The world’s oldest and "toughest" international UCI mountain bike race

The Crocodile Trophy is the world’s oldest and said to be the toughest UCI international mountain bike race. There are riders from Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland and the UK taking part.

It takes place in Australia starting October 18th. the ‘Crocodile Trophy’ will see over 100 professional and amateur riders. The participants cycle 900km (nearly 560 miles) - basically nine marathons in a row. They will ride nine stages through lush rainforests, dry intense heat of the Outback and mountain trails climbing to 3,000m, finishing on the tropical coast of Queensland.

2014 sees the Crocodile Trophy celebrate its 20th anniversary and for the first time it is registered as an official Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) race. As a result participants can collect valuable UCI points, for the first time, which are used for cyclist ranking internationally. In addition the Crocodile Trophy offers prize money to the value of AUD 40,000.

What: Crocodile Trophy international mountain bike race

When: 18th – 26th October 2014. 

Starts: Smithfield Regional Park near Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Finishes: Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia

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Here is some media coverage form the event

• Los Angeles Times http://framework.latimes.com/2014/10/21/pictures-in-the-news-994/#/11
• Mountain Bike (Belgium) http://www.mountainbike.be/nieuws/competitie/20141019_croc-2014-greg-saw-pakt-zege-in-tweede-etappe
• Cycling Magazine (Canada) http://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/crocodile-trophy-turns-twenty/
• Bike Radar http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/article/multi-day-racing-mountain-bike-marathon-training-42586/
• Mountainbike Magazine (Germany) http://www.mountainbike-magazin.de/news/szene/crocodile-trophy-2014-impresionen-vom-haertesten-mtb-etappenrennen-der-welt.1267784.2.htm
• Sport (Belgium) http://www.sport.be/cycling/nl/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=706342