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UCI promotes Crocodile Trophy to category level S1

Tuesday 7 January 2014, 2:40PM

By Rocky Trail Media

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Officials from Cooktown Shire with the 2013 race category winners (l-r back): Mayor of Cooktown Peter Scott, Fastest Austrlian leader jersey winner Paul Mashford, second Cory Wallace, race winner Mark Frendo, third Jiri Krivanek, Master winner Mario Färberböck and Alan Wilson Councillor Cooktown Shire with the fastest woman, Liesbeth Hessens on top of the world – on Grassy Hill in Cooktown, the 2013 race finish.
Officials from Cooktown Shire with the 2013 race category winners (l-r back): Mayor of Cooktown Peter Scott, Fastest Austrlian leader jersey winner Paul Mashford, second Cory Wallace, race winner Mark Frendo, third Jiri Krivanek, Master winner Mario Färberböck and Alan Wilson Councillor Cooktown Shire with the fastest woman, Liesbeth Hessens on top of the world – on Grassy Hill in Cooktown, the 2013 race finish. Credit: Regina Stanger/Crocodile Trophy
Mark Frendo, the 2013 Crocodile Trophy Champion, the first Australian in eight years to claiming the race victory in eight years since fellow Queenslander Adam Hansen.
Mark Frendo, the 2013 Crocodile Trophy Champion, the first Australian in eight years to claiming the race victory in eight years since fellow Queenslander Adam Hansen. Credit: Regina Stanger
The typical Outback Highways will be part of the 2014 stage plan as well, connecting the many firetrails and remote singletrail sections, some of which only the racers and supporting quad bikes will be able to ride.
The typical Outback Highways will be part of the 2014 stage plan as well, connecting the many firetrails and remote singletrail sections, some of which only the racers and supporting quad bikes will be able to ride. Credit: Regina Stanger
Cory Wallace, Canadian Marathon National Champion and Crocodile Trophy runner-up in 2013 with race winner Mark Frendo (AUS) on the Atherton MTB Park singletrails, which will be featured in the 2014 stage plan again.
Cory Wallace, Canadian Marathon National Champion and Crocodile Trophy runner-up in 2013 with race winner Mark Frendo (AUS) on the Atherton MTB Park singletrails, which will be featured in the 2014 stage plan again. Credit: Kenneth Lorentsen

The Crocodile Trophy is the oldest mountain bike stage race in the world and in 2014 will  celebrate its 20th anniversary. In honour of this jubilee and major milestone for the event, its organisers decided to join the UCI.

The most adventurous mountain bike stage race in the world will become a UCI event category S1.  As an official UCI race the Crocodile Trophy will still be open for professionals, amateur racers as well as recreational cyclists.

The infamous event is not only the oldest and most renowned mountain bike stage race in the world, but it also features the biggest solo competitor field of any stage race of that dimension.

The organisers confirmed that for the 2014 anniversary race, there will be at least four completely new stages in the nine-day tour program. With a new and larger infrastructure the Crocodile Trophy will be able to host more participants than in previous years. The new stage plan through the remote Australian Outback and lush rainforests in Tropical Far North Queensland with the new stage finishes and spectacular tracks and trails will be publicized by the end of January.

The event dates are:  18th – 26th October 2014
Online registration has already been open since 1st December on www.crocodile-trophy.com!

For further information please check our website www.crocodile-trophy.com