Reigning Queen of Crankworx, American Jill Kintner, is heading into June with an all-defining mission: fend off Australian Olympian Caroline Buchanan. Jill Kintner After racing her entire 2016 season with a substantial lead, just 25 points now separate Kintner and Buchanan in the race to secure the Crown and be known as the best all-round mountain bike athlete in the world—and Buchanan is out front. Jill Kintner: NZ wasn’t perfect, this time, (but)I have faith in the amount of work I put into training and my riding ability for the rest of the series. It’s good to have a challenge,…
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Emil Johansson’s pro MTB career will hit its one year mark in less than 2 weeks at 26TRIX. Being the youngest rider at top level of the FMB scene, he has skyrocketed himself up and has become a name on everyone’s mind in the world of mountain biking. Last weekend marked Emil´s first FMB win in the pro scene at FISE Montpellier, so we caught up with the young Swede, to see where his head is at and how he feels about his first win. Rasoulution: Congratulations on your first big win Emil, what are your emotions regarding FISE Montpellier?…
This week saw me back to one of my favorite race venues. Everything about the Irish crowd is another level compared to any other race we go to. It is something special, where the racing is so intense due to the size of the hill. I’d spent the week between races in Nice in southern France doing some training, in the area where Fabien Barel lives. It was good to get back to some hot weather and recover after Madeira. Moving onto Ireland I was there in good time and able to walk all the stages and get a feel…
Austrian Yana Dobnig (RLM Mondraker Racing Team) in women’s and Slovenian Vid Peršak (Team Dorrong) are winners of 2017 Enduro Cerkno, third round of SloEnduro series. Peršak is strong in overall lead after three victories while Yana got very close to the leader Petra Bernhard who skipped the race to take part in the European downhill championships. 110 riders from 8 countries raced in five special stages on the trails inside and around the Cerkno bike park and ski resort on a sunny Sunday after the short Saturday night prologue stage in downtown Cerkno. Dobnig and another Austrian Kevin Maderegger…
It was a French slam dunk at round four of the Enduro World Series as Cecile Ravanel and Adrien Dailly took the honours at the Coillte Emerald Enduro in Ireland. Cecile Ravanel Both Cecile (Commencal Vallnord Enduro Team) and Adrien (Lapierre) dominated their respective fields – Ravanel winning all six stages and Dailly winning three. Katy Winton (Trek Factory Racing) posted a career best second place after impressive times all day, with Rocky Mountain Urge bp’s Andreane Lanthier Nadeau equalling her best EWS result with third place. Cecile Ravanel: I enjoyed the race today but it was not easy, the…
The Enduro World Series heads back to Ireland this weekend for round four, the Coillte Emerald Enduro. Three hundred and fifty riders will descend on Carrick Mountain for the third year in a row to race what has rightly become an EWS classic. As famous for its fans as its trails, the Irish round has become known for its electric atmosphere thanks to the thousands of spectators who line the tracks come race day. And this year there’s even more reason to celebrate as local hero Greg Callaghan (Cube Action Team) leads the series, and as such will be last…
This past weekend the iXS European Downhill Cup hosted its second round in Willingen. About 300 riders from 26 different countries made their way to Germany for the occasion, crowning Jure Zabjek and Monika Hrastnik as fastest riders of the weekend. For the second time the EDC has been a part of the annual BIKE Festival in Willingen – and it was a weekend full of fun and mountain bike action! In addition to the high class downhill race, Willingen invited hundreds of riders and visitors to a broad range of events, including the German Enduro Championships, a marathon with…
The Out of Bounds Festival in Saalfelden Leogang enjoys legendary status. It’s the only event in the world in which the world’s elite downhill racers and the stars of the slopestyle scene perform side by side on the same weekend during the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup and the FMB World Tour Gold Event 26TRIX. Thousands of spectators will make the pilgrimage to the Austrian bike-hotspot to cheer on world-class slopestyle athletes like Nicholi Rogatkin (USA), Antoine Bizet (FRA) or Emil Johansson (SWE) as they perform their insane tricks and see the world’s fastest mountain bikers like Aaron Gwin…
It feels so good to be back healthy after Tasmania. After that race I flew back to New Zealand where I’d got pneumonia from my racing effort and was forced to take it easy for a few weeks. Going into Madeira I was a little under my usual race form but none the less happy to be there and ready to race to my limits. We arrived early enough to get most of the stages walked and it was amazing what this little Portuguese island has to offer. So much diversity in the trails, weather patterns and climate between the…
It’s a new season with new recruits! Get behind the scenes on the development of the 29er V10, go dress shopping for Greg and Marshy, and see what happens when the lads hit Lourdes! Scroll on for some of Sven Martin’s photos from the weekend, and get stoked for Ft. William in just a few short weeks. — Official website: santacruzbicycles.com Photos: Sven Martin
The new Superenduro season goes live with the announcement of the first round racecourse: the Cingolani Rokketta Legend Superenduro is scheduled for the 20th and 21st of May 2017 and its start line will be in Piazza Mazzini, Gualdo Tadino town centre. Thanks to the Enduro Italian Championship and to various regional competitions, it starts to be clear who is going to be a key player within each team. With the opening of the Superenduro Series the challenge amongst the best riders kicks off in Italy: they will be in the spotlight during this entire new season and they will…
After two incredibly hard fought days of racing it was Greg Callaghan and Cecile Ravanel who came out on top at the Enduro World Series powered by Freeride Madeira, sponsored by Absolute Black. The third round of the Enduro World Series proved to be one of the most challenging to date – both race days stayed dry but rain on the first day of practice left its mark on the already difficult tracks. The variety of trails – from steep and rocky to long and physical – caught out plenty of riders, leading to heartbreak for Jesse Melamed (Rocky Mountain…
The Austrian bike-mecca of Saalfelden Leogang will host a stop of the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup for the 7th time. On June 10 and 11, Bikepark Leogang will see downhill greats like Rachel Atherton and Aaron Gwin going all-out on the ‘Speedster’ trail to chase those vital seconds. As part of the Out of Bounds Festival (June 8-11), the world’s best downhill athletes will fight for the fastest time during the third stop of the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup 2017, whilst the elite amongst the slopestyle riders will showcase the raddest tricks and freshest moves during…
It’s time to get rid of the snow and make space for those 29ers! Or for 27.5 inch wheels? Who knows. At long last there is only one topic on the minds of all mountain bike fans around the world: The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano! The World Cup will be in Lenzerheide for the third time from July 7-9. The preparations for this huge event are in full swing and in order to beat the tenacious winter in the Swiss Alps, the team has come up with some creative methods, so that the world’s best athletes…