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Wilier-Pirelli flawless in victory at Absa Cape Epic Stage 6.
Fabian Rabensteiner and Wout Alleman (Wilier-Pirelli) rode an absolutely flawless race to win Stage 6 of the Absa Cape Epic.
Mar 28, 2022
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Fabian Rabensteiner and Wout Alleman (Wilier-Pirelli) rode an absolutely flawless race to win Stage 6 of the Absa Cape Epic.
Mar 28, 2022
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South Africa's Marco Joubert and Pieter du Toit (Imbuko {Type} DEV) won the 115km Stage 5 of the Absa Cape Epic after a thrilling break 70km into the stage from Greyton to Stellenbosch.
Mar 26, 2022
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Robyn de Groot and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (BMC MTB Racing) rode a blemish-free ride on Stage 4 in the CM.com Women's category at the Absa Cape Epic to win their third stage of the event.
Mar 25, 2022
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Matt Beers and Christopher Blevins (Toyota-NinetyOne-Specialized) won Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic with an unintentionally brilliant tactical finish to the 82km stage.
Mar 25, 2022
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Defending champion Matt Beers (Toyota-NinetyOne-Specialized) started Stage 3 of the Absa Cape Epic with an explosion of high-octane mountain biking.
Mar 25, 2022
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XCO Mountain Bike World Champion Nino Schurter and partner Lars Forster (SCOTT-SRAM) finally came to the party at the 2022 Absa Cape Epic.
Mar 25, 2022
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Absa Cape Epic Press Release For Immediate DistributionNinetyOne-songo-Specialized race into Orange.The CM.com Women's category racing on Stage 1 of the Absa Cape Epic was like a ding-dong football match where both teams forget to defend, so frequently did the lead change hands on the day. After a thrilling day on the trails, NinetyOne-songo-Specialized (Sofía Gómez Villafane and Haley Batten) claimed the stage and moved into the overall lead, and in so doing secured the orange leader jerseys...
Mar 24, 2022
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Andreas Seewald and Martin Stošek (Canyon Northwave MTB) won the 92km Stage 1 of the Absa Cape Epic with a controlled, well-paced ride from start to finish and claimed the Men's category leader jerseys in the process.
Mar 24, 2022
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Debutant Pauline Ferrand-Prévot of France and South African partner Robyn de Groot (BMC MTB Racing) served notice to the rest of the CM.com Women's category at the 2022 Absa Cape Epic with a commanding performance in the Prologue on Sunday, 20 March.
Mar 21, 2022
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Defending Absa Cape Epic Champion Matt Beers did not come to the 2022 edition to play.
Mar 20, 2022
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As female riders continue to progress the sport of mountain biking at an exponential rate, the Freeride Mountain Bike Association (FMBA) is proud to announce the addition of the FMB World Tour Women’s Division and Red Bull Best Line Women’s Contest this 2022 season.
Mar 17, 2022
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The last stage of the Mediterranean Epic had all the ingredients that have made the race world famous. But concentrated in only 49 km.
Feb 28, 2022
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Starting at the Concha beach in Oropesa del Mar , this 3rd stage of the Mediterranean Epic 2022 was presented as the queen stage of the race due to its distance, 93 km with almost 1,700 meters of positive elevation gain.
Feb 28, 2022
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The Mediterranean Epic 2022 has moved to Castellón to live its most intense stage.
Feb 26, 2022
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Andreas Seewald, current XCM world champion and holder of number 1, had a very intelligent time trial, dosing himself in the first half to give everything in the final stretch and reduce a disadvantage that became too much.
Feb 24, 2022
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In 2021, the Absa Cape Epic was dominated by Sina Frei and Laura Stigger. The pair raced to eight wins in a row and the overall title; but their victory was no walk in the park, due to the pairing of Candice Lill and Mariske Strauss who claimed second overall and first in the Absa African Women’s jersey competition.
Feb 14, 2022
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Vaea Verbeeck and Bas van Steenbergen clock fastest times in Cardrona Air DH, with van Steenbergen claiming new track record
Dec 17, 2021
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An extraordinary frame of public exalted the stars of world cyclocross in Vermiglio (Trentino) in the first ever World Cup stage held on a completely snow-covered circuit. The Belgian dominated among men, Van Empel rules the Women’s field ahead of Vos.
Dec 13, 2021
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The 2022 Absa Cape Epic returns to three of South African mountain biking’s most storied destinations on its 657-kilometre trail to Val de Vie.
Dec 8, 2021
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Day of epic celebrations wraps Crankworx Rotorua 2021, with Slopestyle winners crowned and King and Queen of Crankworx rewarded
Nov 8, 2021
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It started with Pump Track in the sun and ended with Dual Slalom in the sludge and athletes grinning ear to ear.
