We gathered with the other Crocodile Trophy riders and supporters on October 19th in Cairns to begin what would be a true adventure throughout Queensland. The riders were greeted by pouring rain, which came after a long spell of drought in this region of Australia. The actual race start at the esplanade in downtown Cairns [click to read more]

This was the second time that I attempted the Trans Rockies – the first was in 2007, but I managed only the first 3 days.  I crashed and fractured my wrist and could not complete the race.  This year, I did it with Jon Gould a previous winner of the Masters category.
How was the Trans [click to read more]

This year I did the Jeantex Trans Alp again.  It was the twelfth edition and is considered the “mother” of all mountain bike stage races.  Mountain bikers from 40 nations participated this year, from all over Europe, Australia, Iceland, Israel, South Korea and Costa Rica to mention a few countries.  The race this year was scheduled to [click to read more]

This was my fourth time that I did the Pfronten MtB Marathon and every year I like it more than the previous year.  The mountains and scenery in this part of the Alps are just unbelievable.  That is of course if you can see the mountains – which was difficult this time because the weather was [click to read more]

On June 7th we rode the Tegernsee Mountain Bike Race with start at the beautiful Lake Tegernsee in the Bavarian Alps. The race is one of 7 races of the Ritchey MTB Challenge series.
Pieter did the grueling 88km and 3,800m climbing, Rita was happy with her result for the B round of 57km/1,540m climb in [click to read more]