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Wet and wild UCI World Championships.

Sunday at World Championships is traditionally reserved for the world’s best Downhill riders and this year was no different.

Chris Armstrong

Oct 14, 2020 6 min read

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The French sweep Saturday at the UCI Worlds.

Limited visibility, moisture in the air and with the Cross-Country course as challenging as it has been all week, the stage was set for an epic day of World Championship XCO racing in Leogang, Austria, with three races throughout the day; the U23 Women, the Women Elite and Men Elite.

Chris Armstrong

Oct 10, 2020 7 min read

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The Austrian's pulled a couple wins out on the weekend.

Vali Höll and David Trummer share top of the box on home soil, while Brook Macdonald gets loudest cheer of the day in his first race back from injury.

Chris Armstrong

Oct 5, 2020 5 min read

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Crankworx Innsbuck Slopestype: Emil Johansson wins, since Semenuk isn't there.

Slopestyle riders battle tough conditions and stiff competition, with young Swede continuing to dominate.

Chris Armstrong

Oct 2, 2020 4 min read

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Crankworx Innsbruck has started. French seemed to be ready for it.

The French have swept the first day of Crankworx Innsbruck competition. Adrien Loron and Morgane Charre kicked off the day with wins in the Dual Slalom, and the momentum continued in the RockShox Innsbruck Pump Track Challenge.

Chris Armstrong

Oct 2, 2020 3 min read

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Charre & Melamed take the win at EWS Finale Ligure

The Enduro World Series (EWS) concluded in suitably dramatic fashion in Italy today at Bluegrass EWS Finale Ligure.

Chris Armstrong

Sep 26, 2020 2 min read

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It's my all-star EWS fantasy team. Moseley & Vouilloz on top!

Racing doesn’t come tougher than the Vittoria EWS-E Pietra Ligure, so it was only fitting that it should be conquered by two of the sport’s most enduring stars.

Chris Armstrong

Sep 20, 2020 2 min read

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EWS to close out 2020 with final races in Finale Ligure & Pietra Ligure, Italy.

The Enduro World Series (EWS) will conclude its 2020 season with four back-to-back races in Finale Ligure and Pietra Ligure, Italy.

Chris Armstrong

Sep 9, 2020 2 min read

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Castelnovo and the iconic Bismantova Rock await Appenninica

Focus on the stage venues - The town in the province of Reggio Emilia and the beautiful "Rock" in the background are set to host Appenninica MTB Parmigiano Reggiano Stage Race again on September 30th and October 1st

Chris Armstrong

Sep 4, 2020 3 min read

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Zermatt hosts zee first EWS race of the year.

The first Enduro World Series (EWS) race of the year took place in Switzerland this weekend - and in true 2020 fashion, it didn’t come easily.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 31, 2020 3 min read

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Even if it is E-Racing, I'll take it.

History was made beneath the Matterhorn today, when the first ever EWS-E winners were crowned in Switzerland.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 31, 2020 2 min read

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Schurter Forster take the '20 Swiss Epic.

Nino Schurter’s hunger for victories has clearly not been dampened by an absence from racing.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 27, 2020 10 min read

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Schurter & Forster and Langvad & Batten also dominate Queen Stage

There was no stopping Annika Langvad and Haley Batten on Stage 4 of the Swiss Epic. The Specialized – Racing pair continued their Graubünden dominance with a fourth stage win, in as many days.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 27, 2020 8 min read

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Schurter & Forster and Langvad & Batten claim another stage win

The Hörnli Trail was among the many highlights of Stage 3 of the 2020 Swiss Epic. In a day packed with downhill singletracks, around Arosa, it was unsurprising that SCOTT- SRAM’s Nino Schurter and Lars Forster emerged victorious.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 24, 2020 4 min read

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Schurter/Forster and Langvad/Batten take Opening Stage of 2020 Swiss Epic

Graubünden resident, Nino Schurter and his SCOTT-SRAM teammate Lars Forster rode to a dominant stage victory on the opening stage of the 2020 Swiss Epic.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 23, 2020 1 min read

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Overall champions crowned as Sun Peaks Air DH marks final race of three week long CLIF Crankworx Summer Series

Three weeks. 15 competition and practice days. 73 hours on the bike. 167 kilometers raced. 4590 meters descended. It’s been a time. The marathon multi-discipline mountain bike series that brought together 25 of B.C.’s top mountain bike athletes at the end of July wrapped todaywith one final race.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 18, 2020 5 min read

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Canadian National DH Champs, Finn Iles and Vaea Verbeeck, go all-in at Maxxis Sun Peaks DH race.