Nov 8, 2021
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Style, progression, speed, and good times with the Crankworx Family - it’s all set to go down as the final stop of the Crankworx World Tour takes shape.
Nov 2, 2021
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Sina Frei of Switzerland and Laura Stigger of Austria (NinetyOne-songo-Specialized) have wrapped up the 2021 Absa Cape Epic in utmost style as they lead the race from start to finish, winning the overall title at Val de Vie today.
Oct 26, 2021
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South African Marathon Champion Matt Beers and French mountain biker Jordan Sarrou – the 2020 cross-country World Champion – won the 2021 Absa Cape Epic today at Val de Vie.
Oct 26, 2021
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Martin Frey and Simon Stiebjahn won Stage 6 of the Absa Cape Epic in Wellington today. It was the first stage win for the BULLS 2 pair at the 2021 event. The stage win for Stiebjahn was his first in eight Absa Cape Epic appearances.
Oct 24, 2021
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Hans Becking (Holland) and José Dias (Portugal) of Buff Scott MTB claimed another stage victory at the 2021 Absa Cape Epic, following up their Stage 4 triumph with an equally impressive display to claim the 84km Stage 5 in Wellington.
Oct 24, 2021
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The Dutch-Portuguese pairing of Hans Becking and José Dias, riding in the colours of Buff Scott MTB, rode a flawless race to win Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic. The stage was a 73km rapid-fire race from Saronsberg, Tulbagh to Goudini Spa in the Slanghoek Valley.
Oct 21, 2021
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Sina Frei and Laura Stigger (NinetyOne-songo-Specialized) won Stage 3 of the Absa Cape Epic in Tulbagh today, continuing their commanding march towards overall glory.
Oct 21, 2021
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The NinetyOne-songo-Specialized team of Sina Frei and Laura Stigger made it three wins from three so far at the 2021 Absa Cape Epic, winning Stage 2 today ahead of Robyn de Groot and Ariane Lüthi (Salusmed).
Oct 19, 2021
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Absa Cape Epic newbies, Sina Frei and Laura Stigger (NinetyOne-songo-Specialized), blitzed Stage 1 in the Elite women’s race, today.
Oct 18, 2021
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Canadian holds off compatriot Sorge with Boggs third down steep Utah course.
Oct 18, 2021
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After a pandemic-enforced hiatus, the Absa Cape Epic, widely regarded as the world’s premier mountain bike stage race, returned to action in fine style in Cape Town today with the 20km Prologue ahead of seven days of marathon mountain biking.
Oct 18, 2021
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Craig Beech, John Gale, Mike Nixon and Hannele Steyn have been ever-present at the Absa Cape Epic.
Oct 14, 2021
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“We are all here as a community to do what we love, crank the pedals, smash the burms, and high-five all the efforts of each and every human achievement in the “Ultimate Singletrack Experience!” - Andreas Hestler
Oct 11, 2021
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The penultimate day of BC Bike Race 2021 was concluded in a wicked-fast fashion on the buff and relentless trails of Campbell Mountain, Penticton.
Oct 8, 2021
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Today’s race was fast, furious, and ferocious.
Oct 7, 2021
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After several perfect Okanagan days, the BC Bike Race route headed high into the alpine of Apex Mountain Ski Resort for a slight change of scenery.
Oct 6, 2021
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Today’s race in Summerland was composed of two-timed stages.
Oct 5, 2021
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Andrew L’Esperance and Laurie Arseneault throw down and win, Day 1 of the BCBR
Oct 4, 2021
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Swedish rider on track for Triple Crown of Slopestyle with win at Title Slopestyle presented by CLIF at Stop 3 of Crankworx B.C.
Oct 3, 2021
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Riders say fast starts and sweet spot in sticky right hander key to success in RockShox Pump Track Challenge SilverStar.
Oct 3, 2021
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Suffering and celebration comingle at the base of Mt7 in Golden, as the storied Psychosis race crowns its two newest champions.
Oct 2, 2021
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Crankworx Downhill Sun Peaks wraps action at first stop of Crankworx B.C., with Verbeeck and Bas van Steenbergen taking lead in overall.
Sep 27, 2021
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The new Dual Slalom track in Sun Peaks has now officially been christened.
Sep 27, 2021
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As the EWS enters the last chapter of the season the intensity of the racing always ramps up - and true to form round seven in Crans-Montana proved to be as intense as they come.
Sep 14, 2021
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A new chapter for UK enduro
Sep 14, 2021
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Summer in the Southern Hemisphere is about to get next-level.
