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Four-time Absa Cape Epic winner Karl Platt of Germany and Swiss partner Urs Huber (Bulls) laid down a marker for the week ahead by blitzing the course to win Sunday’s prologue. And in the Women’s category South African Robyn de Groot and her Swedish teammate Jennie Stenerhag (Ascendis Health) gave notice that they will be […]
If you had to name some of the most prominent names in marathon racing from the past decade it would be hard to move Karl Platt from the top of your list. While Urs Huber, Alban Lakata, Christoph Sauser and Stefan Sahm all have their place – Platt has been fast, and successful, for a […]
Thomas Dietsch (Team Bulls) has won for the fourth time in a row, the French marathon championship. During an exciting race of 84km the tall French racer from Alsace raced against strong French competition and secured his overall seventh national title on the marathon distance. The UCI MTB Marathon Series race ran concurrently, and Dietsch came in third […]
In another sweep victory and with Swiss precision Urs Huber (Team Bulls) and compatriot Ariane Kleinhans (Team RE:CM) stormed to victory in a soaking wet Sabie (Mpumalanga South Africa) for the first round of the UCI World Marathon Series and the second leg of the MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan. The in form […]
MMTB: So you have the trauma of getting all of these guys over to every race – do they appreciate it? FS: Yes, for sure. I mean, it’s not a “hey, thankyou” after every single race, but yeah, they definitely appreciate it, and there are situations where your efforts are paid back tenfold. MMTB: What’s […]
MarathonMTB.com correspondant Chris Pedder is on location in Ornans, France, ahead of the UCI Marathon Mountain Bike World Championships. While also working for Team GB, Pedder found time to sit down and talk to one of the the strongest Marathon and Stage Racers around – Karl Platt (Team Bulls) who will be representing Germany at […]
Chris Pedder is on location in Ornans, France, for the UCI Marathon Mountain Bike World Championships. Thomas Dietsch is a long time wearer of the French Marathon Mountain Biking National Champions Jersey, and races for Team Bulls. Previously, Pedder also spoke to Karl Platt about the World Championships, bike racing, and getting time to race […]
