A few weekends ago TORQ’s MTB Marathon Specialist, Neal Crampton headed up to Drumlanrig Castle for round 4 of the Scott Marathon Series. 

Now in its 9th Year, Bontrager 24/12 is an endurance event of epic proportion! 

Back in May, the team headed to the Earlstoke 12hour in Wiltshire for an early season team endurance race. 

Tifosi Optics is a US eyewear brand, predominantly producing optics for cyclists. 

Whyte Bikes have been a major sponsor to the TORQ Performance MTB Team for the past 3 years, equipping the 15 strong team with their class leading 20-C and 29-C carbon hard tail framesets in a unique custom TORQ livery. 

Here at TORQ we go to great lengths to ensure no stone is left unturned in the development of our Performance Nutrition Products and when it comes to our team bikes, things are no different and we work extremely hard with our sponsors to coordinate bespoke team liveries and special editions.. 

We’re a little behind with the MTB race reports at this end, but they’ll be coming in thick and fast now that the season is well and truly underway. 

The National Series heads south and attracts a big field of 28 riders to contest this omnium at the 1948 Olympic velodrome (in glorious weather too).  

Round 2 of The British Cycling Cross Country Series was at Wheal Maid, Redruth in Cornwall, for the most technically challenging race track the TORQ riders would be seeing this year. 

The first part of the season has been a very busy one for the TORQ team, with the team racing an array of events up and down the country. 

Since its conception in 2003, the TORQ Performance Mountain Bike team has grown into one of the UK’s most recognised and established, domestic level professional mountain bike racing teams. 

TORQ Performance MTB Team guest rider, Ajay Pandit Chhetri, of Nepal, last week took a clear win in the 2014 Yak Attack; The highest altitude, and one of the toughest, mountain bike stage races in the world.