Margaret from Old Crow (look it up; village of 267 people in Northern Yukon) looks at me a bit taken aback. I repeat myself “We’re going to try to ride up Surfbird. What do you think?”. “Well …” she says carefully. “I suppose just because no-one’s done it doesn’t mean it can’t be done.”
We’re on the Dempster Highway; which begins in Central Yukon and ends at the Beaufort Sea on the Arctic Ocean. Margaret’s been working at the Tombstone Territorial Park Visitor Centre for quite a few years. Lots of hikers and looky-look drivers stop by on their way along the Dempster Highway as does the odd touring cyclist. But Sharon and I are looking to mountain-bike. And that makes us, relatively speaking, strangers in a strange land … Pictures and more
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Yesterday the fifth stage of the Absa CAPE EPIC 2014 took place in South Africa. With 110km in distance and 2.900 climbing metres it was the “queen stage” of this year`s race! The route took the riders from the Oaks Estate near Greyton to the beautiful Oak Valley.
Stage 5 – Results:
1st place: Torpado Factory – 15-1 Roel Paulissen (BEL) / 15-2 Riccardo Chiarini (ITA) 2nd place: SCOTT-Odlo MTB Racing – 6-1 Nino Schurter (SUI) / 6-2 Philip Buys (RSA) 3rd place: Meerendal Songo Specialized – 1-1 Christoph Sauser (SUI) / 1-2 Frantisek Rabon (CZE)
OVERALL RANKING LIST:
1st place: Topeak-Ergon Racing – 8-1 Robert Mennen (GER) / 8-2 Kristian Hynek (CZE) 23:43:31,6 2nd place: Meerendal Songo Specialized – 1-1 Christoph Sauser (SUI) / 1-2 Frantisek Rabon (CZE) 23:53.19,3 +9.47,7 3rd place: Bulls 2 – 4-1 Tim Böhme (GER) / 4-2 Simon Stiebjahn (GER) 23:59.24,3 +15.52,7
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Yesterday the fourth stage of the Absa CAPE EPIC 2014 took place. With 88km in distance and 1.800 climbing metres it was one of the “easier” stages of this year`s race! Fitting to the trend of the last three stages we saw the fourth different team winning a stage.
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