Casey Brown & Finn Iles take the first wins in Clif Crankworx Summer Series. 1 competition down, 11 more to go, as SilverStar Enduro crowns its champions and lays the foundation for the three-week long fight for the overall. Read More Jul 29, 2020
Competitions Sounds like a big uphill grunt of a climb. Appenninica MTB Parmigiano Reggiano Stage Race starting list keeps filling up with big names. Chris Armstrong Jun 15, 2020 · 2 min read
Competitions EWS rounds 1 & 2 have been postponed until later in the season. Colombia and Chile will take place later this year Chris Armstrong Mar 12, 2020 · 0 min read
Competitions Vogel Partners with Star of the Future When Mathieu van der Poel turned the cycling world on its head by winning cyclocross, road and mountain bike races on the biggest stage, fans were amazed. He also opened the door for a generation of riders who see their futures on the road, in the mountains and boggy fields. Chris Armstrong Mar 10, 2020 · 3 min read
Competitions Jordy Scott is your first women's international Speed & Style Champ. As Jordy Scott (USA) crossed the finish line, her style points boosting her ahead of Vaea Verbeeck (CAN) in the women’s final of the CLIF Speed & Style presented by Mons Royale, it was a win for her and a win for women in the sport. Chris Armstrong Mar 6, 2020 · 3 min read
Competitions Kintner & Strait on top for Dual Slalom. Standing in the finish corral having bested a stacked field of some of the world’s fastest and most skilled riders, Kyle Strait (USA) could still barely believe he’d managed to tame the new 100% Dual Slalom Rotorua track. Chris Armstrong Mar 6, 2020 · 3 min read
Competitions All hail Queen Kintner. She is still faster than you. It was a familiar top step of the podium today at Crankworx Rotorua, with the former King and Queen of the Crankworx World Tour, Sam Blenkinsop (NZL) and Jill Kintner (USA), each stepping back up to take the win today in the Rotorua Air DH presented by Bosch. Chris Armstrong Mar 4, 2020 · 3 min read
Competitions Second best Crankworx started yesterday. Whistlerite 3rd in Enduro. Through sweat and dust, two non-local Kiwis rose to the challenge to take the win in the first event of Crankworx Rotorua 2020. Wellington’s Rae Morrison accomplished total stage domination, while New Plymouth’s Eddie Masters took four out of six stages over the course of the day. Chris Armstrong Mar 1, 2020 · 2 min read
Competitions Emil Jonansson: The next chapter In 2017, during an interview at Red Bull Joyride, Slopestyle legend Brandon Semenuk said that Emil would be “the next unstoppable dude on the circuit.” Chris Armstrong Feb 28, 2020 · 2 min read
Competitions Internazionali d'Italia Series' 2020 season kicks off March 7th. Under the organisation of the Italian MTB Team Coach Mirko Celestino, Andora Race Cup celebrates its second edition with the progression to C1 UCI category. Chris Armstrong Feb 28, 2020 · 2 min read
Competitions Tomáš Slavík was crowned champion of Red Bull Monserrate Cerro Abajo in Bogotá. Tomáš Slavík was crowned champion of Red Bull Monserrate Cerro Abajo in Bogotá, Colombia, billed as the longest downhill race in the world. The Czech rider’s time of 4m 42s proved untouchable, even before torrential rain made it impossible for riders to challenge effectively later in the race. Chris Armstrong Feb 25, 2020 · 2 min read
Competitions Redbull Rampage happened. Semenuk won, all Canadian Podium. Brandon Semenuk hit back from a disappointing 2018 Red Bull Rampage to pull off a brilliant first run in Virgin, Utah and win his third title at the 2019 edition with fellow Canadian Brett Rheeder denied back-to-back wins by just over a point. Here is all you need to know: Chris Armstrong Oct 28, 2019 · 2 min read