Sep 8, 2021
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Check out the first day of HANGTIME !
Sep 6, 2021
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Round six of the 2021 Enduro World Series, Michelin EWS Loudenvielle, was full of plot twists and drama that played out amongst the French Pyrenees.
Sep 6, 2021
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19 months after it last wrapped, and six months after it was originally scheduled to run, the wait is almost over. Crankworx is set to make its triumphant return to its Southern Hemisphere home in Rotorua, November 1-7, 2021.
Sep 1, 2021
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The opening stage of the 2021 Swiss Epic showcases the summer attractions of one of the world’s most celebrated winter sport destinations, St. Moritz.
Aug 30, 2021
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The wait is now officially over: on Wednesday, August 25th, Val di Sole was back to breathing the air of great mountain bike events after two years, and the challenge offered by the riders in the opening Team Relay certainly did not disappoint the expectations, and bodes very well for what’s next to come in Daolasa di Commezzadura, Trentino.
Aug 25, 2021
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Sweden's Emil Johansson continued his dominant streak in competition, leaving the 21 remaining riders at the inaugural Red Bull Copenride in Copenhagen to compete for silver in the weather-affected competition.
Aug 18, 2021
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Briton Bernard Kerr was crowned champion of Red Bull Hardline 2021 for a record third victory on Sunday with an incredible time of 2.33.533 as he flew down the world's toughest downhill mountain bike course in Dyfi Valley, North Wales.
Jul 26, 2021
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Riders started their pursuit for glory on Saturday night with the Pro Stage, where it was Richie Rude (Yeti/Fox Factory Team) and Andreane Lanthier Nadeau (Rocky Mountain Race Face Enduro Team) who raced to victory and set the scene for an intense showdown on Sunday’s four stages.
Jul 12, 2021
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In a season where the racing only seems to get closer, Vittoria EWS La Thuile continued the theme by serving up a race that went down to the wire.
Jul 8, 2021
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The German Team BULLS combination, of Martin Frey and Simon Schneller, rode home as the champions of the inaugural Andorra MTB Classic-Pyrenees; with two stage wins. In the women’s race, Sandra Mairhofer and Costanza Fasolis, of RDR Italy Leynicese Racing Team, notched up a perfect four from four, stage victories, on their way to the 2021 title.
Jul 6, 2021
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JBG2 CryoSpace and RDR Italy Leynicese Racing Team Crowned Queen Stage Champions.
Jul 3, 2021
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Having started the Andorra MTB Classic-Pyrenees with stage victories in the Prologue, the day before, both Team BULLS and RDR Italy Leynicese Racing doubled up on the first marathon day.
Jul 1, 2021
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Mountain biking’s Downhill elite wrapped five days of Crankworx competition today with the deuter Downhill presented by Raiffeisen Club. Charging their way to the top of the box, Loris Vergier (FRA) earns his first Crankworx win, while Vali Höll (AUT) pushes through the pain to repeat on the track she earned her first elite win on last year.
Jun 21, 2021
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Ends her day just off podium, while Jordy Scott continues winning streak, and Tomas Lemoine claims fourth win in Innsbruck Speed & Style
Jun 21, 2021
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Crankworx has announced the addition of a third stop to the 2021 World Tour.
Jun 19, 2021
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For the second year in a row, the French dominated the top step in the RockShox Pump Track Challenge Innsbruck. Mathilde Bernard (FRA) takes her third Crankworx Pump Track win, her second in as many years on this track. Chaney Guennet (FRA) makes it 3/5 in Innsbruck, having also won the event in 2017 and 2018. “It feels different each time,” said Guennet. “Last year I finished second, and this year first. It’s been a long time since I finished on the top step so, it’s perfect.” Guennet’s...
Jun 18, 2021
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Precision and power were the names of the game in the Specialized Dual Slalom Innsbruck today, as live broadcast action kicked off from Crankworx Innsbruck 2021. With a start list that featured a who’s who from every corner of mountain bike racing, it was hard to predict how the day would play out. And the unpredictability continued as racing, and the temperature in Innsbruck, heated up. On the women’s side, Casey Brown (CAN) first knocked out the #1 seeded Kialani Hines (USA) to make it to...
Jun 18, 2021
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Precision and power were the names of the game in the Specialized Dual Slalom Innsbruck today, as live broadcast action kicked off from Crankworx Innsbruck 2021.
