Cycle Epic to host Australian MTB Marathon Championship

The first ever Australian MTB Marathon Championship will be held in September this year as part of the Flight Centre Cycle Epic to be held near Toowoomba in South East Queensland. In an Australian first for the sport of mountain biking, the nation's peak mountain biking body, Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA), endorsed the Flight Centre Cycle Epic as the inaugural 2006 Australian MTB Marathon Championship.

MTBA Executive Officer, Tony Scott, said, "The Epic has a great history and the winners will certainly be deserving recipients of the title of Australian Marathon Champion."

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