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Hundertmarck Scores Second Stage win as Crocodile Trophy Reaches Cooktown
By John-Michael Flynn at Cooktown Far North Queensland
Celebrating in style, carrying his bike above his shoulders, German Kai
Hundertmarck of the Felt-Shimano Dream Team climbed the steps to the top of
historic Grassy Hill in Cooktown, Australia today to record his second stage
win for the 2005 Crocodile Trophy.
It was an emphatic victory for the former Telekom cyclist turned ironman
triathlete, who once again rode away from the lead bunch and continued alone
for eighty kilometres across corrugated roads, winning the stage the hard way.
Date:
29/10/2005
Hansen Wins Time Trial and Extends Lead
Australian Still ?The Rider Most Likely? in Crocodile Trophy
By John-Michael Flynn at Chillagoe ? Outback Far North Queensland
Averaging a sizzling 38.38 kilometres per hour on a 30 kilometre course of
mostly hard-pack dirt road, Australian Adam Hansen consolidated his race lead
in the Crocodile Trophy by taking out today?s eighth stage Time Trial.
Realising the time trial was a ?very important stage? the leader of the Cairns
Coconut Caravan Resort team turned up ready to race, knowing there was an
opportunity to take time out of his main rivals in this event, UCI Mountain
Date:
26/10/2005
Bettin Wins Seventh Stage Amid Nightmare Day for Felt-Shimano Dream Team
Broken Bikes, Scorpion Bites, Car Crashes, Flesh Wounds, Electrical Storms ..
What Next?
By John-Michael Flynn at Chillagoe ? Outback Far North Queensland
It is a tradition in cycling to celebrate a stage victory with a glass of
champagne at the team dinner. And even in the wilds of Outback Australia, such
traditions are vigorously upheld.
But the Felt Shimano Dream Team will have much more to be joyous about tonight,
considering all 5 of its riders made it to the finish line today, relatively
intact and ready to fight on for their team leader. That in itself could be
Date:
25/10/2005
Crocodile-renners tevreden naar huis
HENGELO - Na dertien slopende dagen in de hitte van de outback van Australi
Date:
02/11/2005
Love Conquers All at Crocodile Trophy! Belgian Christophe Stevens Wins Stage 1
In 2004 Belgian Christophe Stevens found love at the Crocodile Trophy, meeting
his wife Anita, a Red Bull Promotional Girl.
Today the Flemish rider celebrated in style by taking out stage one of the
World?s toughest mountain bike race, a punishing twenty five kilometre prologue
on the beach in Australia?s tropical capital of Townsville.
The result was a major turnaround for Stevens, who struggled to complete most
of the stages in the 2004 Crocodile Trophy, his first attempt at the race.
Today riders had to contend with soft sand and strong winds, but fortunately no
Date:
19/10/2005
Another Stage Win for World Cup Champion As Hansen Regains Race Lead
Bettin Wins Sprint Finish in Stage 6 of Crocodile Trophy
By John-Michael Flynn at Irvinebank ? Outback North Queensland
Putting the disappointment of yesterday?s mechanical dramas behind him,
Mountain Bike World Cup Champion Mauro Bettin responded in the best way
possible today by winning stage six of the 2005 Crocodile Trophy.
At the end of a 98 kilometre stage linking the World Heritage Rainforest of the
Great Dividing Range to the dusty dry Outback Savannah of Lower Cape York, it
came down to two riders, Bettin and Australia?s Adam Hansen in a frantic dash
Date:
24/10/2005
Crocodile Trophy: afzien en nog eens afzien
De Crocodile Trophy is de langste en zwaarste mountainbike marathon ter wereld
die van 18 tot en met 30 oktober voor de elfde keer wordt gehouden. Het
parcours van 1400 kilometer voert dwars door Australi
Date:
10/10/2005
Hansen Wins 2005 Crocodile Trophy
Italy?s World Cup Champion Wins Final Stage
By John-Michael Flynn at Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas Australia
At the end of thirteen soul destroying days, the Crocodile Trophy of 2005
finished as it began, on a palm fringed beach in a tropical paradise.
And while the final stage belonged to Italy?s champion Mauro Bettin, it was
Adam Hansen, the local hero, who raised the biggest cheers from the crowd on
magnificent Four Mile Beach, as he claimed his second successive Crocodile
Trophy Victory.
It was a tribute to the re-discovered mental toughness of the Australian that
Date:
31/10/2005
