Bikedan in Asia

Malaysia: Tour de Langkawi Stage One

Today’s opening stage was a 20.3km individual time trial: a race of truth against the clock. In a race like Tour de Langkawi where sprinters typically dominate most of the stages, the individual TT allows opportunities for riders to position themselves on the leaderboard; potentially could stay unchanged for much of the race.  The other [...]

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Malaysia: Tour of Langkawi Start List Announced

Today the starting list of the Tour of Langkawi  was announced by the organizers and going by the names on it, the Tour is shaping up to be quite an exciting edition. The defending champion, Yonnatta Monslave from the Androni Giocattoli team is back. However, the competition looks to be very stiff with the likes of [...]

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New Zealand: Egmont Seafoods Round the Mountain 153km Race

It was the closest finish in the history of any of the Round the Mountain events, including the classic that’s held in October. The difference between the first two riders, according to the time chip, was an unbelievable 1-300th of a second at the 2012 Egmont Seafoods Round the Mountain Ride It was impossible to [...]

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Rapha Festive 500: A Global Challenge

The 2011 Edition of the Rapha Festive 500 Challenge was truly a global one with cyclists from all regions stepping up to embark on the journey of epic riding before the curtains of the year drew to a close. The Rapha Challenge hosted by Strava saw a stunning 3,030 cyclists sign up to do the [...]

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Bikedan’sTop Five Highlights of 2011

2011 has been a big year for me in terms of traveling, seeing new places, meeting new people and exploring by bike. I had many rich and amazing experiences, too many to list here. So, I will name my top five cycling experiences of the year…. No.1 IRAN This has to rank no.1 for me [...]

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China: Shimano Cycling Festival Part 2

The elite category of the MTB event at the Shimano Cycling Festival only consisted of 35 riders but it was a fiercely contested race with attacks coming thick and fast throughout the 30 minute race. I got a good result coming in second place, in a very close sprint for the win.  The MTB race [...]

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Tour of Matabungkay: Stage One 90kms and Stage Two TTT 30kms

  The three day tour in the Philippines kicked off today with a double stage day that made for a long energy draining day for all 200 plus competitors.  It was a three man breakaway group that finished with strongman Lee Rodgers (Mossimo Cycling Team) edging out Colin Roberston (Franzia Wines) by 10 seconds and [...]

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Mongolia Bike Challenge: Delayed Coverage – Stage Eight

Image by:  OTTAVIO TOMASINI Since returning from Mongolia, I have been very busy with various projects on the go including getting started for the new term at Zhejiang University – thus I have not had the chance to completely finish my diary updates on the Mongolia Bike Challenge. Just Stages Eight and Nine remain to [...]

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Mongolia Bike Challenge: Stage Seven

After the sixth day, we all welcomed a rest day camped in the middle of nowhere; a beautiful setting beside a flowing river and green grasslands surrounding us. It was a nice location to relax and regenerate for the last three stages as we pushed for Karakorum. It was nice to sleep in, enjoy a [...]

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Mongolia Bike Challenge: Super Stage!

Stage six was the hardest and most challenging of all the stages so far at the Mongolia Bike Challenge. It was 126kms featuring some super climbs totaling over 2,600m in elevation gain. It was also a stage that I did surprisingly well in given I don’t climb so well. I finished 11th on the Queen [...]

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