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September 23, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Ferrand-Prevot and Paez win 2019 XCM World Championships

The 2019 UCI XCM World Championships started on a clear and crisp day in Graechen, Switzerland. Sitting in the canton of Valais, the area is known for wine, the Matterhorn, being the driest canton – and it should certainly be known for mountain biking. With men taking on a 91km race with about 3800m, the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Switzerland, Valais, World Championships, XCM, XCM Worlds

September 22, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

UCI XCM World Championships Live Stream!

We hope it’s working, but the 2019 UCI XCM World Championships are being streamed live. Follow here and you can also follow us on Instagram for any updates via the feedzone at Kalpetran and from the finish. Not sure what the course is like – check out our preview. The race will be streamed in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: livestream, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Switzerland, UCI, World Championships

July 31, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Australian XCM World Championships Team for 2019 announced

XCM World Championships

Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) have just released the complete team list for the 2019 UCI Cross Country Marathon (XCM) World Championships, which will be taking place in Graechen, in the Valais canton in Switzerland. The team will be made up of five riders in 2019, including two members of the MarathonMTB.com Team. Elite MenJustin MorrisSebastian […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, biking, Imogen Smith, Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, national team, News, Switzerland, World Championships, XCM, XCM Worlds

September 14, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

What’s it like to race XCO World Champs? Imogen Smith reports on Lenzerheide

I may not be an XCO racer most of the time, and on paper my result was nothing to write home about, but unless I suddenly become a rockstar, nothing I do in my life will come close to the exhilaration of racing XCO World Championships in Lenzerheide. So what’s it like racing XCO World […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: lenzerheide, mountain bike, MTB, Racing, World Championships, XCO

September 1, 2018 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

Have you met Ben May?

Ben May MarathonMTB XCM World Championships

Words: Andrew Handyside. Photos: Melissa May The XCM World Championships are nearly upon us and, as any responsible national governing body would do, MTBA have named their athletes who will pull on the green and gold to represent us against the finest the world has to offer. As you know, kitting up for the lads […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Ben May, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, World Championships, XCM Champs

August 15, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

MTBA select 7 Australians for 2018 XCM World Championships

Related Event: 3Epic
XCM World Championships

Last week, Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) published the list of 7 riders who have been selected to represent Australia at the 2018 Cross-Country Marathon (XCM) World Championships in Auronzo di Cadore, Italy, on 15th September. The women’s team is made up of three of Australia’s best mountain bikers. 2018 National XCM Champion Anna Beck will […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3epic, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, UCI, World Championships, xcm world championships

March 2, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

XCM World Championships to Colombia in 2021

XCM World Championships Columbia

The UCI Cross Country Marathon Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships (XCM) is one of the flagship events on the international mountain biking calendar and the team behind La Leyenda del Dorado, Colombia’s premier mountain bike stage race, have recently been awarded the role of organisers of the 2021 edition by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), cycling’s international […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biking, colombia, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, World Championships, XCM

November 7, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

3Epic – 2018 XCM World Championships returns to the mountains

3Epic XCM World Championships mountain bike marathonmtb

After the flat out and fast race in Singen in 2017, the 2018 cross-country marathon (XCM) World Championships head back to the hills. And not just any hills, but to the Italian Dolomites where the race is attached to the 3Epic. The Dolomites have mountains that rise steeply from alpine meadows, towns nestle in the […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 3epic, alban lakata, annika langvad, bici, Dolomites, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, World Championships, XCM

September 3, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

3Epic – 2018 Marathon MTB World Championships preview

3Epic XCM World Championships mountain bike marathonmtb

In 2018 the World Cross-country Mountain Bike Marathon Championships head back to Italy, to a mountainous course in the Dolomites – running alongside the 3Epic event. The 2017 edition has proven to be an excellent preview for the organisers, racers and fans. Italian Samuele Porro (Team Trek Selle San Marco) just won the 2017 edition of the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3epic, Bike, dolomities, Hynek, Kollman, Lüthi, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Porro, UCI, World Championships, XCM Champs

July 1, 2016 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Imogen Smith’s XCM World Championships

Whenever I chat to bike racers who are ready to step away from competition there’s always one aspect of racing that has particularly turned them off the lifestyle. It’s not the sacrifices, the diet, or the training. It’s not the nerves, the uncertainty, or the agony of racing… Nope, it’s the waiting. Days spent in […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: laissac, MarathonMTB, Racing, World Championships, XCM Worlds

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