The 2015 MTBA National Cross Country Series kicked off on the dusty single trails of Mt Taylor this past weekend. Mt Taylor sits inland from Lakes Entrance and, as a new location for the National Series, it provided some exciting racing for the first stop of the 2015/16 season. The course was a simple enough […]
The Munga – revisited
Last year shockwaves went around the world, with news that a mountain bike race was offering one million dollars prize money. ‘The Munga‘ immediately captured interest from racers, armchair enthusiasts, and people’s Facebook feeds. How could a race no one had heard of offer so much prize money? Details on the event were scarce, but […]
Transalp announces 2016 route
Related Event: Craft BIKE Transalp
The Transalp MTB stage race is a classic event for mountain bikers in love with mountains. It’s traveres the Alps from North to South, and is a real journey as you race from Germany to Italy, usually… Just a few weeks prior to the official registration start for the 2016 BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma, […]
Hellfire Cup Stage 1: And The Racing Is Tight
Related Event: Hellfire Cup
Designed to attract mountain bikers from all over the country, the Hellfire Cup enters into its 3rd year for 2015. It’s a stage race, but it’s a little different to your average mountain bike stage race. And after you meet event organiser Duncan Giblin, you’ll understand why. First and foremost, the Hellfire Cup is primarily […]
Blair and Bechtel take 2015 Camelbak Highland Fling titles
Related Event: Maverick Series: Camelbak Highland Fling
‘What if’ – A worded construct that, if allowed, can taunt and tease a person. The phrase has remained omnipresent throughout history to play on the minds of those who could smell victory but instead tasted defeat. At times a bike race can be a metaphor for history, or even life in general. A compression […]
Andalucia Bike Race rego open – and Masters Women have a category.
Related Event: Andalucia Bike Race
In Spain, the stage racing season starts early. The Andalucia Bike Race has quickly become more than an early season form finder. It’s high paced, high stakes racing for many of the world’s elite marathon, cross-country and stage racers. The sixth edition of Andalucía Bike Race has opened for registration until the 31st of January […]
Cape to Cape MTB – rewarding the leave pass
Related Event: Cape to Cape
Mitch Wheatley made a move back to mountain biking about a year ago. After a promising start as a junior, the real world took over, including a fair bit of time riding and racing on the road. But the temptation of mountain biking was always there. While Cape to Cape is an excellent event to […]
Cape to Cape 2015 stage 4 – Ward and Mullens victorious
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At last the weather was kind to Cape to Cape racers, with a mild, sunny start to the final stage of the 2015 race at the Colonial Brewery. It was a quick start through a long road stretch, which soon turned to gravel, then rougher double track as riders headed towards the first superb singletrack […]
Crocodile Trophy 2015: Huber takes the stage to Wetherby Station
Related Event: Crocodile Trophy
The overall race leader Urs Huber won his sixth stage at the 21st Crocodile Trophy at Wetherby Station ahead of Denmark’s Soren Nissen, Nicholas Pettina, Brendan Johnston and Ondrej Fojtik. Elite female Sarah White and amateur woman Kristin Endres rode together, still in the overall lead of their respective categories. The penultimate stage of the […]
Cape to Cape 2015 stage 3 sets up exciting finale for the elite men
Related Event: Cape to Cape
We’re three-quarters of the way through Cape to Cape 2015, around the time in any stage race, no matter how long, when cracks begin to appear. There was clearly less concern for things like warm-ups this morning at the race start, some tired faces, and a few racers sporting badly laundered kit shadowed with Margaret […]