Jun 17, 2021
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Switzerland's Camille Balanche and Australian Troy Brosnan came out on top as the 2021 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup downhill season started in style at Leogang in Austria. Here is all you need to know:
Jun 14, 2021
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Overnight rain made way for early morning clouds, scorching sunsh and strong wind, turning the Cross-Country Olympic (XCO) track into a wild mixture of techy roots, fast sprint sections, tricky climbs and steep, slippery descents.
Jun 14, 2021
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On a beautiful day in the green valley, whose sights excited both the athletes and the attending personnel and media, Italy celebrated the return to the success of arguably its most talented representative: Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Specialized Racing Team) took his first victory of the season in style, relaunching his ambitions in view of the Tokyo Olympic Games and the World Championships in Val di Sole, the latter being an even more cherished goal for the Alto Adige native.
Jun 7, 2021
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The Enduro World Series (EWS) today launches its most ambitious calendar to date, with 2022 scheduled to host the biggest calendar in the history of the sport.
Jun 4, 2021
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Chill backyard sessions are starting to get next-level. New tricks are getting dialed while new setups are being put to the test. Custom paint jobs are being unveiled. Travel plans are getting locked in.
May 25, 2021
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Two back-to-back weekends of World Cup XC has kicked the season off to a fast and furious start for a hungry field making up for lost time, vying for Olympic spots, and striving to beat World Cup records. It’s been anything but predictable as athletes and teams launch into a high stakes season.
May 21, 2021
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The Aosta Valley will host the final showdown of the 2021 Internazionali d'Italia season and a UCI Junior Series stage on one of the most cherished MTB courses from the international competitors.
May 17, 2021
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Even though the World Cup kick-off in Germany missed the 20,000 spectators usually huddling together around the track, this first stop managed to deliver MTB racing action at its finest.
May 13, 2021
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After the third round in Nals, the Italian Cross-Country MTB circuit resumes on Wednesday, June 2nd with the debut of the Cat. 1 event in Valle di Casies (South Tyrol).
May 3, 2021
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Capoliveri (Elba Island) is ready to welcome Internazionali d’Italia Series stage 2 on Monday, April 5th. Kate Courtney, Nino Schurter and Henrique Avancini all poised for seasonal debut.
Apr 5, 2021
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Land of incredible landscapes, peaks and top-class Mountain Bike, South Tyrol is preparing to host Internazionali d’Italia Series’ stage 3 in Nals (Bozen), on Saturday, April 10th and Sunday, April 11th.
Apr 1, 2021
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Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) & Martina Berta (ITA) win last stage, Ramona Forchini from Switzerland & Daniele Braidot from Italy take the overall titles after four stages!
Mar 29, 2021
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Sam Gaze and Ramona Forchini have been the fastest in the longest stage of the Mediterranean Epic 2021.
Mar 28, 2021
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In the men's category, the leader, Fabian Rabensteiner, could not stay in the leading group and said goodbye to the leadership.
Mar 28, 2021
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The MEDITERRANEAN EPIC is the first mountain bike stage race of 2021 in the UCI Hors Catégorie (highest UCI category), held from Thursday, 25th to Sunday, 28th of March 2021 in the picturesque Spanish region of Castellón.
Mar 28, 2021
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BC Bike Race is proud to announce that in these uncertain times, we are planning for the future.
Nov 17, 2020
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The long awaited return to world class racing in 2020 saw the YT Mob in Austria for the UCI World Championships on an updated track in Leogang that had a lot of new woods sections that suffered heavily today in the autumn rain.
Oct 14, 2020
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Sunday at World Championships is traditionally reserved for the world’s best Downhill riders and this year was no different.
Oct 14, 2020
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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.
Oct 10, 2020
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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.
Oct 5, 2020
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Slopestyle riders battle tough conditions and stiff competition, with young Swede continuing to dominate.
Oct 2, 2020
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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.
Oct 2, 2020
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The Enduro World Series (EWS) concluded in suitably dramatic fashion in Italy today at Bluegrass EWS Finale Ligure.
Sep 26, 2020
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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.
Sep 20, 2020
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The Enduro World Series (EWS) will conclude its 2020 season with four back-to-back races in Finale Ligure and Pietra Ligure, Italy.
Sep 9, 2020
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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
Sep 4, 2020
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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.
Aug 31, 2020
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History was made beneath the Matterhorn today, when the first ever EWS-E winners were crowned in Switzerland.
Aug 31, 2020
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Nino Schurter’s hunger for victories has clearly not been dampened by an absence from racing.
Aug 27, 2020
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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.
Aug 27, 2020
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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.
Aug 24, 2020
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Stage 2 of the 2020 Swiss Epic was backloaded with climbing.
Aug 24, 2020
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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.
Aug 23, 2020
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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.
Aug 18, 2020
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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.
Aug 18, 2020