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August 20, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Hynek and Stošek win Swiss Epic Stage Two

Kristian Hynek and Martin Stošek won the 2nd stage of the 2020 Swiss Epic, after timing their attack to perfection, climbing away from the rest of the leading group inside the final 10 kilometres. While Future Cycling Northwave won the stage, they could not do enough to unseat the race leaders, SCOTT-SRAM.   Catch up on […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: annika langvad, MarathonMTB, nino schurter, Stage Race, Swiss Epic, Switzerland

August 17, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Men and women to watch at the 2020 Swiss Epic

With Olympic Gold Medallists, multiple World Champions and a host of talented young riders, the Swiss Epic boasts arguably its best ever field this year. The Swiss Epic has always seen a quality field take to the start, with World and National Champions lining up to test themselves at the Swiss mountain bike stage race. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, nino schurter, Stage Race, Swiss Epic, Switzerland

July 1, 2020 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Scott-SRAM to the Swiss Epic

In a year that will be remembered for different reasons by everyone, elite athletes have had a serious shift in their goals. With Tokyo 2020 becoming Tokyo 2021 (maybe?), the Cape Epic being cancelled, and the XCO World Cup being crammed into two months lots of athletes are overhauling their race calendars. With the Swiss […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: epic series, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, nino schurter, scott-sram, Swiss Epic

April 28, 2020 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Maxxis Wide Trail Aspen and Rekon Race

Norco Pioneer Bike MarathonMTB Shimano

Maxxis has recently announced two new additions to their range of cross-country tyres. Anyone who has kept a close eye on the World Cup circuit (ok, in 2019) won’t be overly surprised that Maxxis has released Wide Trail (WT) versions of the Aspen and Rekon Race, in 2.4″ widths. The WT standard is optimised for […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, biking, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, MAxxis Aspen, MTB, nino schurter, rim width, wide trail

March 13, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Cape Epic 2020 Press conference

The race favourites for the Cape Epic gathered at a media conference ahead of the 2020 edition in South Africa.. The traditional Pre-Race Press Conference is characterised by empty platitudes and vague talk of wanting to do well. But Cannondale Factory Racing’s Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini turned convention on its head, declaring outright that they are going “all-in” […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biking, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, nino schurter, south africa

November 28, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Scott-SRAM take the big guns to the Cape Epic

This year SCOTT-SRAM MTB-Racing’s Nino Schurter and Lars Forster stormed to victory in the Absa Cape Epic. After they lost 6 minutes and 45 seconds to a major puncture on Stage 3, many thought it would not be possible for them to win the title. But they raced hard and were agressive – gaining back […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biking, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, nino schurter, scott-sram, Stage Race

March 25, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Cape Epic 2019 – the Finale

Former winners Nino Schurter and Annika Langvad on Sunday completed their objectives of guiding two Absa Cape Epic newbies to victories in the gruelling eight-day race around the Western Cape. Multiple World Champion Schurter and his Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing partner, European Champion Lars Forster, wrapped up a tense week of racing in which they had to […]

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March 22, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Schurter and Forster claw back time at the Cape Epic

Crashes in both the leading teams at the Absa Cape Epic could not unseat either from the top of the overall standings, but the top men did have their lead more than halved during Thursday’s 43km Time Trial stage at Oak Valley. Minor crashes for Annika Langvad from Investec-songo-Specialized, the leading Women’s category team, and […]

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March 20, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Leaders Hat Trick at Cape Epic

The Swiss pairing of Nino Schurter and Lars Forster (Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing) once again left no doubt that they have the strongest legs at the Absa Cape Epic when they picked up their third win in three days on Tuesday. After their tactical masterclass in Monday’s long Stage 1, the Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing pairing used raw power […]

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March 19, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Leaders consolidate at the Cape Epic

Stage 1 of the Absa Cape Epic was a day of consolidation with both the top men and women growing their leads significantly after a tough 111km day which started and finished in Hermanus on Monday. Prologue winners Annika Langvad and Anna van der Breggen (Investec-songo-Specialized) increased their lead in the Women’s race with a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: annika langvad, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, nino schurter, south africa, Stage Race

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