A small town called Evolène situated within the Valais area of Switzerland and Pennine Alps hosts a marathon event called Raid Evolenard. This past weekend was my opportunity to discover why this event comes with such enthusiastic recommendations, attracts such a star studied line-up, has hosted numerous Swiss National Championships and has been awarded European […]
Escaping winter at the Ashburton 6h
It’s a famous phrase – “the winter of my discontent” – reiterated and echoed on an annual basis with surprise each time that the inevitable does return. Short daylight hours barely exceeding the time spent at work, cold driving rain, grey skies – it’s a time of year better suited to books and hot chocolate than to […]
Racing a Classic: the Coppermine
Before the days of Trailforks, finding an epic trail was all about distant magazine articles. One of the most lauded trails was the Dun Mountain loop, a short back-country loop based out of Nelson, New Zealand. Like many of New Zealand’s back country rides, it follows an historic route through the hills, tracing the old […]
Backcountry Beauty: The St James Epic
The St James is a loose name for a backcountry area of New Zealand’s south island around the headwaters of the Waiau river, spanning from the alpine divide down towards the Hanmer Plain. In the 1990s, the New Zealand Government purchased the area from the landholders for a tidy sum of $40,000,000. Given that this […]
Tiago Ferreira Chasing Andalucia Bike Race Podium
Related Event: Andalucia Bike Race
Tiago Ferreira, twice winner of Andalucía Bike Race presented by Shimano comes back this year to contend for the final podium again. The portuguese is the current European MTB Marathon (XCM) Champion and World’s runner-up, title he won in 2016. Twice winner of Andalucía Bike Race presented by Shimano consecutively, in 2016 in team format […]
Getting Volcanic at the Craters Classic
Taupo is located on the verge of the gorgeous 80km Lake Taupo. While serene and beautiful, it hides a secret: the lake is actually the caldera of a supermassive volcano. Sitting astride the Taupo volcanic zone, the area is a volcanic hot-spot. The Craters Classic is a race adjacent the Carters of the Moon – […]
Transylvanian Experience: Faget UCI XCM Series
Related Event: Faget Marathon - UCI XCM Series
As a semi professional racer I have limited opportunities to travel due to other work commitments, I have limited sponsorship resources, for these and other reasons its crucial to make the most of every race weekend. When issues occur like teammates being ill or bike mechanical it’s incredible frustrating but when race organisers let you and […]
Flinging into the deep end at the Highland Fling
Related Event: Camelbak Highland Fling
Photos by Zoe Binder and Richie Tyler The Australian marathon mountain bike calendar has swollen to bursting point, and not every event cuts it. But the Highland Fling has always been amongst the biggest and the best in the country. Rolling into Bundanoon yesterday afternoon, it was easy to be reminded why. Racers and their […]
Discovering Regional Australia via the Evocities Series
The Evocoties MTB Series arrived in 2015, linking some fantastic pre-existing events and a couple of new ones, in New South Wales Evocities. The events were linked as a way to draw mountain bikers to NSW’s regional towns, to experience the hospitality, what the local MTB clubs could offer, and some fantastic trails. But, what […]
Volcat GP to see 700 participants take to Catalan Hills this Easter
Related Event: Volcat GP
This Easter weekend, 25 – 27 March, the Spanish Catalan Hills will host the 3 day UCI category 2 Volcat GP. This year the town of Igualada will host all 3 stages making it logistically easier for participants. Whilst the Elite race competes for UCI points as individuals the open race is run as a […]