The UCI Cross Country Marathon Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships (XCM) is one of the flagship events on the international mountain biking calendar and the team behind La Leyenda del Dorado, Colombia’s premier mountain bike stage race, have recently been awarded the role of organisers of the 2021 edition by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), cycling’s international […]
How can SRAM Eagle eTap change mountain biking?
Numerous images have been spread across the internet in recent days of Nino Schurter, and other riders, testing parts for SRAM. By all appearances, it looks like SRAM’s 12-speed Eagle group set has gone wireless, much like their eTap group sets on the road. Having heard from a SRAM employee in late 2014 that they […]
Tackle the Convict 100 with these #protips
Related Event: Convict 100 - Sydney's marathon mountain bike race
Marathon races have come and gone in Australia. The list of racers which won’t run again can be depressingly long. The Angry Doctor, Wombat 100, Highland Fling, Capital Punishment, 3 Ring Circus – all gone. But the Convict 100 has stayed true, and stayed strong. It’s a point-to-point race that runs in one big loop […]
Platt and Bulls are full gas for 2018 Cape Epic
Here at MarathonMTB.com we have a number of ’emotional favourite’ marathon racers. Riders who race hard and fast all season, and have done since we founded the site in 2010. Karl Platt of Team Bulls is one of those riders. And while Platt may have broken his hip just a few months ago we hear […]
What are you looking forward to in 2018?
Here at MarathonMTB.com we know there are so many things to get excited about each year. From new events, trips planned to some of the world’s iconic races, mountain biking holidays, a new coach or new gear – there’s always something on the horizon to keep you motivated. All of our team riders are just […]
BC Bike Race release their 2018 course
Related Event: BC Bike Race
The changes to the BC Bike Race course this year are both big and small, but regardless of size they all achieve the same goals; more singletrack. With the introduction of the Cowichan Valley as the new Day 1 Squamish will be the new Day 7 and the communities in between will flow in the […]
Canyon Topeak cinch Tankwa Trek
The third and final stage of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, was won by Nicola Rohrbach and Daniel Geismayr (Centurion Vaude by Goldwurst Power), and Yolande de Villiers and Mariske Strauss (Silverback Volvo OMX); but despite a tense moment for the leading women neither the pink or yellow jerseys changed hands. No […]
Spur Specialized strike at Tankwa Trek
Related Event: Tankwa Trek
After a day of troubles on stage one, the Spur Specialized team attacked on The Queen Stage of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek. The day also saw dormakaba extend their general classification. Spur Specialized struck on the Mautivator descent – which is named after the stage director Mauritz ‘Mauti’ Walters. The day was drama filled […]
Women’s Cape Epic field heats up
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
With news last week that Ariane Luthi would be racing with Christina Kollman, and now word that Sabine Spitz and Robyn de Groot will return to the Cape Epic, along with Candice Lill and Adelheid Morath – it is clear that the Cape Epic is truly benefiting from making a seperate start for the women’s […]
Canyon Topeak Factory Racing and dormakaba fight for Tankwa Trek leads
Related Event: Tankwa Trek
Canyon Topeak Factory Racing and dormakaba fought their way to very different but equally courageous stage victories on the opening stage of the 2018 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, on Friday the 9th of February. The 83 kilometre long opening stage took in 1900m of climbing and encircled the beautiful Witzenberg Valley; along […]