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August 23, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Reflections on the Grand Raid

Related Event: Grand Raid
Grand Raid Switzerland MarathonMTB MTB Ben Thomas

Grand Raid BCVS is arguably the biggest one day classic in mountain bike marathon racing. It’s an event I’ve always wanted to compete in, 125km from Verbier to Grimentz with over 5000m of ascent through the beautiful Swiss mountains. This year was the event’s 28th edition. I don’t get nervous about too many races but […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Ben Thomas, Grand Raid, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Sauser, Swiss, Valais, Verbier, XCM

March 23, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Kulhavy and Sauser take another Cape Epic stage

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic

Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy (Investec-Songo-Specialized) claimed a second consecutive stage win at the 2017 Absa Cape Epic, and at the same time managed to eat into the time gap of the overall leaders, Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory Racing XC). Second on Stage 3, which ended in a sprint finish, were Nino […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Sauser, south africa, Specialized

March 22, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sauser and Kulhavy claim shortened Stage 2 at Cape Epic

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Cape Epic MarathonMTB

With intensely high temperatures experienced for the Absa Cape Epic Prologue and Stage 1, race organisers made the difficult decision to cut Stage 2 by 40km, leaving riders racing 62km instead of 102km. “This is a big decision for us and we have never done it before in 14 years of staging the race, but […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: cadel evans, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Sauser, south africa, Specialized

December 3, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sauser set to pin a number on at the Cape Epic

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Sauser and Kulhavy to race Cape Epic MTB stage race

On the back of news that both Cadel Evans and George Hincapie will be racing the 2017 Cape Epic, we’ve now heard that Cape Epic legend Christoph Sauser will be back at the race in 2017 – despite retiring in 2015. What’s more, Sauser will be racing with Jaroslav Kulhavy, and they’re not coming to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cape epic, Kulhavy, MarathonMTB, MTB, Sauser, south africa, Specialized, Stage Race

January 18, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The best value mountain bike stage races

Mountain bike racing and riding can take you around the globe. I have used mountain biking as an excuse to travel for about 10 years, thanks to a highly infectious travel bug bite after a long around the world adventure when I was 6. And sure, while I’m away from home I long for my […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Breck Epic, cape epic, MarathonMTB, Mongolia Bike Challenge, mountain bike stage race, Sauser, Stage Race, stage races, Swiss Epic, the pioneer, value

June 27, 2015 By Mike Blewitt 4 Comments

Lakata and Dahle-Flesja take 2015 XCM Championships

Photos by Wisthaler/Freddy Planinkschek/SellarondaHero FORGET THE WORDS – GIVE ME THE RESULTS LINK! On a crisp summer’s day in the beautiful Val Gardena, the world’s elite assembled. Cool air was puntuated by the whir of tyres on rollers, the smell of pine and alpine flowers was punctuated by the aroma of embrocation. June 27th was […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Lakata, Sauser, Sellaronda Hero, UCI, XCM

June 21, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Hofer wins the battle, Ragnoli wins the Four Peaks war

The Bike Four Peaks has finished brilliantly for the Scott team, with Franz Hofer (ITA) claiming victory on the final stage. The Team Scott racer mastered the 71.15km and 2,122 metres of climbing from Nassfeld/Troepolach to Weissensee in 2:57.22,1 hours with Texpa-Simplon athletes Christian Schneidawind (GER, +4,5s), Wolfgang Mayer (GER, +4,7s) and Matthias Leisling (GER, +5,4s) to second, […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike4Peaks, MTB, Sauser, Scott bikes, Stage Race

June 20, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sauser snares stage 3 at Bike Four Peaks

Defending champion Christoph Sauser (SU) has claimed victory on the queens stage of the Protective BIKE Four Peaks today. The Specialized Racing athlete mastered the 59.25km and 2,421m from Hermagor to Nassfeld/Troepolach in 2:49.38,2 edging off overall leading Juri Ragnoli (ITA) of Team Scott in a sprint duel to the second rank (+ 0,4s). Uwe […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike4Peaks, Sauser, Stage Race

June 18, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Juri Ragnoli upsets the Four Peaks hierarchy

Italian Juri Ragnoli ruffled his international competition at the Protective BIKE Four Peaks on the opening stage of the four-day race. The racer of Team Scott mastered the course around Bad Kleinkirchheim (49.63km, 2,349m) in 2:29.54,1 hours and relegated defending champion Christoph Sauser (SUI) of Specialized Racing with an advantage of 4.43,1 minutes to the second rank […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike4Peaks, Sauser, Stage Race

June 17, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

800 mountain bikers set to try to beat Christoph Sauser at Bike4Peaks

Related Event: Protective Bike 4 Peaks

On June 17, the 3rd Protective BIKE Four Peaks will kick off in Bad Kleinkirchheim. It’s the first time ever the four-day event, which took place in Salzburg and Tyrol the last two years, will be staged almost exclusively in Carinthia. 800 participants from almost 30 countries, including hundreds of amateurs and several pro riders, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike4Peaks, Sauser, Stage Race, XCM

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