12
Apr
In the last 10 years, I have lived on three continents, five countries and about 30+ places. Some of them weren’t longer than a month, one lasted for an entire six...
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08
Jun
For a lot of cyclists, riding in Italy means climbing Passio di Giau, Stelvio or Passio di Gavia, all in the Italian Alps. And exactly that was my plan when I...
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31
May
1. Information on climbs: Website that states what Cols are open: http://www.sport-passion.fr/parcours/etat-cols.php (The German http://www.alpenpaesse.co is not always correct!) The German website: http://www.quaeldich.dehas all information possible about a pass. Even as...
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23
May
I am currently in France chasing all the epic climbs. And it goes without saying, there are a lot! I am on a mission – filming them for the indoor trainer...
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09
May
Greetings from Geneva! I just got back from five days of ultralight backpack cycling in Southeast France. You might wonder where Part 1 of this trip is? It is coming (I...
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22
Mar
I had the great fortune to join Cyclingtips and Scott Bikes on a gravel adventure video- and photo-shooting trip around the Victorian Alps. It was especially an incredible opportunity for me...
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20
Sep
Tour de Timor is a five day Mountain bike stage race in East Timor, one of the poorest countries in the world. Although the race itself is a true challenge, don’t...
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02
Sep
I am back to where I belong!! After a four month flirt with triathlon (this might deserve its own blog post at some point), I am back to ultra-endurance racing. With...
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26
Jun
Every place has some culture-specific toughness… In Minnesota, cyclists were their entire closet plus a snowboard mask to ride their fat bikes around the frozen lakes in -20 degrees. In Europe,...
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20
Aug
Three weeks before the race I got a strange email question from a still unknown person : Would I want to join a four person team for the Tortour? Ahemmm YES!....
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