27.01.2012 in Belgie: Voorstelling in De Schorre begin 20:00 uur in het Provinciaal Recreatiedomein 'De Schorre', Schommelei 1, Boom info (www.belgianpower.be)
van gratis deelname Crocodile Trophy en Alpentour Trophy!
Zowel In Baarle Nassau als in De Schorre worden elk een gratis deelname voor de Crocodile Trophy en voor de Alpentour Trophy verloot. Wie aan die verloting wil deelnemen moet zich aanmelden op mailadres schoenbacher@croc.at voor 22 januari 2012.
28.12.2011 Crocodile Trophy re-loaded Shorter, more variety and technical challenges
The 17th Crocodile Trophy finished with a victory of the Dutch racer Jeroen Boelen and Jessica Douglas from Australia. Now the arrangements for 2012 have already been made. And they hold a lot of new plans for the mountain bike stage race in the Australian Outback.
Shorter stages and more mountain bike tracks
“The stages will be shorter, however, they will include considerably more mountain bike tracks”, promises event organizer Gerhard Schönbacher. Furthermore, a time trial in the historic mining town of Irvinebank will add some variety. Overall, the participants will ride 866 km with the longest stage covering 136 km.
The Outback will continue to be centre-stage with the cattle station at Mt. Mulligan, Mitchell River and the Bicentennial National Trail all being included in the stage plan of the endurance race in the Australian bush. And also the legendary stage through the “Quinken Aboriginal Reserver” from Maytown to Laura will be revived and included after a ten year break.
Croc Adventure – Teams for two In addition to the individual and team of three classifications another category will be offered in 2012. The “Croc Adventure” team category will be offered exclusively for teams of two (male, female, mixed). The participants in this category are required to ride together and come across the finish line each day not more than two minutes apart from each other.
“With this category team spirit and mutual support are in the spotlight”, explains organizer Gerhard Schönbacher. “After all, most of the times, together you are stronger. When it comes to mechanicals or endurance lows, the team partners can help and push each other, and there is also always someone to rely on to draft with.”
Number of participants - 200 Biker
This year’s exceptional performances of tandem riders from Italy and Belgium have made the organizers include this category in the program for 2012 again. Furthermore, the total participant limit has been raised to 200 riders to avoid individual and team racers missing out on racing spots. Thus a crowd of 300 athletes, supporters and organizational crew will arrive at the Crocodile Trophy finish line on 28th October 2012. After the successful premiere on Grassy Hill in Cooktown this year, the spectacular landing site of the legendary Captain Cook will crown the stage race at its grand finale also in 2012.
11.09.2011
One or our participants this year would like to share the tent service with a second person. If you are interest please contact us.
17.01.2011 Presentation Crocodile Trophy in Belgium - 25.02.2011 in Kortenberg
17.12.2010 FILLM Crocodile Trophy 2010 - ORF Austrian Television - Part 2
11.12.2010 Trailer Crocodile Trophy 2011
19.11.2010 Crocodile Trophy Film Televison Belgium
Omdat de uitzending van de Formula 1 langer geduurd heeft dan voorzien heeft VRT op 14.novenber die Crocodile Trophy niet uitgezonden.
Nieuwe uitzending op zondag 5 december om 14u15 zamenvatting van 23 minuten
12.11.2010 Croco Film 2010 on Television 14.11.2010
- Benelux VRTN - Sporza at 3:30 pm
- Austria ORF1 at 11:05 am
- Australia SBS at 5 pm
- Germany ZDF (Sport aus aller Welt) at 5 – 6 pm
- Switzerland SFR evening sport
9.11.2010 Croco Film 2010 in Austrian Television (ORF) 14.11.2010 - ORF1 - 11:05 - 28 min
9.11.2010 Croco Film 2010 in Austrian Television (ORF) 14.11.2010 - ORF1 - 11:05 - 28 min
24.10.2010 Trophy in mourning Due to a tragic fatality the sixth stage of the Crocodile Trophy was called off and today's stage neutralised with the field of riders being guided to Mt Mulgrave.
At six o'clock this morning the organisers and riders woke up to the terrible news that the Dutch rider Weit Heuker had passed away during the night from 23rd to 24th October. The 59-year old suffered from cardiovascular and circulatory failure and the doctors who had been called immediately could only diagnose his death.
“We learned this morning – unfortunately only now – that Weit Heuker already had suffered a cardiac arrest a few years ago and had been under medical care since then”, explained the head of the medical support team of the Crocodile Trophy Dr. Alexandra Reimann.
“Our deepest condolences go out to the family, friends and team mates”, said event organiser Gerhard Schönbacher.
Today's stage was cancelled out of respect for the deceased rider. After a minute of silence together, the participants were guided in a neutral ride along the main road from Chillagoe to Mt Mulgrave, from where the stage race will continue tomorrow morning.
17.10.2010
Trailer René Haselbacher
12.10.2010 Tour Program
now available: the final stage plan and tour program from this years Crocodile Trophy >>> download PDF (7 MB)
29.09.2010 Jure Robic
On September 24 the World lost one of the greatest Cyclists of all Time:
5-time Race Across America Champion and 5-time Crocodile Trophy Participant Jure Robic crashed on his Mountainbike while training for this years Crocodile Trophy. On behalf of the whole Crocodile Trophy we would like to say Goodbye to Jure! He will truly be missed. Jure was racing with bib number 17 in 2009 - so we deceided that no other rider will race with number 17 in 2010. This number is for Jure - may he ride some miles with us
