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November 25, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sudety MTB Challenge 2018 course is revealed

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The route for the 2018 Sudety MTB Challenge has been revealed. The event team have been working tirelessly to combine three major changes for the race in 2018. Firstly they wanted to decrease the number of race towns that the race visited, but without compromising the quality of trails in each stage. Secondly the organisation […]

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September 27, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

2017 Sudety MTB Challenge dates announced

The Sudety MTB Challenge has developed a reputation as a classic mountain bike marathon stage race, and has run in central Europe for 12 years. On July 23-28 2017, the 13th edition will start with two options for racers. The Half will comprise of the prologue + 2 stages, and Classic will have a prologue and 5 stages. The […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mountain bike, MTB Challenge, MTN, Poland, Stage Race, Sudety

September 10, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

2015 Sudety MTB Challenge Video

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There’s not much left to say about the Sudety MTB Challenge. We all love it. The trails are what you hope for at a mountain bike stage race. The organisation are caring, efficient, and organised. The racing is hot. And the experience… hard to beat.  

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August 3, 2015 By Robert Matusek Leave a Comment

Sudety MTB Challenge 2015: The final act

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The final act of the Sudety MTB Challenge 2015 has been played. The longest stage of this race led the riders back to the starting point – Stronie Śląskie. Like each stage before – this one was also accompanied by beautiful weather. Racing kicked off in Duszniki Zdrój – a well-known Polish spa town. However […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MTB, Poland, Sudety, Sudety Mountain Bike Challenge

July 27, 2015 By Robert Matusek Leave a Comment

Sudety MTB Challenge 2015: Prologue

Pleasant temperatures around 20 welcomed the contenders in Siena embedded in Kłodzko County of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The kick-off featured a 14km long prologue starting in Siena and ended up in the nearby Stronie Śląskie. The elevation was rather benign and a sort of warm up for what’s in the pipeline for the coming days. […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MTB, Stage Race, Sudety

February 27, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sudety MTB Challenge turns it up to… seven

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The Sudety MTB Challenge is the oldest mountain bike stage race in Central Europe, gathering riders from all over the world. It’s now a classic 7-stage event held in the Sudety mountains, offering unique trails unlike those you would ride in a tamed bike park. There are three distances. CLASSIC for the seasoned mountain bikers: a prologue […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: MTB, no bullshit, Poland, Stage Race, Sudety

September 24, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sudety MTB Challenge 2014 Highlights Video

One mountain bike stage race is not like another, and if you are after a bike racing experience that will take you through different countries, and to places you just might not visit otherwise, then you need to head to Poland. The Sudety MTB Challenge has run for 10 years, and explores the terrain of […]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: MTB, Singletrack, Stage Race, Sudety

July 30, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sudety MTB Challenge 2014 Stage 2: Vuelta a Stronie Slaskie

Stage 2: Vuelta a Stronie Slaskie: What happened? After what felt like a brutal stage yesterday on Stage 1, today was a little friendlier, earning a ‘3’ for difficulty rather than the ‘4’ of yesterday (from a scale of 1-6). What this meant was that the climbs were a little less steep, the descents a […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: MTB, Poland, Stage Race, Sudety

July 28, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sudety MTB Challenge: Prologue and ‘Pure MTB’

The Sudety MTB Challenge has begun, and for a race that promises to be ‘Pure MTB’ and an “Unusual event” plus being “an above average race” I’m surprised more people don’t know about it. Today the Prologue began in the afternoon, one that was forecast to be plagued with rain but in reality just had an […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: MTB, Stage Race, Sudety

January 14, 2014 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Sudety MTB Challenge celebrates 10 Years

Ask a keen mountain biker about international MTB stage races and they will likely list off some of the favourites: ABSA Cape Epic, Transalp, BC Bike Race. Maybe the Crocodile Trophy. There are some that get missed though, a few notables that bury great memories into the minds and MTB souls of those who have […]

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