The hub for marathon mountain biking
The Hellfire Cup now in it’s 5th year has quickly become a staple in the Australian MTB stage race calendar. Always attracting a high quality field of racers from across the country. The race is located an easy 45minute drive from the island’s growing major city Hobart meaning logistics and access is very straightforward. The […]
With the Australian XCM Championships arriving in Derby, Tasmania for the second year running, it was another time when racing would run over both days of the weekend. As such, Masters racing and other non-elite categories races today on the Saturday. Given the dry summer season the trails in Derby were dusty and in prime […]
Last week, Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA), announced the schedule for the upcoming 2016 Australian XCM Championships in Derby, Tasmania. In 2014, MTBA committed to holding the race in Derby for two consecutive years. Last year, the rugged course on the Blue Derby trail crowned Brendan Johnston and Jenny Blair as Australian National Champions. In 2016, […]
Hmm. “So what you’re saying is that I have to do the four laps on my own? I can’t just do 2?” That was the question I had to pose during the downtime between Stage 1 and 2 this afternoon. After having a fantastic ride this morning on the opening 25km stage of the 2015 […]
Designed to attract mountain bikers from all over the country, the Hellfire Cup enters into its 3rd year for 2015. It’s a stage race, but it’s a little different to your average mountain bike stage race. And after you meet event organiser Duncan Giblin, you’ll understand why. First and foremost, the Hellfire Cup is primarily […]
All photos by Oliver King. The launch of the Blue Derby trails in North East Tasmania have received a lot of attention, and that is completely justified. The development of the trail network there has been made in the hope of rejuvenating the town and surrounding communities that have shrunk since mining stopped and forestry […]
It’s very hard to write-up a stage race – so much happens within each stage that putting it all together makes for such a huge long list of events that it’s impossible to get the ‘feel’ for the event. Instead of writing up a blow-by-blow account of who won what, and who punctured when, let’s leave […]
Stage 6 of the Avantiplus Hellfire Cup is an optional night event at the end of Day 3 – it’s an XC dash for cash over 9km. This has the first man and woman across the line racing for $1,000 each from Laser Electrical and bragging rights as the King & Queen of Kellevie for […]
The time trial course on day 3 starts after riders roll out of the village in a 6km cruise stage to the time trial start on the Marchweil property. Special access to the stunning private property has been arranged for the Hellfire Cup which follows the coast and is below the event’s namesake Hellfire Bluff. The […]
Clear skies and dry trails greeted riders for Stage 1 of the Hellfire Cup. It was a very different vibe in the race village this year from last, and the relief of race organiser Duncan was palpable! All the work put into the local trails was finally going to pay off – with the riders […]
