THE 2011 CROCODILE TROPHY BIKE RACE

The 2011 Crocodile Trophy will take place from 18-27 October. The mountain bike stage race will begin in Cairns, with riders covering 1,223km over 10 gruelling days before finishing in Cooktown, northern Queensland.

Billed by its organizers as the hardest, longest and most adventurous mountain bike race in the world, the bulk of the route takes place deep in the Australian Bush. “We stay overnight in little villages only twice, for all other stages we set up camp in the bush, rainforest, on rivers or lakes,” says race organizer Gerhard Schönbacher.

The 2011 stage plan is as follows:

• Stage 1 (98km) - Tuesday 18 October 2011: Cairns-Lake Tinaroo
• Stage 2 (127km) - 19 October: Lake Tinaroo-Koombooloomba          
• Stage 3 (122km) - 20 October: Koombooloomba-Gunnawarra                
• Stage 4 (85km) - 21 October: Gunnawarra-Irvinebank                   
• Stage 5 (121km) - 22 October: Irvinebank-Mt.Mulligan             
• Stage 6 (162km) - 23 October: Mt. Mulligan-Mt. Mulgrave            
• Stage 7 (151km) - 24 October: Mt. Mulgrave-Laura                        
• Stage 8 (128km) - 25 October: Laura-Kalpowar                 
• Stage 9 (130km) - 26 October: Kalpowar-Munburra                    
• Stage 10 (99km) - 27 October: Munburra-Cooktown   
• FINISH LINE!