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October 13, 2013 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Extreme sur Loue – mud surfing in France

Slip, slide and sometimes ride - the Ornans mudfest.

On Sunday 6 October Tim Dunford and Ben Thomas travelled the long journey in the comfort of the Vauxhall Vivaro team van to the Jura region of France to compete in the latest round of UCI Mountain Bike Marathon Series, Extreme Sur Loue. Here’s how they got on. As titles go Extreme-sur-Loue might conjure up […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Geezers, Mud, Ornans, UCI, XCM

October 8, 2012 By Chris Pedder 1 Comment

XCM World Championships 2012 – Periklis and Langvad dominate

Greek racer Ilias Periklis at the finish, 2012 XCM Champion, sporting lucky 13.

“In a hard-fought race over an extremely tough, muddy, slippery course, and run off in near-constant rain, Urs Huber has claimed the title of Marathon World Champion 2012. An unfortunate Christoph Sauser took second after an untimely mechanical left Huber alone in front. Alban Lakata rounded out the podium in third place. In the women’s […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Ornans, XCM Worlds

October 7, 2012 By Chris Pedder 1 Comment

Marathon World Championships Preview

Sauser took the race and Lakata's jersey. It's his for 12 months! Photo: Delius Klasing

With the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships set to kick off in Ornans, France in less than twelve hours, MarathonMTB.com takes a look at those we expect to make the race in the men’s and women’s fields respectively. Men With two former world champions (Alban Lakata and Massimo de Bertolis) and the current world […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: MTB Marathon Worlds, Ornans, Preview

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