18 days in to back-to-back-to-back racing and training, B.C.’s best mountain bikers still managed to turn it on when it counted, on a grueling, long and physical track in the Maxxis Sun Peaks DH.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 18, 2020 4 min read

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Verbeeck 3 for 3. #Finduro takes the overall.

Sun Peaks Dual Slalom wraps three weeks of head-to-head action in the CLIF Crankworx Summer Series, and crowns men’s overall champ.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 13, 2020 5 min read

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ALN gets second win in a row, #FINDURO continues to win.

Enduro action in the CLIF Crankworx Summer Series wrapped today, with the final of three Enduros crowning it’s champions at Sun Peaks Resort.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 13, 2020 6 min read

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The beast was back. Mt. 7 Psychosis.

Over 1200 vertical meters. 7.3 kilometers of steep, rough and rocky singletrack. One infamous entrance, and one equally notorious “choking on glass” (credit to Tyler Morland in Seasons) hike-a-bike section. Add 10 years of history and a list of legendary champions, and the renown of the Mt7...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 10, 2020 6 min read

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Cruz and Verbeeck reign supreme in Kicking Horse Dual Slalom amidst "hectic moments"

Rain pushes riders to dig deep, with “bin it or win it” mentality leading to some “hectic moments”.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 7, 2020 4 min read

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CLIF Crankworx Summer Series Kicking Horse Enduro. ALN & #Finnduro are you winners.

“I feel like I’m in the best shape of my life right now,” said Finn Iles after taking three of four stages in the Kicking Horse Enduro today, including the longest stage of the day that followed on the heels of a punishing climb.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 5, 2020 6 min read

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Double Downhill: My rider pool is killing it.

It was a big day for mountain bike fans around the world, with two Downhill races to follow along with, wrapping the action of Week 1 of the CLIF Crankworx Summer Series.

Chris Armstrong

Aug 3, 2020 5 min read

YT Mob comes back with a Gold & Silver from Worlds.

Wet and wild UCI World Championships.

The French sweep Saturday at the UCI Worlds.

The Austrian's pulled a couple wins out on the weekend.

Crankworx Innsbuck Slopestype: Emil Johansson wins, since Semenuk isn't there.

Crankworx Innsbruck has started. French seemed to be ready for it.

Charre & Melamed take the win at EWS Finale Ligure

It's my all-star EWS fantasy team. Moseley & Vouilloz on top!

EWS to close out 2020 with final races in Finale Ligure & Pietra Ligure, Italy.

Castelnovo and the iconic Bismantova Rock await Appenninica

Zermatt hosts zee first EWS race of the year.

Even if it is E-Racing, I'll take it.

Schurter Forster take the '20 Swiss Epic.

Schurter & Forster and Langvad & Batten also dominate Queen Stage

Schurter & Forster and Langvad & Batten claim another stage win

Hynek & Stosek claim first stage win - Langvad & Batten extend overall lead

Schurter/Forster and Langvad/Batten take Opening Stage of 2020 Swiss Epic

Overall champions crowned as Sun Peaks Air DH marks final race of three week long CLIF Crankworx Summer Series

Canadian National DH Champs, Finn Iles and Vaea Verbeeck, go all-in at Maxxis Sun Peaks DH race.

Verbeeck 3 for 3. #Finduro takes the overall.

ALN gets second win in a row, #FINDURO continues to win.

The beast was back. Mt. 7 Psychosis.

Cruz and Verbeeck reign supreme in Kicking Horse Dual Slalom amidst "hectic moments"

CLIF Crankworx Summer Series Kicking Horse Enduro. ALN & #Finnduro are you winners.

Double Downhill: My rider pool is killing it.