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It’s always an experience racing World Championships and this year was no exception. On Thursday British Airways cancelled our flight, we were so close to not making it to the start line but flights rescheduled for Friday we were on route to my 5th Worlds. Over the years I’ve moved up from a starting position […]
On a hot day in southern Germany, well over 200 mountain bikers lined up for the 2017 XCM World Championships in Singen. With two jerseys to race for, the stacked fields in Singen would mean a lot of competition. Add in a blisteringly fast course – and it would be close too. Marathon strong […]
Juri Ragnoli and Elena Gaddoni are now officially “HEROes”. Today, they won the toughest mountain bike marathon in the world, the HERO Südtirol Dolomites. Both were in a class of one’s own on the track around the Sella mountain and the Sassolungo and for both, this victory was a dream come true. OC President Gerhard […]
Almost one year ago I placed an order for a carbon mountain bike wheel set from Light Bicycle. I used their online wheel builder and chose the XC923 asymmetric rims, 28 DT spokes per wheel, and the always reliable DT240 hubs. It was less than two weeks until the wheels were built and delivered to […]
Sabine Spitz is not only a local hero at the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Singen, Germany, but also one of the serious contenders for a medal. Sabine Spitz at 45 is still one of the top women in mountain biking, both cross-country and marathon. The three times Olympic medal winner had several appearances […]
Today, Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) announced who will be in the Australian Team to represent Australia at the 2017 Cross-Country Marathon (XCM) Mountain Bike World Championships, which will be held in Singen, Germany on 24-25 June. The riders who confirmed their selection are: Elite Women Briony Mattocks (NSW) Elite Men Murray Spink (VIC) Michael England […]
Simon Stiebjahn and Urs Huber have caused a stir at the 2017 Ziener BIKE Festival Willingen wrapping up the long distance of the Rocky Mountain BIKE Marathon with a photo finish decision. After 130.04 km and 3,476 metres of climbing in the saddle it was the German to outsprint his Swiss Team Bulls teammate taking […]
In the summer of 2016, a new European stage race was born, and this year the team at MarathonMTB.com couldn’t be more excited. Not since the Swiss Epic launched in 2014 has Europe hosted a new stage race with all the trimmings and all the ingredients for a truly epic experience: a journey through hidden […]
As a semi professional racer I have limited opportunities to travel due to other work commitments, I have limited sponsorship resources, for these and other reasons its crucial to make the most of every race weekend. When issues occur like teammates being ill or bike mechanical it’s incredible frustrating but when race organisers let you and […]
On the 30th April, the 2017 Australian Cross-Country Marathon (XCM) titles were hard-fought at Cape Pallarenda in Townsville, Queensland. The event is due to be held for two consecutive years in Townsville, and the initial course we rode in January had some modifications for race day. With the age group and open races decided on […]
