Juri Ragnoli and Elena Gaddoni are now officially “HEROes”. Today, they won the toughest mountain bike marathon in the world, the HERO Südtirol Dolomites. Both were in a class of one’s own on the track around the Sella mountain and the Sassolungo and for both, this victory was a dream come true. OC President Gerhard […]
HERO registrations open next week
Related Event: Sellaronda Hero
Few races have soared to such a height in a short period, but the Sellaronda Hero is one such race. In a few short years, the epic mountain bike race based out of Selva Val Gardena has held the World Championships, attracted countless superstars, and built into a whole mountain bike festival. With two routes […]
Bigham and Paez repeat at Sellaronda Hero
Related Event: Sellaronda Hero
Leonardo Paez has triumphed in the seventh Sellaronda Hero in the Südtirol Dolomites: the mountain biker from the Olympia Polimedical team won in the 86 kilometre race (making it the fourh time he has won the race), leaving Markus Kaufmann from team RJC Ravensburg in second and third home was Daniele Mensi from Top Race Team ASD. In […]
Getting it all mixed up at the Sellaronda Hero
Val Gardena played host to the very top of elite sport this weekend, but to focus entirely on this would be only to tell a small part of the story. For me, the real eponymous “Heroes” of the race can just as well be found in the ranks of the Hobbyfahrer (more on this […]
Bike Check: Rachel Fenton’s Open
Related Event: XCM World Champioships: Sellaronda Hero
Take a look at the Open hardtail that British racer Rachel Fenton will be piloting at the 2015 XCM World Championships. In contrast to professional racers who have access to a whole stable of bikes suited to particular courses, we privateers have to pick one bike to rule them all (unless we are lucky enough […]
Italian National Team training in the Val Gardena
“We wish to leave no stone untouched” These the words of Hubert Pallhuber, the head coach of the Italian national team and himself a world XCO champion in 1997. “We are here to carry out detailed preparations to best face the many different sections of the race. In this way we hope that all will turn […]
Sellaronda Hero set for 2015
On 27 June 2015, the winners of the men’s and women’s categories of the Südtirol Sellaronda HERO will proudly wear the rainbow jersey awarded by the UCI for the marathon category. 4,015 mountaint bikers will compete, half of them from outside Italy, representing 50 countries and 5 continents. The Sellaronda Hero follows a truly epic route in the Dolomites, […]
Sellaronda Hero – 2014 Highlights video
The Sellaronda Hero has quickly become one of the most popular marathon races in Europe, for amateur riders and elite. With over 4000 starters, and a course that loops around the Sella group, it has been a World Series Marathon event, and in 2015 will be the Marathon World Championship. In 2014, the races were […]