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August 4, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Welcome to the jungle at La Leyenda del Dorado

La Leyenda del Dorado Colombia MarathonMTB.com

“It has been the best finish of all the Leyendas.” That’s how the Colombian cyclist Juan Jacob Cerón summarised the arrival to Neira on Thursday, August 2nd during the fourth stage of the Leyenda del Dorado 2018. He and Jesús Garzón crossed the finish line in second place in the Open Male category. “It has been the most […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: alban lakata, Bike, la leyenda, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, Stage Race

July 31, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Colombians on top at La Leyenda Stage 1

Related Event: La Leyenda del Dorado, Colombia
La Leyenda del Dorado Colombis MarathonMTB.com

Solid strategy and tactics paid off during the first stage of La Leyenda del Dorado for the riders from Boyacá, Héctor Leonardo Páez and Diego Alfonso Arias, of Team Giant Liv Polimedical, Italy. Catch up on the prologue The pair took the victory on Monday 30th July on the second day of the most important mountain bike race in Colombia, with a time of 2 hours, 54 […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, biking, la leyenda, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, Stage Race, Travel

July 15, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

REVIEWED: OOfos footwer

How exactly can a set of things (jandals, flip flops) or slides help you recover? Typically when we think of recovery, we think of time off our feet, sleeping, adequate nutrition and hydration. But OOfos claim to have created a casual footwear that does help you recover. I was sent a set to test out, as […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: footwear, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Oofos, outside, slides

July 11, 2018 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

Sebastian Jayne tackles the Dolomiti Superbike

Over 4500 people, one of the fastest courses, most of the top professional racers, I think this race is kind of a big deal, might be pretty quick. Sounds fun! Sebastian Jayne from The XC Perspective shares his experience of racing one of Italy’s classic marathons – the Dolomiti Superbike. I’ve raced some pretty ‘big’ […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: cadel evans, Dolomiti, dolomiti superbike, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, Sebastian Jayne, XCM

June 26, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

8 things you should know about the new Canyon Lux

Canyon Lux Alban Lakata

A few months ago we put together a feature on what we could pick up from phots of the new bike Canyon team riders were on. But we still had questions. What was the geometry? What was the travel? The weight? Canyon have just released all that information. There are 6 models of the all-new […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: alban lakata, bikes, Canyon, canyon lux, marathon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, Shimano XTR, sram eagle

June 10, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Out of the jungle and into the highlands

Related Event: Rumble in the Jungle

Stage 1 of the 2018 Rumble in the Jungle took riders from the jungle up to the highlands – and they say this is the easy stage!

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, Jungle, MarathonMTB, outside, rumble in the jungle

May 21, 2018 By Mike Blewitt 2 Comments

Everything you need to know about the Bayview Blast 2018

Related Event: Bayview Blast
Bayview Blast MarathonMTB

The 2018 Bayview Blast is just around the corner! This bike race in south-east Queensland has gone from strength to strength. Best of all, what was a 4-lap race now only relies on two long laps for most of the race, thanks to trail improvements and hard work. The facilities at the Bayview Conservation area […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: bayview blast, biking, Brisbane, how to, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, Queensland, redlands, XCM, xcm series

May 5, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

7 things I have learnt from 10 years of mountain bike stage racing

Justin Maddog Morris and Mike Blewitt - taking a load off before helping to defend Werner's leaders jersey.

It’s 2018 and I have realised it is now more than 10 years since my first mountain bike stage race – BIKE Transalp in 2008, where I raced with Scott Cornish. Interestingly enough Scott was also racing at the Snow Bike Festival in January earlier this year, an altogether different race to the 8 days […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, Stage Racing, Transalp, Travel, XCM

March 22, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Specialized teams lead Cape Epic

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
MarathonMTB Cape Epic

After the 2018 Cape Epic’s longest stage, Team Songo Investec Specialized’s top men’s and women’s teams will both start Thursday’s crucial Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic in the respective category leader’s jerseys. Catch up!: Prologue | Stage One | Stage Two Former five-time winner Christoph Sauser has become a super mentor to the […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: alban lakata, biking, cape epic, Epic, jarolslav kulhavy, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, south africa, Specialized, Stage Race

March 19, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Marathon racers take Cape Epic lead

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Cape Epic MarathonMTB

A race like the Cape Epic won’t be won in the prologue, but Daniel Geismayr and Nicola Rohrbach sure made a point as the Centurion-Vaude team won the first hit out on Table Mountain. Did you see the bike check on Kaufmann’s Centurion?  With a somewhat technical course featuring washed-out corners and steep, tricky climbs, […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: biking, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, nino schurter, outside, south africa, Specialized, Stage Race

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