It was battle royale on the first marathon stage of the 2014 Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek. There was no illusion of a more relaxed day to take in the scenery before tomorrow’s #swartbergshowdown. Speaking of scenery we passed the majestic Redstone Cliffs in the last quarter of the race in the dash towards Calitzdorp. They […]
Bulls score first blood at Cape Pioneer Trek
The dust has settled from the first battle at the 2014 Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek and unsurprisingly the Bulls team have drawn first blood. I saw unsurprisingly, because when you look at their palmares you will notice no shortage of results, notably to the South Africans is a 3rd at this year’s ABSA Cape Epic. […]
Perskindol Swiss Epic 2014 Highlight Video
The 2014 Perskindol Swiss Epic captured the minds of mountain bikers around the globe. Six days of racing in the Valais region, along ancient trails that traversed huge mountains and joined the stage towns of Verbier, Leukerbad, Grachen and of course Zermatt. Matt Page and Stu Spies raced for MarathonMTB.com, and covered the races here: […]
Andalucia Bike Race Prepares for 5th Edition
In a four year life, the Andalucía Bike Race has accomplished significant results that set it as one of the major mountain bike stage races in the World and leader in Spain. Ranked by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a first class event (since 2013), it has shared out €60 000 prize money, hosted […]
Bram Rood wins Dutch XCM Title
This weekend Bram Rood won his first national title mountain bike marathon. After just missing out on the title in 2011 with a second place, this year the KMC-Mitsubishi-Koga rider triumphed. Right from the start of the race, Rood shared the –initially large- lead group with favourites like Lars Boom, Jeroen Boelen and Bas Peeters. […]
Cory Wallace – Future Crocodile Trophy King?
Many of you will be familiar with Cory Wallace – the Canadian woodsman who fells trees in the Yukon in winter, and races his bikes in the summer. The Kona factory rider has been on the up for a long time, increasing the calibre of his wins from year to year. In 2014 alone, Wallace […]
Thomas Dietsch wins 7th French XCM Title
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 […]
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, […]
20th Croc Trophy to Skybury Plantation
The 20th Crocodile Trophy starts in just one month, and there has been a late change to a stage start/finish for the tail end of the race. While it has already been announced that the Croc will finish in Port Douglas, the resort north of Cairns, the stage locations have become just a little bit […]
Record International Field Heading To Cape Pioneer Trek
South Africa is climbing out of winter, and momentum is building for the 2014 Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek mountain bike stage race as almost 400 riders from 15 countries have secured their entries, with a number of top names confirmed on the start list. The seven-day race starts on 12 October 2014, covering a distance of […]