This is my first ever season racing U23/Elite, therefore my first ever season racing full marathon distance. So let’s start with a 5 day marathon, the Tour of Portugal. In for a penny, in for a pound! It’s not going to be a problem though cos’ I’ve got Juul van Loon in my corner. What […]
Roc Laissagais: A Picture Postcard
Related Event: Roc Laissagais - UCI XCM Series
Almost a year on from UCI World Marathon Championships the top marathon racers returned to Roc Laissagais, the first European round of the 2017 UCI World Marathon Series. This year was the 26th edition of the event and there was a variety of distances available for all ages, disciplines and abilities. The kid’s races are […]
MTB legends reveal background to 5 person podium
Have you ever wondered why UCI World Cup mountain bike events have a five-person podium instead of the traditional three? When we look at just about any road or cyclocross event, it’s just a 3 person podium. So why are there 5 steps on a World Cup podium? Two legendary riders taking part in the […]
Cory Wallace’s take on El Reto del Quetzal
Every day at the El Reto del Quetzal stage race across central Guatemala had a memorable theme to it. Guatemala is a special country and the event is a top tier race with its organisation, challenging courses and amazing topography. It’s pretty rad they can link together so many cool trails, dirt roads and random steps […]
Stenerhag targets success at Liberty Winelands Encounter
Newly crowned Cape Epic champion Jennie Stenerhag is gearing up for what she believes will be another world-class experience at the Liberty Winelands Encounter. The 41-year-old Swedish ace partnered Swiss rider Esther Süss to victory in the Epic at the weekend and will now switch her focus to the three-day Winelands race, presented by STANLIB, […]
Course preview: Australian XCM Championships in Townsville
Related Event: Australian XCM Championships
Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to visit Townsville to take a look at the proposed course for the 2017 and 2018 Mountain Bike Cross-Country Marathon (XCM) Championship, which is to be held on the last weekend of April this year in conjunction with the Townsville Mtb Festival. When the venue was announced, I […]
Scott-SRAM consolidate at Cape Epic
The Olympic and world mountain bike champion Nino Schurter (SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing) continued his march towards a first Absa Cape Epic title with another stage win at the 2017 event. Schurter and teammate Matthias Stirnemann were comfortable throughout Stage 6, winning ahead of South African Max Knox and his Colombian parter Hector Paez (Kansai Plascon). […]
Cape Epic live stream
Follow the 2017 Absa Cape Epic live – right here. Catch up on Stage Five and tune in! Watch that action live, as a replay here – or head straight to the results. Cape Epic Stage 6 Route Preview Elgin-Elgin Distance: 103km Altitude gain: 2 750m THE QUEEN STAGE When veterans of the Absa Cape Epic were […]
Scott-SRAM dominate Cape Epic stage
Race debutants Andri Frischknecht and Michiel Van der Heijden (SCOTT-SRAM Young Guns), with a whole lot of help from 2016 Olympic champion Nino Schurter and partner Matthias Stirnemann (SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing), ruled the day on Stage 4 of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. The SCOTT-SRAM Young Guns crossed the line first in a time of […]
Smoove chain lube lands in Australia
With all eyes this week focused on the Cape Epic in South Africa, Lead Out Sports has announced it has been appointed as the exclusive distributor of Smoove universal chain lube for the Australian market. In only two years Smoove has taken a 60% share of the South African lube market, an unheard of statistic in […]