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Pepper’s Day One – Sunday August 10
Day one from Panorama to K2 Ranch was a typical “Transrockies” day. We left with the music blaring, “The Highway to Hell”. From Panorama we immediately began a relentless 2-hour hill climb ( the steepesta dn longest climb in the race) where we were rewarded at the...
Pepper’s – Only 2 days to go!
Pledges for the Asthma Society of Canada are starting to roll in as bikes from all over the world are doing the same. Brightly-coloured jerseys decorate the streets of downtown Fernie as riders gather before the first stage in Panorama Sunday morning. The Blackstone...
Epic Finish just a week away
Fernie has participated as an official stage host of the TransRockies every year since the events inception in 2002. Following five consecutive years of being the Official Start community Fernie juxtaposed last year to become the Official Finish. No other community...
Blackstone TransRockies Bike Rally – Kids’ Aged 4 – 8
The world-renown TransRockies Challenge mountain bike race will visit Fernie this August 16th for the seventh consecutive year, this being the second year staging the Official Finish and the Kids' Bike Rally. When 500 + riders from over 20 countries roll up to the...
Blackstone Fernie TransRockies Teams Support Asthma
Everyone is familiar with the sensation of breathing hard during exertion. The increased heart rate, quickened breathing and slight tightening in the chest. Now imagine these sensations increasing rapidly while you’re only sitting still. This is how an asthma attack...
TransRockies VII less than a month away
In legend, the seventh wave is believed to be the biggest in each set and, around the World, sailors fear it and surfers dream of riding it. For mountain bikers, this year’s seventh edition of the TransRockies which takes place in Canada’s majestic Rocky Mountains,...
TransRockies Finish Returns To Fernie
The world-renown TransRockies Challenge mountain bike race announced another event finish for Fernie this August 16th. Local organizers of the Blackstone Fernie TransRockies are gearing up for what promises to be one of the biggest events of the summer. When 600...
TransRockies Challenge Registration to Open
The 2008 TransRockies Challenge registration is set to open on November 1st with only 300 Team Spots Available. How time flies when you’re organizing the best epic endurance events in the World! To most of the TransRockies team, it seems like just days ago that nearly...
Final General Classification
Rank Plate Team Team Leader NAT Team Member NAT Stage Time Penalties Total Time Difference 100+ Open Gender 1 705 Syngenta Prairie Boys BENSON, Bill CDN SISSONS, Don CDN 01:55:16.50 00:00:00.00 01:55:16.50 ...
Stage 7 Report
Sparwood-Fernie 48km/660m climbing After a Day 6 which will go down as one of the most brutal days in TransRockies history, the riders were treated to a quick 48km Stage 7 run into beautiful Fernie to the finish line celebrations with the friends and family who were...
Stage 7 Brief Report
Sparwood to Fernie 48km/655 metres climbing The short and fast last stage of the TransRockies saw the Team United Cycles duo of Roddi Lega and Tim Heemskerk confirm their dominant overall victory with their sixth stage win in seven days. They gapped the second and...
Stage 6 results
Rank Plate Team Team Leader NAT Team Member NAT Stage Time Penalties Total Time Difference 100+ Open Gender 1 705 Syngenta Prairie Boys BENSON, Bill CDN SISSONS, Don CDN 06:01:01.53 00:00:00.00 06:01:01.53 00:00:00.00 2 722 Team R.A.C.E. / Kamikaze GORDON, Hamish CDN...