Crocodile Trophy

The Crocodile Trophy is an annual eight-day mountain bike stage race held in North Queensland, Australia. The race typically covers around 750 kilometres (466 mi) over 8 stages and used to be knows to be one of the most demanding mountain bike races in the world and was known as 'the hardest, longest and most adventurous MTB race in the world'. In recent years however the race became more and more accessible. The race is however still known for the heat and the rough terrain of the Australian Outback.

Crocodile Trophy
Race details
DateOctober
RegionNorth Queensland, Australia
DisciplineMountain bike racing
TypeStage race
OrganiserGerhard Schönbacher
Race directorGerhard Schönbacher
Web sitewww.crocodile-trophy.com
History
First edition1995 (1995)
Editions21 (as of 2015)
First winner Harald Maier (AUT)
Most wins4 wins  Jaap Viergever (NED)
Most recent Urs Huber (SUI)

History

The race was originally intended to take place in Vietnam. The event would last 18 days, starting in Saigon and finishing in Hanoi. But after spending two weeks in Vietnam race organisers Gerhard Schönbacher realized it was not possible to organise the event in Vietnam. Later on he found an alternative in Darwin and decided that the first route of the Crocodile Trophy would run from Darwin to Cairns.[1] The race's route would change every year.

Classifications

The Crocodile Trophy's leaders jersey is awarded after each stage to the rider with the lowest overall time. The rider who has the lowest overall time will wear the jersey at the next stage. The cyclist who is awarded the jersey after the final stage is the overall winner of the race.

The first five riders to cross the finish line at each stage will score points that count toward the Points classification. The rider who holds the most points will wear a special jersey.

Winners
Year[2] Winner Male Winner Female
1995  Harald Maier (AUT)  Meg Carrigan (AUS)
1996  Harald Maier (AUT)  Brigitte Kurka (AUT)
1997  Jaap Viergever (NED)  Regina Stanger (AUT)
1998  Harald Maier (AUT) no entries
1999  Jaap Viergever (NED) no entries
2000  Simon Apperloo (NED)  Carrie Edwards (USA)
2001  Jaap Viergever (NED)  Mieke Deroo (BEL)
2002  Jaap Viergever (NED)  Mieke Deroo (BEL)
2003  Roland Stauder (ITA)  Rosi King (AUS)
2004  Adam Hansen (AUS)  Anita Waiss (AUT)
2005  Adam Hansen (AUS)  Kim Proctor (AUS)
2006  Christoph Stevens (BEL)  Dominique Angerer (AUT)
2007  Mauro Bettin (ITA)  Michela Benzoni (ITA)
2008  Ondrej Fojtik (CZE)  Karen Steurs (BEL)
2009  Urs Huber (SUI) [3]  Monique Zeldenrust (NED)
2010  Urs Huber (SUI)  Abby McLennan (AUS)
2011  Jeroen Boelen (NED)  Jessica Douglas (AUS)
2012  Ivan Rybařík (CZE)  Kate Major (AUS)
2013  Mark Frendo (AUS)  Liesbeth Hessens (BEL)
2014  Greg Saw (AUS)  Imogen Smith (AUS)
2015  Urs Huber (SUI)  Sarah White (AUS)
2016  Urs Huber (SUI)  Alice Pirard (BEL)
2017  Leandre Bouchard (CAN)  Haley Smith (CAN)
2018  Urs Huber (SUI)  Sarah White (AUS)
2019  Alan Gordon (RSA)  Angelica Tazreiter (AUT)

Wins per country
Wins menCountry
5 Netherlands
  Switzerland
4 Australia
3 Austria
2 Czech Republic
 Italy
1 Belgium
 Canada
Wins womenCountry
8 Australia
5 Austria
4 Belgium
1 Italy
 Netherlands
 United States
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References
  1. "the story of the Crocodile Trophy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. Cycling News, Crocodile Trophy Past Winners
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