Most of us are nonetheless recovering from the multidiscipline throw-down at Mont Saint Anne, Canada, a couple of weeks again. Letting it sink in, we’ll have to attend till subsequent 12 months for extra motion. Nevertheless, for 2024, the UCI Mountain Bike World Collection calendar locations are totally different. There at the moment are six new venues and it seems they’re dropping one iconic U.S. cease (and the one U.S. cease for DH).
SnowShoe World Cup Off the Record For 2024
With out figuring out it, spectators stuffed Snowshoe, WV, cheering on their favourite rider, probably for the final time. The venue hosted the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup for a few years, beforehand internet hosting rounds of the USA Mountain Bike Nationwide Championships and, extra just lately, the ultimate cease for the Cross-Nation Marathon World Cup.
Why the change?
Touring from exterior the US to the resort’s distant location was difficult for a lot of athletes. Attending to Snowshoe means a number of time within the automobile. The closest airports are all almost a four-hour drive from the resort. However, you’re sitting on the aircraft after which within the automobile. The same old subsequent cease on the UCI Mountain Bike World Collection is Mont-Sainte-Anne (MAS), Canada, a 15-hour drive from the Snowshoe, WV.
The New UCI Mountain Bike World Collection U.S. Cease — Mt Van Hoevenberg
Olympic followers will bear in mind Mt. Van Hoevenberg (MVH) because the Olympic Video games host in 1932 and 1980, residence to the “Miracle on Ice.” The venue boasts miles (and miles) of single observe and delightful landscapes. The drive from MVH to the subsequent UCI Mountain Bike World Collection cease, MSA, is about 5 hours. This shorter commute will make the journey to North America way more accessible for staff athletes and workers.
What does this imply for downhill?
The Mt. Van Hoevenberg venue will showcase solely cross-country Olympic (XCO) and quick observe (XCC); no downhill (DHI) racing will happen on the new venue. There is no such thing as a cease within the US for downhill competitors within the UCI Mountain Bike World Collection.
2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Collection Calendar
The total calendar for the UCI World Cups in cross-country Olympic (XCO), quick observe (XCC), downhill (DHI), and enduro (EDR), and now together with E-enduro (E-EDR).
The collection will cowl 15 weekends of racing, with all codecs having fun with each stand-alone and mixed occasions. The UCI Mountain Bike World Collection season begins with cross-country that includes back-to-back race weekends in Brazil. The kick-off options new venues in Mairiporã and Araxá, Minas Gerais. Becoming a member of them as first-time hosts are Bielsko-Biala in Poland, Crans-Montana and Aletsch Enviornment, Bellwald within the Valais area of Switzerland. Mt Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid within the USA would be the penultimate cease earlier than Mont-Sainte-Anne.
David Lappartient, President of the UCI, stated: “With its progressive new format bringing collectively all the key codecs within the self-discipline, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup was an enormous success in 2023, with, for the primary time, a spherical in Haute-Savoie, France internet hosting all of the specialties on the collection program.”
“There will likely be one thing new subsequent 12 months, too, with new venues included on this flagship mountain bike collection in Europe and North and South America. This testifies to the game’s reputation, which the Worldwide Olympic Committee has simply confirmed will likely be on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Video games program. Mountain bike continues to develop internationally, and the UCI World Cup is undoubtedly a key factor on this progress.”
For extra on the UCI Mountain Bike World Collection, go to: ucimtbworldseries.com
