Competitions

ABSA Cape Epic Stage 1: Platt/Huber looking pretty fast.

The Team Bulls pair of Karl Platt and Urs Huber, along with Cape Epic first-timers Periklis Ilias and Tiago Ferreira (Dolomiti Superbike), went out hard from the start, with the small bunch of four leading practically from start to finish on the 108km Tulbagh to Tulbagh Stage 1. The tactic paid off for Platt and Huber, with the pair claiming victory in a time of 4:32.12,5. Dolomiti Superbike finished third on the day, after a wrong turn towards the end allowed Topeak Ergon Racing's Alban...

Mar 17, 2016

Competitions

ABSA Cape Epic kicks off with Platt/Huber taking the prologue.

Four-time Absa Cape Epic winner Karl Platt of Germany and Swiss partner Urs Huber (Bulls) laid down a marker for the week ahead by blitzing the course to win Sunday's prologue. And in the Women's...

Chris Armstrong

Mar 14, 2016 4 min read

Competitions

Loic Bruni starts the season off on the right foot.

The New Zealand fans were going wild as the Crankworx Rotorua Downhill presented by iXS unfolded Sunday afternoon with three top Kiwi riders making a play for a solid home-crowd podium, until...

Chris Armstrong

Mar 14, 2016 3 min read

Competitions

This just in. Brandon Semenuk is pretty good at bikes.

The man who wrote the book on Slopestyle penned himself a new first, Saturday, as the inaugural winner of the Kelly McGarry Memorial Trophy at Crankworx Rotorua. Brandon SEMENUK's effortless...

Chris Armstrong

Mar 14, 2016 Less than 2 min read

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Long Live The Queen.

Fast trails and a good-time vibe left athletes smiling as they pulled in from a pedal-heavy GIANT Toa Enduro at Crankworx Rotorua, and the whip cranked the crowd into a frenzy to cap the night.

Chris Armstrong

Mar 10, 2016 3 min read

Competitions

Deep Summer packed up and heading to the Shire.

Crankworx is taking its signature photography show, Deep Summer, on the road for the first time ever. Immediately following the Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle, the Deep Summer Rotorua Photo Challenge...

Chris Armstrong

Mar 4, 2016 5 min read

Competitions

Gunn-Rita Dahle is way, way tougher than you.

Mountain Bike legend Gunn-Rita Dahle (Multivan Merida) conquered the first seasonal success at Cyprus Sunshine Cup. The 43-year-old Norwegian gave Northwave a prestigious success in the 4-day MTB...

Chris Armstrong

Feb 29, 2016 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Transalp race going through Bormio. Looks like a worthy stop.

Crossing the Alps – a fantasy, that drives thousands of ambitious cyclists onto the trails to cross Europe's highest mountains using nothing but their own strength. The BIKE Transalp leads bikers...

Chris Armstrong

Feb 9, 2016 3 min read

Competitions

Superenduro releases the 2016 calendar.

With great pleasure and a bit of emotion Superenduro announces the 2016 racing calendar. The choice between the different candidates has not been easy and the staff had to take their time to...

Chris Armstrong

Jan 4, 2016 3 min read

Competitions

Registration for one of the other Crankworx's opens up next month.

Registration to shred the flowy forest trails at Crankworx Rotorua alongside the world's top gravity mountain bike athletes opens in January 2016. Both the Giant Toa Enduro and the Crankworx...

Chris Armstrong

Dec 18, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

We have snow, Europe has Cyclocross.

Third round of Giro d'Italia Ciclocross, third joy for Northwave. In Asolo (Treviso, Northern Italy), the Italian brand celebrated the success of Selle Italia Guerciotti's youngster, Gioele...

Chris Armstrong

Dec 8, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Breck Epic MTB Stage Race. 6 days, 240 miles of XC awesomeness.

The oldest MTB stage race in the US, Summit County's Breck Epic treats riders to 6 days of Colorado's best singletrack. Utilizing a unique cloverleaf format, each stage begins and ends within a mile...

Chris Armstrong

Dec 5, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Joseph Nation & Rae Morrison are your Urge 3 Peaks Enduro champs.

It was an exciting finish to Day 2 of the Urge 3 Peaks Enduro held on Signal Hill, Dunedin, New Zealand, as the Enduro World Series (EWS) riders made their intentions clear by extending their...

Chris Armstrong

Nov 30, 2015 4 min read

Competitions

FMB Amateur Cup Champions 2015.

The FMB AM Cup is designed to give the stars of tomorrow a platform to emerge onto the scene and give upcoming riders real competition experience. This year, two riders claimed the European Cup with...

Chris Armstrong

Nov 3, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Thomas Genon is the best bike jumper, flipper, spinner.

This year was arguably the most competitive FMB World Tour season yet! After countless ground breaking runs have been thrown down, Thomas Genon has triumphed and is now the 2015 FMB World Champion....

Chris Armstrong

Oct 23, 2015 3 min read

Competitions

Red Bull Rampage Kicks off today.

The mountain is calling! Riders are in the desert, digging their ultimate line for the notorious Red Bull Rampage. Thomas Genon, Brett Rheeder and Nicholi Rogatkin are all neck and neck in the FMB...

Chris Armstrong

Oct 15, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Rampage 2015 is coming.

Since the start of the FMB Diamond Series at Crankworx Rotorua, three athletes have been pushing themselves and one another for the top spot on event podiums. Brett Rheeder has dominated the season...

Chris Armstrong

Sep 25, 2015 5 min read

Competitions

Brandon Semenuk finds his grove at Crankworx Whistler.

Behind every cloud is a silver lining, and despite a one day rain delay which forced the postponement of the most highly anticipated event of the week-long Crankworx Whistler festival, Red Bull...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 17, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Rachel Atherton wraps the championship during timed practice at Windham.

The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup’s finals are still ahead of us, but there is already an overall winner: Rachel Atherton is this year’s downhill champion. The Briton was more than nine seconds ahead...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 11, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Moseley & Rude are your Crankworx Canadian Open Enduro champs.

Everyone knows that anything can happen at Crankworx - and the SRAM Canadian Open Enduro Presented by Specialized didn't disappoint. There was heartbreak and elation in equal measure at a dramatic...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 10, 2015 3 min read

Competitions

Crankworx Enduro map released. Ride on lads.

It was released a couple days ago, but here in it's PDF glory is the enduro course for today. Good luck to all the competitors, light sprinkles are going to make it much better. PDF...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 9, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Rain smain. Tyler McCaul takes the Crankworx speed & style win.

After years of battling for another Crankworx win, Tyler McCAUL walked away with a tidy first place finish in the CLIF Bar Dual Speed & Style over friend and rival Kyle Strait. While not enough...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 9, 2015 3 min read

Competitions

Crankworx kicks off with Fat Tire Crit.

Squamish rider Quinn Moberg and Fat Tire Crit super champ Jean Ann Berkenpas take wins July 7, 2015 Whistler, B.C. – A cross-country rider from Valemont, B.C. has proven hat-tricks will be the talk...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 8, 2015 3 min read

Competitions

French Enduro Series: numéro quatre.

This 4th round could have been a corner stone in the 2016 Enduro French Cup rankings and it was indeed the case. On the 310 riders at the start gate, we noticed straight away that Loic Piazon and...

Chris Armstrong

Jul 29, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

The French were fast in France on the weekend.

The Crankworx France vs. The World team captain and current leader in the Crankworx DH Championships, Loic Bruni, seized the win in the Les 2 Alpes downhill race with a commanding lead and a roar...

Crankworx

Jul 13, 2015 3 min read