Josep Betalú is known in the Škoda Titan Desert Morocco peloton as ‘the fox of the desert’. A nickname that highlights both his dominance in the race as well as his cunning and intelligence in the riding. The KH7 rider may never have been the…
Vera Looser of team Kosner – Saltoki Home is, undoubtedly, the clear GC favourite to win the Škoda Titan Desert Morocco race. Her dominant performance in the first stage established her as the strongest rider, and she maintained her lead through the third stage. Already…
No matter the kilometres, the cumulative elevation gain, the mountain passes and the route, Konny Looser and Fran Herrero seem fated to share the lead of the race, to ride wheel to wheel and for everything to come down to a reduced sprint between the…
352 days have passed since the end of the 2022 edition of the Škoda Titan Desert Morocco. But it all came down to 12 seconds. The only 12 seconds of the entire race in which Fran Herrero was not the overall leader and gave up…
If there’s one lesson to take away from the 2022 Škoda Titan Desert Morocco, which ended on Friday, it’s that nothing succeeds like success. The winners of the men’s and women’s GC had both won this gruelling six-stage MTB race before, and that gave them…
Konny Looser went all in and tried a different route hoping Herrero wouldn’t follow his wheel. He succeeded and won by the narrowest of margins in the history of the race. Anna Ramírez on the other hand allowed no surprises. Se won all four editions…
Sergio Mantecón proved to be an expert in navigation and crossed the line alone before all the GC favourites. In the women’s race, Looser managed to win but Ramírez was right on her wheel and thus stayed in the overall lead with ease.
The leaders did not allow for any surprises. Herrero won in a sprint and so did Ramírez. Everything seems open for the Škoda We Love Cycling stage. Can’t wait!
Roberto Bou worked hard for Herrero and got him back in front after the overall leader’s mechanical. He then launched a solo attack in the last kilometres and won in a stunning fashion. Meanwhile in the women’s GC, Ramírez continues to dominate the field. She…