MTB Sport: This year, the "Ride Free Osttirol" association once again hosted the annual "Ride Hard on Snow" downhill race. After participating in this event for the first time last year, it was clear to me that I definitely had to be there again. Among the 71 international participants were riders from Germany,... read more
MTB cycling: The final major event of the 20th Ziener Bike Festival Willingen was the second round of the 2017 iXS European Downhill Cup on Sunday. On the former World Cup course, Slovenians Monika Hrastnik and Jure Zabjek dominated both the qualification and the final. For the second time, the iXS European Downhill Cup took place as part of… read more
MTB Cycling: The 2017 downhill season is picking up speed! After the UCI MTB Downhill World Cup kicked off the new season in Lourdes the weekend before last, the first points of the 2017 iXS European Downhill Cup were awarded yesterday in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. The winners in the elite classes were Eleonora Farina and Jure Zabjek. The track in Kranjska Gora is... read more
MTB cycling: Slowly but surely, the 2016 iXS European Downhill Cup is entering its final phase. Carina Cappellari and David Trummer prevailed in the fifth and penultimate race in Les Deux Alpes, while Johannes Fischbach used the race as a discard. Last weekend, the iXS European Downhill Cup visited the... read more
MTB cycling: Over 400 riders from 17 nations provided plenty of action at the prestigious race in Schladming last weekend. Petra Bernhard (RC Gravity Eagles) and Slawomir Lukasik (NS Bikes FroPro) confidently took the wins in the rain and on slippery surfaces at the third stop of the iXS European Downhill Cup. In the Elite Women's class,... read more
