Kulhavy snaps up elusive marathon worlds title
2012 Olympic gold medallist and Czech mountain biking star Jaroslav Kulhavy added the UCI MTB Marathon World Championships title to his list of international titles when he powered to an emphatic win at a sun soaked Cascades MTB Park on Sunday. Having achieved close to everything there is to achieve in mountain biking Czech Republic […]
Powerful field entered for 2014 MTB Marathon Worlds
136 men and women from 31 nations and 6 continents around the world have entered for this weekend’s UCI MTB Marathon World Championships which take place in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday, determined to do battle in the search of the coveted UCI rainbow striped world champion jersey. Specialized Racing’s Jaroslav Kulhavy, the former cross-country World Champion […]
Süss searching for 2010 Marathon Worlds repeat
It has been four years since Swiss marathon stalwart Esther Süss last tasted UCI MTB Marathon World Championships glory but the 40-year-old believes that 2014 could be the year she ends her victory drought as she returns to a familiar stomping ground at the Cascades MTB Park for the women’s 74km race on Sunday 29 […]
World Champ Dahle opting out of Marathon Worlds
The race for the women’s title at the UCI MTB Marathon World Championships has been thrown wide open with the confirmation that current world champ Gunn-Rita Dahle will not be on the start-line to try and feed the crown she won in Austria last year. Dahle has taken the bold move to forgo the defence […]
Lakata aims to go one better at 2014 MTB Marathon Worlds
Current world number three Alban Lakata is a vastly experienced campaigner on South African soil and the Austrian star is firmly focused on making the coveted rainbow striped world champion’s jersey his own when he heads to Pietermaritzburg for the UCI MTB Marathon World Championships on Sunday 29 June. Image credit: Gamplan Media With one […]
Cherise Stander hoping to harness Burry’s legacy at MTB Worlds
Following a tough start to the 2014 season, the iconic Cascades MTB Park and the legend of her late husband Burry could be the tonic that Cherise Stander needs as she heads into her maiden UCI MTB Marathon World Championships that gets underway in Pietermaritzburg on 29 June. In what will be her first appearance […]