Having accumulated ten stage victories across the five days of the 2025 4Islands Epic, the top UCI Men’s and Women’s teams each dominated their category. Buff Megamo’s final triumph came over KTM Spada Powered by Brenta Brakes 2, while Cannondale ISB Sport bested Safari Essence Efficient Insure for the fifth time in the week. Hans [...]
Hans Becking and Wout Alleman were in no mood to give any of their rivals a gift on Stage 3 of the 4Islands Epic, as the Buff Megamo combination won their fourth successive stage of the 2025 race. The men in yellow outsprinted Metallurgica Veneta MTB Pro 2 and KTM Spada Powered by Brenta Brakes [...]
In Episode 10 of Season 2, the Diverge Podcast looks back at Luke Moir’s breakthrough performance at the UCI MTB World Series. During the second race in Araxá, Brazil, the 22-year-old notched up his first top 5 placing and heralded his arrival as a force to be reckoned with on the biggest stage. [...]
For the third stage in a row, Hans Becking and Wout Alleman, as well as Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas, proved themselves to be the fastest of the UCI Men’s and Women’s teams. Buff Megamo’s stage win may have been by a narrow margin, but with KTM Spada Powered by Brenta Brakes 2 ceding 4 [...]
The second day on Lošinj suited Hans Becking and Wout Alleman to a tee as they stormed to their second stage victory of the 2025 4Islands Epic, on Stage 1. In so doing, the men in yellow extended their general classification advantage. The same was true for Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas, who won in [...]
Having won in the rain at the Absa Cape Epic, on Stages 6 and 7, the wet and windy conditions for the opening stage of 4Islands Epic suited Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas to perfection. They got their bid for a third Epic Series title off to a winning start on Lošinj. As did Hans [...]
The 10th edition of the iconic 4Islands Epic will showcase four of Croatia’s Kvarner Islands in their spectacular spring glory, from 15 to 19 April 2025. Taking in 5 stages on Unije, Lošinj, Cres and Krk the mountain bike stage race blends the competitiveness of the Epic Series with the relaxation of an Adriatic escape, [...]
All week long at the 2025 Absa Cape Epic, South African riders Tristan Nortje and Marco Joubert (Imbuko ChemChamp A) have been threatening to run away with a stage. Success finally came on the penultimate Stage 6 at Lourensford Wine Estate as the local favourites raced to victory ahead of Luca Braidot and Simone Avondetto [...]
Nino Schurter and Filippo Colombo (SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing) timed their attack to perfection late on the 2025 Absa Cape Epic’s ‘Queen Stage’ to surge away from the field and win Stage 5, extending their overall race lead to over a minute at the same. In the Aramex UCI Women’s Category, Annika Langvad and Sofia Gomez [...]
Stage 5 of the 2024 SPAR Swiss Epic provided a fitting finale to the Epic Series race through the magnificent trails of Graubünden. It did however not provide any major upsets as Gian Schmid and Lukas Flückiger defended their yellow CIOVITA jerseys, despite the aggressive racing of the KTM Alchemist Brenta Brakes team. The women [...]
