Sellaronda Hero
Related Event: Sellaronda Hero
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 […]
Raid Evolénard
Related Event: Raid Evolenard
Based out of the commune of Evolène at 1380m in the Valais region of Switzerland , the Raid Evolénard is a weekend of mtb events of varying lengths for all ages and abilities with the main 62.5km race attracting a high level of competition including numerous pro/elites. A course worthy of hosting the Swiss National […]
Sky high in Sri Lanka
Related Event: Rumble in the Jungle
The sense of impending doom that lay over me from the early hours of this morning can’t be underestimated. After two stages of the Rumble in the Jungle stage race I keep feeling like I’ve got to the finish by the skin of my teeth. I probably feel like that after any stage of any […]
Tangles in the tea plantations
Related Event: Rumble in the Jungle
Waking up in Haputale this morning was a unique experience. With a tiny bit of jet lag I was awake just before 4:30am. Then the mosque next to the hotel had a call to prayer. Then there were roosters. Then train horns, then dogs, then tropical birdsong. While it is easy to sometimes forget where […]
Out of the jungle and into the highlands
Related Event: Rumble in the Jungle
Stage 1 of the 2018 Rumble in the Jungle took riders from the jungle up to the highlands – and they say this is the easy stage!
Previewing the Costa Blanca stage race
Warm winter sun, dusty trails, singletrack, technical trails and an official race hotel, the Cap Negret, right at the beach’s edge, what’s not to like? This is the Costa Blanca Bike Race, held at the end of January in Altea on the southeast coast of Spain. Utilising the surrounding coastal mountain range, it’s 4-day stage […]