Competitions Muddy Faces Thrive on Stage 1 of the FNB W2W Chardonnay The Faces team of Candice Lill and Adelheid Morath got their FNB Wines2Whales title defence off to a winning start on Friday, 25 October. Departing Lourensford Wine Estate in consistent rain, the Elite Women endured a muddy day on the bike, but that did little to dampen Lill and Morath’s spirits... Chris Armstrong Oct 25, 2019 · 3 min read
Competitions Thomas Genon has competed in Rampage 7 times? I need to rewatch. Besides some of the scene’s biggest names, like Andreu Lacondeguy, Brandon Semenuk, Brett Rheeder, Ethan Nell and Rampage veterans like Kyle Strait, Kurt Sorge and Tyler McCaul, Belgian Slopestyle wizard Thomas Genon will be competing in his eighth Red Bull Rampage, where he’s finished within the... Chris Armstrong Oct 22, 2019 · 4 min read
Competitions Cyclo-Cross European Champs next week. In Silvelle di Trebaseleghe, the Italian location in the Padua’s nearbies hosting the UEC Cyclo-cross European Championships on November 9th and 10th, time seems to have stopped to twenty years ago. Chris Armstrong Oct 18, 2019 · 2 min read
Competitions Trans Cascadia: Day 4 When racers woke up on the morning of Day 4, snow could be seen on the ridgelines just barely above camp. Chris Armstrong Oct 2, 2019 · 5 min read
Competitions Trans Cascadia: Day 3 Saturday, Day 3, was move day. The plan was for racers to pedal out of camp from Takhlakh Lake and to pedal into camp at Green River Horse Camp at the end of the day – Mother Nature had other plans. The night before, as Race Director Nick Gibson delivered the details for the following day’s race,... Chris Armstrong Oct 2, 2019 · 4 min read
Competitions Trans Cascadia: Day 1 Racers arrived at basecamp on Wednesday and for those who have never experienced a Trans-Cascadia event, they were in for a bit of a surprise. Chris Armstrong Oct 1, 2019 · 7 min read
Competitions EWS Final in Zermatt. It’s been said before, but the final round of the 2019 Enduro World Series was one for the history books. Chris Armstrong Sep 22, 2019 · 3 min read
Competitions Enduro World Series Northstar. Closest race ever! It’s been said before - but the seventh round of the Enduro World Series has surpassed all others to be declared the tightest race of all time. Chris Armstrong Aug 30, 2019 · 2 min read
Competitions World Championship this weekend at Mont-Sainte-Anne. Good news for all mountain bike fans. Red Bull is going to broadcast the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship 2019 presented by Mercedes-Benz with all races LIVE from Mont-Sainte-Anne (CAN). Chris Armstrong Aug 28, 2019 · 6 min read
Competitions Enduro World Series heads to Northstar for round seven. For the first time this season, Richie Rude (Yeti/Fox Shox Factory Racing Team), Martin Maes (GT Factory Racing) and Sam Hill (Chain Reaction Cycles Mavic) will go head to head in the ultimate clash of the titans. Chris Armstrong Aug 22, 2019 · 2 min read
Competitions Seriously, Jill Kintner is only getting better. A first-time win. A reclamation. Championships awarded. And a Queen, crowned. It was a night of super tight head-to-head battles in the RockShox Ultimate Pump Track Challenge at Crankworx Whistler, ending in celebration and reward after an intense year of racing. Chris Armstrong Aug 16, 2019 · 3 min read
Competitions Jill Kintner may be the best racer to grace the slopes of Whistler. “I know how to race this race,” said a coughing Jill Kintner (USA) from the finish line of the Air DH at Crankworx Whistler. Chris Armstrong Aug 14, 2019 · 1 min read
Competitions Courdurier & Rude take the win in a mucky final day at Whistler EWS. The biggest ever weekend of enduro at Crankworx has wrapped. In total, approximately 848 competitors lined up at the start gates for the Kidsworx Enduro, Bell Canadian Open Enduro 80, and the CamelBak Canadian Open Enduro presented by Specialized (100 and pro categories). Chris Armstrong Aug 12, 2019 · 3 min read