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August 18, 2017 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

The Redback time trial – Stage 3

Related Event: The Redback
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I woke this morning on day two of The Redback in Alice Springs to what I thought was a truck reversing into my hotel room. Turns out the wind had blown up overnight and was roaring through the courtyard of the Mercure, shaking the ghost gums and kicking up sand. It brought cooler weather, with […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, desert, marathon mountain bike, mountain bike, Redback, Singletrack, Stage Racing, Time trial

September 15, 2015 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Perskindol Swiss Epic – Prologue

Related Event: Perskindol Swiss Epic
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Stage races come and stage races go. Each promises something different: the Croc Trophy takes you to the wildest Australian outback. Transalp over the most magnificent passes. The Cape Epic offers the ultimate physical challenge. The Perskindol Swiss Epic has a lot going for it, but its point of difference, I’ve quickly realised, is quality. Everything, […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Team Diary Tagged With: Marathon Racing, MarathonMTB, mountain biking, perskindol swiss epic, Stage Racing, Swiss Epic, Switzerland, Time trial

April 19, 2014 By Imogen Smith 1 Comment

Tips for racing a mountain bike time trial

It’s pretty common these days for a mountain bike stage race, even a marathon stage race, to include a short TT leg, usually by way of a prologue. Mountain bike TTs give riders a chance to thrash out some of their nerves, and from a race director’s perspective are useful for sorting out seeding safely, […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: inner critic, Mountain bike time trial, MTB, skinsuits, Stage Race, Time trial

October 26, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Frendo defends his Croc lead with Time Trial victory

Mark Frendo won today’s time trial stage at Laura and increased his  race lead by almost a minute. Race favourite Cory Wallace couldn’t race away from his strongest rival, finishing in third behind Josef Benetseder from Austria. While Liesbeth Hessens again impresses the entire Crocodile Trophy rider field and crew by clocking in the 25th-fastest […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Croc Trophy, FNQ, Laura, MTB, Race, Time trial

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