Cait Elliott
Irish Elite Enduro Mountain Bike racer. Cycling and other adventures. Based in Zurich, Switzerland. I am also an architect. Follow @CaitElliott_mtbPersonal Sponsors
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Enduro World Series – Finale Ligure, Italy
At the stage in the season I’ve learned to expect a challenge when turning up to an EWS race and Finale certainly didn’t disappoint. The format was a 95km loop with 2300m of climbing/descending, no uplifts and 6 timed stages. … Continue reading
Bluegrass Enduro – Guebwiller, France
The last of the French races in the Bluegrass series was in Guebwiller, a small village in Alsace just across the border from Switzerland. I did this one last year but the course was changed to include a monster 20 … Continue reading
Biivouac Enduro – Dust, Exposure and an Insider View of France
At the weekend I was lucky to have the chance to step in as a last minute substitute to race the Biivouac Enduro for the BMC Enduro Team alongside Kerstin Kögler. The race took place in the Pays Diois area of the … Continue reading
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Alpine Summer
Summer in Switzerland this year has been the wettest since weather recording began so when there is a good day you have to make the most of it. But when it’s good its pretty damn good! That was Davos in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alps, bike, davos, mtb, Switzerland¨, Velo Elsener
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Gravity Enduro – Djouce, Ireland
This year’s Irish Enduro National Championships took place in one of my favourite places to ride in the world and was well timed with a Swiss bank holiday so perfect for a trip back. Djouce woods just outside Dublin, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Djouce, enduro, Enduro 29er, gravity enduro, Ireland, mtb, national championships, Wicklow
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EWS La Thuile
Round 4 of the Enduro World Series was in La Thuile, a small traditional village in the Italian Alps close to Mont Blanc. The format was 2 days of practice, 2 days of racing with 3 timed stages per day … Continue reading
European Enduro Series, Flims CH
The 2nd round of the European Enduro Series was in Flims/Laax, a ski area in the Swiss Alps a couple of hours from Zürich. Practice on the course was on Friday but I had to work in the morning and … Continue reading
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EWS Valloire
Another round of the EWS, another epic weekend of racing. Chairlift accessed racing in Valloire was a long way from the long pedaling distances and slippery steep roots of Scotland but it was no less of physcial and mental challenge. … Continue reading
Wallis, secret Swiss Alps
We had a long weekend in Switzerland last week and with temperatures in the mid 30′s it was perfect for escaping to the mountains for some early season Alpine adventures in the Wallis area. We used a combination of local … Continue reading
EWS Tweed Valley, Scotland
What a weekend! Im not sure if this is a report on a marathon stage race, a downhill race, an xc race or a sprint eliminator – I think we did them all. Day One – Innerleithen, 55 km, 1500m … Continue reading