The second round of the Enduro World Series (EWS) saw Isabeau Courdurier and Martin Maes crowned the winners in Tasmania, Australia. The tiny town of Derby in Tasmania’s North East was once more transformed into one of the biggest party’s of the year thanks to the EWS Shimano Enduro Tasmania. Thousands of noisy fans lined the tracks to see their idols race on Derby’s iconic trails. Racing got underway on Saturday with just one stage, the all important Queen’s Stage, the longest in the race which offered up extra points. Right from the off, Courdurier (Intense-Mavic Collective) and Maes (GT…
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We’re delighted to announce that our road bike flagship – the HVRT CF0 – is the 2019 Cycling Plus / BikeRadar bike of the year! We simply couldn’t imagine a better introduction of this bike to the world! This is such a great success for Rondo as the previous winners came from the industry’s majors such as Giant, Cannondale, Specialized and BMC. What the bike was prised for? First of all – the mixtutre of generes in one box, which results from the adaptation of the TwinTip fork concept known from our gravel RUUT line. Another praised feature is the compatibility with 650b road plus wheels.…
The 2019 Crankworx season could not have gotten off to a more spectacular start. Huge tricks, tight racing, underdog upsets, hard slams and incredible runs – the Mons Royale Dual Speed & Style and the Maxxis Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza at Crankworx Rotorua had it all. Here are some of the highlights of the action-packed style events: Speed & Style is as spectacular and unpredictable as it can get Slopestyle, downhill, freeride? It’s hard to determine which background gives riders the greatest advantage in this unique discipline. What is clear however, is that the Rotorua crowd thoroughly enjoyed the…
The Livigno Mountain Park is gearing up for a summer of mountain biking: read on to find out more about opening dates, early passes on sale, the Great Days event and a new singletrack almost entirely built by hand to complete the 50 km of trails. Winter in Livigno is a snowy spectacle. At the moment there are more than 2 metres of snow on the Carosello 3000 peaks, and plenty of time to make the most of the skiing right up until 1 May. But that doesn’t mean that the Carosello 3000 team isn’t already working hard and getting…
Rotorua, set in stunning New Zealand, opened the Enduro World Series season today. A drizzle of rain slightly wet the dusty trails, ensuring perfect conditions for race day. Riders attacked five stages today, three of which were set in the famous Whakarewarewa Forest and other two in the Mountain Bike Park at Skyline Rotorua. Reigning enduro world champion Cecile Ravanel, from the Commencal Vallnord Enduro Team, was sadly off the start list, due to injury so it was Isabeau Courdurier, from France, racing for Intense Mavic Collective who entered the race as firm favourite. The first stage of the day…
2019’s Maxxis Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza, the first contest of the Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championship season, brought a triumphant return to the top step, a big payoff after a long push for podium on the second, and a disbelieving first-timer in third. Stepping back up into the #1 spot, 26-year-old Brett Rheeder (CAN). Rheeder won the New Zealand event in 2018, then spent the rest of the season falling just short, always one down from Nicholi Rogatkin (USA). It feels really good. It feels really relieving. First contest of the year, I’m always nervous of screwing up or…
After a year of being in touch, and with a string of second and third places to her name, Kialani Hines (USA) sealed the deal tonight. Lining up in the Big Final at the same start gate where was thrust into the spotlight last year, coming in second behind Jill Kintner, Hines went two for two, winning both rounds against Shania Rawson (NZL). The win in the RockShox Rotorua Pump Track Challenge is her first in Crankworx competition. It’s really exciting. It really hasn’t been that long because it was just last year really, but being in second so many times, it…
“I was crapping my pants, to be honest,” said a breathless Tracey Hannah (AUS) from the finish corral of the Crankworx Rotorua Downhill presented by The Professionals, the kickoff to international downhill season. It’s the first race of 2019. You don’t know what to expect. I’ve been training completely on my own with my coach. I haven’t been riding with anyone. You just don’t know. You just know that you’ve done the work. You don’t know on paper what it’s going to look like. I’m really happy.- Tracey Hannah It was a feeling echoed by the winner of the Pro Elite…
The rider he beat in the final called it a “fairytale story,” and the thousands of cheering locals who watched it all go down would likely agree. Bill Meaclem (NZL), relatively unknown compared to the roster of riders he was up against, took the win today in the Mons Royale Dual Speed & Style at Crankworx Rotorua. Sweetening the deal for the Christchurch rider was accomplishing the feat, broadcast around the world on Red Bull TV and crankworx.com, on home soil. It’s crazy. So many people here supporting me. I’m blown away.- Bill Meaclem Adding to his shock, the fact his win came at…
The 2019 mountain bike season is about to officially kick off on Red Bull TV with the live broadcast of the Mons Royal Dual Speed & Style at Crankworx Rotorua in New Zealand. The unique Dual Speed & Style discipline combines high-speed race action with spectacular tricks in an intense head-to-head format and will be broadcast live and on-demand by Red Bull TV from all three Crankworx World Tour stops for the first time in 2019. With a line-up made up of the who-is-who of Freeride, Downhill and Slopestyle, the outcome of the Mons Royal Dual Speed & Style at…
Vaea Verbeeck (CAN) has started her season in commanding fashion. Day two of Crankworx Rotorua brought her second victory in as many days, this time in the Rotorua Air DH presented by Bosch. I’m over the moon. I definitely couldn’t ask for more than two for two. I was going for today, somehow won yesterday, and then was just focused on making sure that I made today happen. So now my goals are achieved I can just keep going.- Vaea Verbeeck Verbeeck’s winning time of 2:25.15 put over 2 seconds between her and second place finisher Anneke Beerten (NED), who crossed…
It’s been a long winter, but the Enduro World Series is back, and the 2019 season kicks off this weekend with the Giant Toa Enduro presented by CamelBak in Rotorua, New Zealand. First Round – Rotorua Taking place in the famous Whakarewarewa Forest, competitors will be taking on five stages in this one day race that will test riders over a variety of terrain from steep and technical to fast and physical. It’s the third time the series has visited Rotorua alongside Crankworx and this classic venue always delivers incredible racing, and this Sunday is stacking up to be another…
A deafening cheer ushered the first winner of Crankworx Rotorua 2019 across the dusty finish line tonight. Local rider Keegan Wright (NZL) blasted his way past legends and seasoned slalom masters, taking the win against Bas van Steenbergen (CAN) in the 100% Dual Slalom Rotorua. “It’s awesome to back it up from the 2017 Pump Track,” said Wright, who first stormed onto the international scene two years ago, winning the Rotorua Pump Track Challenge presented by RockShox. As Wright was still fighting to catch his breath, Vaea Verbeeck (CAN) charged her way across the line, taking the Pro Women’s win on…
The time for imagining, training and perfecting is over. The 14 best Slopestyle athletes in the world have left their training grounds and touched down in the land of the long white cloud, ready to show the world, and each other, what they’ve been working on. Five days from now, 2019 Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championship(SWC) season launches from New Zealand as the Maxxis Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza goes live to the world on Red Bull TV and crankworx.com. Saturday March 23rd 3:00 p.m. NZDTFriday March 22nd 7:00 p.m. PDTSaturday March 23rd 3:00 a.m. CET Who’s Coming The top six riders from the 2018 SWC…