Crocodile Trophy

Crocodile Trophy
Race details
Date	October
Region	North Queensland, Australia
Discipline	Mountain bike racing
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Gerhard Schönbacher
Race director	Gerhard Schönbacher
Web site	www.crocodile-trophy.com
History
First edition	1995
Editions	26 (as of 2022)
First winner	Harald Maier (AUT); Meg Carrigan (AUS)
Most wins	5 Urs Huber (SUI)
Most recent	Wolfgang Krenn (AUT); Elodie Kuijper (NED)

The Crocodile Trophy is an annual eight-day mountain bike stage race held in North Queensland, Australia. The race typically covers around 750 kilometres (466 mi) over 8 stages and used to be known as one of the most demanding mountain bike races in the world, called 'the hardest, longest and most adventurous MTB race in the world'. In recent years however the race became more and more accessible. The race is however still known for the heat and the rough terrain of the Australian Outback.

History

The race was originally intended to take place in Vietnam. The event would last 18 days, starting in Saigon and finishing in Hanoi. But after spending two weeks in Vietnam race organisers Gerhard Schönbacher realized it was not possible to organise the event in Vietnam. Later on he found an alternative in Darwin and decided that the first route of the Crocodile Trophy would run from Darwin to Cairns.^[1] The race's route would change every year.

Classifications

The Crocodile Trophy's leaders jersey is awarded after each stage to the rider with the lowest overall time. The rider who has the lowest overall time will wear the jersey at the next stage. The cyclist who is awarded the jersey after the final stage is the overall winner of the race.

The first five riders to cross the finish line at each stage will score points that count toward the Points classification. The rider who holds the most points will wear a special jersey.

Winners

Year^[2]	Winner Male	Winner Female
1995	Harald Maier (AUT)	Meg Carrigan (AUS)
1996	Harald Maier (AUT)	Brigitte Kurka (AUT)
1997	Jaap Viergever (NED)	Regina Stanger (AUT)
1998	Harald Maier (AUT)	no entries
1999	Jaap Viergever (NED)	no entries
2000	Simon Apperloo (NED)	Carrie Edwards (USA)
2001	Jaap Viergever (NED)	Mieke Deroo (BEL)
2002	Jaap Viergever (NED)	Mieke Deroo (BEL)
2003	Roland Stauder (ITA)	Rosi King (AUS)
2004	Adam Hansen (AUS)	Anita Waiss (AUT)
2005	Adam Hansen (AUS)	Kim Proctor (AUS)
2006	Christoph Stevens (BEL)	Dominique Angerer (AUT)
2007	Mauro Bettin (ITA)	Michela Benzoni (ITA)
2008	Ondrej Fojtik (CZE)	Karen Steurs (BEL)
2009	Urs Huber (SUI) ^[3]	Monique Zeldenrust (NED)
2010	Urs Huber (SUI)	Abby McLennan (AUS)
2011	Jeroen Boelen (NED)	Jessica Douglas (AUS)
2012	Ivan Rybařík (CZE)	Kate Major (AUS)
2013	Mark Frendo (AUS)	Liesbeth Hessens (BEL)
2014	Greg Saw (AUS)	Imogen Smith (AUS)
2015	Urs Huber (SUI)	Sarah White (AUS)
2016	Urs Huber (SUI)	Alice Pirard (BEL)
2017	Leandre Bouchard (CAN)	Haley Smith (CAN)
2018	Urs Huber (SUI)	Sarah White (AUS)
2019	Alan Gordon (RSA)	Angelica Tazreiter (AUT)

2022^[4]	Wolfgang Krenn (AUT)	Elodie Kuijper (NED)