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Odlo Cool Sprints, Holy Crit combine for glorious night of racing

9/11/2018

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It had been 18 months since Holy Crit last graced Singapore’s cycling community with its presence, but it came roaring back on Saturday night in the shape of the “Odlo Cool Sprint Challenge powered by Holy Crit” at the Karting Arena in Turf City.
 
Holy Crit has its roots in fixed gear racing but has occasionally allowed roadies and mountain bikers to gatecrash the scene at previous editions of the event … but never all three together. That changed on Saturday when an extravaganza of racing saw the fixed gear, MTB and road racers combine as one big happy cycling family.
 
The event was actually the second edition of the Odlo Cool Sprint Challenge; the inaugural edition took place at the same Karting Arena circuit in April of this year, but that was a much smaller Saturday morning affair and was only for road bikes. The decision of the various stakeholders to come together was a masterstroke as merging Odlo’s original concept of racing at the Karting Arena with Holy Crit’s “street cool” resulted in a fantastic event that will be talked about for years to come. Click on this link to read the full race report.

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Haute Route Alps, an epic adventure: part 2

9/6/2018

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Ben Arnott and four of his buddies from the Singapore-based Specialized Roval Mavericks racing team recently completed the gruelling but epic Haute Route Alps 2018, a seven-stage event travelling down the spine of the French Alps from Megève to Nice.

We published the first part of Ben's account yesterday, now click here to read the conclusion, which covers stages 4 to 7.

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Haute Route Alps 2018, an epic adventure

9/6/2018

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​Ben Arnott, a well-known figure in the Singapore and Southeast Asian road racing scene, recently completed the Haute Route Alps, a seven-day stage race that travelled down the spine of the French Alps. Ben, who was accompanied by four fellow members of the Specialized Roval Mavericks racing team, has been gracious enough to allow Flat Spoke Media to publish his account of what was a painfully glorious experience for the five Mavs.

Click on this link to read Part 1 of the story, which covers the first three stages of this year’s Haute Route Alps event, while we’ll publish the concluding part tomorrow.

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