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August 11, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Reef to Reef stage three

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Stage three of Reef to Reef and we’re back. After all the challenges of the last fortnight or so (so sick!), Mike and I finally woke up feeling good. And excited. And not sick! Want to catch up? Check out our reports from Stage 1 and Stage 2 Today was the Queen Stage of the […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Bike, camelbak, Imogen Smith, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, port douglas, Queen Stage, reef to reef, Ride Cairns, Stage Racing, XCM

August 10, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Reef to Reef Stage Two

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After having such a great time yesterday, Mike and I had a pretty average recovery and a revival of dodgy sick symptoms (me especially) and decided (excruciatingly) that it would be wise to sit the second day of Reef to Reef out. This nearly broke our hearts, especially when people started returning from the stage […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Cairns, Davies Creek, ExploreTNQ, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, reef to reef, Ride Cairns, Stage Race

September 18, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Stage 3 of the Crocodile Trophy shocks the field

Related Event: Crocodile Trophy
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Waking on the blustery shores of Lake Tinaroo today was pretty special. The Crocodile Trophy is many things – but it’s often known for the wrong things. Much commentary online has been made about yesterday’s stage and a mistake with course marking – where vehicles couldn’t access the middle section of the course. Few of […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, Crocodile Trophy, erik dekker, mountain bike, Ride Cairns, Stage Race, XCM

September 16, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bouchard and Smith light up the Crocodile Trophy

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For 2017 the Crocodile Trophy moved to new dates, bringing the race forward to September instead of the traditional date in October. It was hoped that some riders would stay on after the recent World Championships. And while not many did, today it was Haley Smith and Leandre Bouchard from Canada who backed up their […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, Crocodile Trophy, erik dekker, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Ride Cairns

October 26, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Catching up with the 2016 Crocodile Trophy

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It’s Wednesday, and the 2016 Crocodile Trophy has been going for four days, and racers are into the 5th day. So far we can see that the Swiss Bull, Urs Huber, is super strong, but Belgian Sebastien Carabin is marking him when he can. The women’s race has been up and down, with the mountain […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Croc, Crocodile Trophy, marathonmtn, MTB, Ride Cairns, Stage Race

July 10, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Ride Cairns app launches for Tropical North Queensland

One of the hardest things about visiting somewhere new for a riding holiday, or training ahead of an event, is finding the trails! You can be tantalisingly close, and just miss them. Or even worse, you might find them, but always wonder – did you ride the best trails? Of course, if you ride with a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ride Cairns, RRR, TNQ

October 28, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Smith and Saw Champions of the 20th Crocodile Trophy

Bump Track

Imogen Smith and Greg Saw are the Elite Champions of the 2014 Crocodile Trophy. The 20th edition of the hardest mountain bike stage race in the world finished today at the breathtakingly beautiful Four Mile Beach in Port Douglas. The final stage was a time trial race from Weatherby Station via the infamous Bump Track […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Croc, MTB, Ride Cairns, Stage Race, UCI

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