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Migration Gravel Race – Riding The Maasai Mara
A successful race starts with a solid plan—and that goes for competitors and event organizers alike. First introduced last summer, the inaugural Migration Gravel Race invited riders from East Africa...
Chatting with an ATLAS Mountain Champion: Robin...
We first introduced Robin Gemperle following his ultra-racing debut, a gargantuan effort in last year’s Transcontinental Race that earned the Swiss rider an impressive seventh-place finish. To kick off the 2023 racing...
Tour Divide Talk With Jay Petervary
The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route bisects the center to the United States, carving out a roughly 2,700-mile course along the length of the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico....
The Long Road to Ultra-Cycling with Sofiane Sehili
Based in the southwest of France, Sofiane Sehili’s love for adventure predates his passion for cycling—a sport he came to incidentally on a 2009 backpacking trip through Southeast Asia.
Robin Gemperle's Transcontinental Race
Prior to the TCR, most of Robin’s long-distance cycling journeys came in the form of bikepacking trips on his fixed-gear, challenges which helped prepare him for his first ultra event.
WATCH: #171 The Transcontinenatl Race Journey
The brainchild of late-racer and legendary rider Mike Hall, the Transcontinental Race remains a truly unique institution in the world of ultra-distance bike races.
WATCH: The inaugural AMANI Migration Gravel Race
The inaugural AMANI Migration Gravel Race, held in Kenya in June 2021, has been a game changer for some of the top cyclists in East Africa. But this is only...
Wild Horses: the Silk Road Mountain Race Docume...
One of the most challenging endurance bike events on the planet, the Silk Road Mountain Race in Kyrgyzstan pits riders against each other, ever-changing elements and individual physical limits as...