TransRockies Adds UCI points, More Prize Money
2010 will see the epic event return to the Alberta Rockies as well as the addition of UCI sanctioning.
British Columbia
SS Category Makes Intermontane Challenge More Challenging
New singlespeed category at the MTB stage race in Kamloops, BC will run with the geared categories on the same course.
Olympians Launch MTB Training Camps
Seamus McGrath and Andreas Hestler to offer seven-day camps in Victoria, British Columbia.
BC Bike Race Offering 'Lite' Option
While riders in the BC Bike race have traditionally tackled an average of 60km a day on the seven-day journey from Vancouver, British Columbia to Whistler, BC, the 2010 edition will feature an option of 30km a day.
TransRockies 2010: Back to Where it All Began
In 2002, the first TransRockies mountain bike race rolled out of Fernie, British Columbia, bound for Canmore, Alberta, nearly 600km and seven riding days away. In 2010, riders will again start and finish in the same towns.
Intermontane Challenge Heads into its Sophomore Year
The five-day "cloverleaf" stage race is centered in Kamloops, British Columbia and will run July 26-31, 2010.
The Intermontane Challenge: Challenging on and off the Bike
The Intermontane Challenge wrapped up last week in Kamloops, British Columbia with a 30-kilometer time trial, providing a chance for Chris Sheppard (Santa Cruz-WTB-FOX) and Sue Butler (MonaVie-Cannondale) to cement their overall wins in the week-long stage race.
Routine for Some, Brutal for Others: Stage 2 of the Intermontane Challenge
It wasn't this way for all of us, but for race leader Jeremiah Bishop, the 65km second stage of the Intermontane Challenge in Kamloops, British Columbia, unfolded in much the same formula as stage 1: a neutral rollout through town, followed by roughly an hour of dusty desert riding, an hour in the forest above town, and a third, final hour weaving through sagebrush on the way to the finish line back in town.