XTERRA returns to Zittau, Germany for the 20th time with an action-packed weekend of Short Track and full distance off-road triathlon racing this Friday and Saturday, August 19-20. ? Watch it on Cyclry ?Live coverage starts Friday, August 19 at 3:20 pm CEST As the name suggests, Friday’s XTERRA Short Track race is a fast, multi-lap, made-for-TV event combining two 200-meter swim laps with an exit in-between, four 1.5km mountain bike laps complete with jumps and berms, and two 1.3km run loops. Winning times are in the 30-40 minute range. While the Short Track showcase is an invite-only event for…
Author: Henri Giroud
Henri Giroud
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Sandra Mairhofer (ITA) and Lukas Kocar (CZE) won the second round of the XTERRA Short Track off-road triathlon series with winning times of 40:43 and 34:31, respectively, on a beautiful day in Prachatice, Czech Republic on Sunday, August 14, 2022. It’s the first XTERRA Short Track win for Mairhofer, who captured the full-distance XTERRA European Championship race yesterday, and the second for Kocar – who won his first in Germany last year. ? XTERRA’s Facebook has a full replay of both races ? The race combined a two-lap, 400-meter swim with an exciting four-lap, 7.6K mountain bike course and a…
Dan Bigham will attempt to break the UCI Hour Record on 19 August at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen (Switzerland). The greatest distance covered in one hour currently stands at 55.089 km. This record was established by Belgian Victor Campenaerts on 16 April 2019 at the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes (Mexico). Dan Bigham, who is performance engineer for UCI WorldTeam INEOS Grenadiers, currently holds the British Hour Record of 54.723 km. He set this record on 1st October last year in Grenchen, breaking Bradley Wiggins’ six-year reign as the fastest British rider over one hour. Bigham said: “I’m excited about…
The 4th edition of GFNY Bali took place on “The Island of the Gods” last Sunday, with a record participation of 1500 cyclists from 14 countries. Supported by hundreds of Bali’s Police monitoring intersections along the entire course, both long and medium course cyclists had a fast start from the historic Klungkung, along Bali’s eastern coast. The course took athletes from sea level all the way up to the crater rim of Mount Agung at 1360 m, one of Bali’s highest peaks. 2020 3rd place finisher Mohamad Faisal took the win in 3:50:57h, a minute ahead of 2020 runner-up Erlangga…
Aaron Gate has won the 2022 Commonwealth Games Road Race, his fourth medal of this year’s games. This gold medal also took New Zealand to its highest ever medal tally of 18. Great riding, boss. Results Results powered by FirstCycling.com
The XTERRA World Tour is in full swing with eight races in two weeks across Europe and the U.S. leading up to the XTERRA World Championship in Trentino, Italy on October 1, 2022. In the U.S., big names like Eric Lagerstrom and Heather Jackson are racing at XTERRA Portland on August 6 to solidify their qualifying spots to Italy, while in Europe, five elite races including a pair of high-octane XTERRA Short Track events and the European Championship has the sports top performers chasing €57,500 in prize money. The EU racing block starts Saturday, August 6, at the XTERRA Nouvelle-Aquitaine…
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