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June 7, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Paez and Michiels win 1st stage of 2019 Alpentour Trophy

The Alpentour Trophy is a four day mountain bike stage race that calls the Schladming-Dachstein region home. Known for demanding climbs, the racing is pretty hot at the front, given how close the stage race sits to the XCO World Cup. The 2019 edition has attracted a strong line-up with many defending champions putting a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Stage Race, XCM

June 5, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The 20th Malevil Cup is here!

Malevil Cup MarathonMTB

The 20th edition of the legendary Malevil Cup will take place on 8th June 2019. With routes going through the forests of the Lusatian and Zittau Mountains the race will host mountain bikers from all over the world. It is not just European countries but riders from Japan are also registered. There are more than […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: kristian hynek, Malevil, MarathonMTB, XCM

May 24, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Trek and Pivot release new XC bikes

Trek and Pivot have just released updates to their cross-country full-suspension bikes, and the trend towards longer travel, longer reach, slacker head angles and all-round more capable bikes doesn’t look to be slowing down. We think this is another great step, with more companies building bikes that probably suit their world-class riders, but really do […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, new bike, pivot mach 4 sl, top fuel, Trek, XCM

May 7, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Johnston and Mattocks win 15th Convict 100

The Convict 100 mountain bike marathon has now well and truly established itself as a classic and reliable staple on the Australian XCM calendar. The race originally called the Dirt Works Classic was first run in 2004 making it one of the oldest continuously running marathons in Australia. A very similar course has been used […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Andy Blair, Australian MTB, Australian XCM Championships, Brendan Johnston, Briony Mattocks, Convict, Convict 100, Imogen Smith, new south wales, Port to Port, sydney, XCM

April 29, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Sibling rivalry decides Bendigo Golden Triangle Epic whilst Viotto powers away to strong win

The Victorian regional city of Bendigo again put on a show hosting one of the highest regarded XCM races in Australia. In 2019 the marathon has been recognised as a ‘tier 1’ event in the MTBA national cup. Meaning the highest offering of national ranking points was on offer to the riders in the 100km […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Reports Tagged With: Bendigo, bendigo golden triangle epic, Justin Morris, marathon mountain biking, MarathonMTB, MTBA, Nankervis, National Championships, National Series, national xcm, Victoria, XCM

April 25, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Malevil Cup attracts World Champs and Olympians

Malevil Cup MarathonMTB

The 20th edition of the legendary Malevil Cup – UCI MTB marathon series will take place on 8 June 2019. Routes going through the forests of the Lusatian and Zittau Mountains will host mountain bikers from all over the world. At this moment bikers from many European countries but also from United Arab Emirates are […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, Czech Republic, malevil cup, MarathonMTB, UCI, XCM, xcm series

March 19, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Why you should do a multi-lap race.

Multi-lap endurance MTB events were somewhat of a revolution in the mid 2000s as the advent of 24 hour racing, 12 hour and many 8 hour events popped up on the calendar and quickly became very popular. In the years following the marathon discipline grew offering a more invigorating experience for multiple hours on the […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: 24hour, endurance, Hellfire cup, Kellevie 6hour, MTB Tasmania, Tasmania, XCM

March 3, 2019 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Why should I go on a training camp?

Tropical Training Camp Atherton Smithfield Cairns Port Douglas Bump Track MarathonMTB Subaru

Training camps have long been a part of the sport of cycling. At the high performance level and also for the recreational ‘weekend warrior’. But why spend money and time to go to a usually obscure location to ride your bike for a number of days? Wouldn’t spending time in the comforts of your own […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Justin Morris, marathon, MarathonMTB, MTB, Racing, Road Racing, Training, training camp, XCM

February 23, 2019 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Imogen Smith’s Otway Odyssey recap

Otway Odyssey MarathonMTB

I’ve never done the Otway Odyssey – weird, because it’s one of Australia’s best-known races. There’s just always been some clash that’s kept me away in the past, so this year was my first go. A few aspects of the race sounded pretty interesting to me: It’s known for its longclimbs, crazy good singletrack, and […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: biking, Brendan Johnston, holly harris, Imogen Smith, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, otway odyssey, Singletrack, Victoria, XCM

February 5, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Riding through history at the Convict 100

Convict 100 MarathonMTB

Here in Australia, we don’t have the amount of historical paths and routes that fall into everyday use like some parts of the world. While we still have plenty of examples where indigenous routes of travel have become major traffic corridors, we don’t have quite the same connection with the lived history. We don’t have […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: biking, Convict, Convict 100, marathon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, new south wales, XCM

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