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Taurus Mountain Race 2026: Who might win the first edition?
The start list is here. Some notable names are missing, but Taurus still has one of the deepest fields we’ve seen all year – the race for first is wide open
Before getting into who could win Taurus Mountain Race, there are three names miss...
Taurus Mountain Race 2026: No one knows quite what’s coming
Aladağlar National Park, the mountain massif close to Demirkazık, CP3
In January, I wrote about Taurus Mountain Race when it was still mostly an idea.
A new race in southern Türkiye. The Taurus Mountains rising almost straight out of the...
Trans Pyrenees 2026: Legs, brains, and the hard way home
After last year’s gravel-heavy experiment, TPR returns to paved mountain roads and a start list containing a defending winner, former champions, and two riders fresh from the TCR
Last year, Trans Pyrenees became something slightly differen...
Is Badlands really the hardest race in ultra cycling?
Badlands, Silk Road, Further, Tour Divide and plenty more can make a convincing claim. The problem is that they are hard in completely different ways.
Every difficult ultra eventually gets called the hardest by someone.
How Piotr Havik Won Badlands 2026
At 20:15, Havik rolled into Granada first with a time of 36 hours and 15 minutes, exactly two hours quicker than the winning time last year. He crossed the line leading second place by over 40 kilometres.
Piotr Havik broke clear early with...
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Riding bikes, mostly off-road. Mountains and long-distance adventure. Living in Girona. Raised in Yorkshire. Substack Editor for DotWatcher, and sometimes writing for myself.
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