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October 25, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

2020 UCI XCM World Championships live coverage

The UCI Cross-Country Marathon (XCM) World Championships are Sakarya, Turkey. The course has 3 laps, and after mud at the test event – the sun is out! Start lists are available here. They’re smaller than the last few years, but top heavy with talent.

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June 29, 2015 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

Stepping out of the shadow at Marathon Worlds

This post has been supplied by Australian XCM Champs representative Sarah Riley, tracking her journey from race supporter, to international mountain biker. You can follow Sarah on Twitter: @sarahriley80   The day after the biggest race of my life I am still trying to process the enormity of what I achieved. To finish 46th at […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Liv Cycling, Sarah Riley, Sellaronda Hero, XCMWorlds

June 28, 2015 By Chris Pedder Leave a Comment

Getting it all mixed up at the Sellaronda Hero

  Val Gardena played host to the very top of elite sport this weekend, but to focus entirely on this would be only to tell a small part of the story. For me, the real eponymous “Heroes” of the race can just as well be found in the ranks of the Hobbyfahrer (more on this […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Hero, Sellaronda, Val Gardena, XCM, XCMWorlds

June 26, 2015 By Rachel Fenton Leave a Comment

Ariane Kleinhans: the Swiss mountain goat

Ariane Kleinhans has stood on the top step of the Cape Epic podium, and many South African and Swiss marathon races since beginning her international racing career in 2010. You would think that someone with this racing calibre would have people running around after her at the World Marathon Championships. However, the understated marathon specialist […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: cape epic, Kleinhans, MTB, Specialized, XCMWorlds

July 3, 2013 By Rachel Fenton Leave a Comment

XCM Worlds: Dealing with the Reality Check

I always knew it was going to be tough coming to race the World Marathon Championships with limited time to acclimatise and limited racing time in my legs. The reality was somewhat more of a shock. Most of the top competitors arrive a week or more before and recce the whole course. For me, with […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Cheese, KitzAlpBike, MTB, Surrey, Team GB, XCMWorlds

June 27, 2013 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

2013 Marathon World Championships Preview: Part 2

Where The XCM Worlds changes location every year, and is attached to another successful marathon. This creates variety – but except for a running in Norway, all the other years have been pretty close to one another! As was suggested in Part one though, most top Marathon racers are around the European alpine regions. And so, […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: KitzAlpBike, MTB, XCMWorlds

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