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  • 2015 World Cup DH Calendar revealed
  • chakaping
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    Seven rounds, no PMB thankfully, Val di Sole back (hooray!) and two new tracks…

    DH1 April 11-12 – Lourdes (France)
    DH2 June 6-7 – Fort William (Great Britain)
    DH3 June 13-14 – Leogang (Austria)
    DH4 July 4-5 – Lenzerheide (Switzerland)
    DH5 August 1-2 – Mont-Sainte-Anne (Canada)
    DH6 August 8-9 – Windham (United States)
    DH7 August 22-23 – Val di Sole (Italy)

    Posted 9 years ago
    ska-49
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    Looks good! Shame they got rid of SA though. The long pedal mixed up the results.

    Posted 9 years ago
    chakaping
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    Footage of the new tracks on here…
    http://wideopenmag.co.uk/news/23471/2015-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup-calendar

    Posted 9 years ago
    chakaping
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    Hope this ain’t the track they’ll be using at Lenzerheide…
    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=728uPA0BmSY[/video]

    Posted 9 years ago
    mikewsmith
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    Shame Oz and NZ missed out Hobart and Roto were touted as venues

    Posted 9 years ago
    scruff
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    Never heard of Lenzereide before, but I guess thats the idea. Wheres the Champs going to be?

    Posted 9 years ago
    jambalaya
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    Thanks OP

    Glad to see Lenzerheide get some coverage. Peaty was there last week and posted quite a bit on FB

    I was no fan of the PMB track but it was important as an African venue mxing things up a bit and give Minear a home race.

    Posted 9 years ago
    chakaping
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    2015 World Champs in Vallnord, 2016 is Val Di Sole.

    Posted 9 years ago
    mikewsmith
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    2016 was meant to be cairns wonder what changed

    Posted 9 years ago
    chakaping
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    2017 is Cairns I think.

    PMB had enjoyed a good run of a few years, it’d be great to see somewhere else in the Southern Hemisphere have a crack. Preferably somewhere in the mountains, maybe NZ with so many top riders coming from there?

    Posted 9 years ago
    cookeaa
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    2015 World Champs in Vallnord

    What Date?

    Posted 9 years ago
    scruff
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    I wonder when South America will host a WC DH round?

    Posted 9 years ago
    andytherocketeer
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    think vallnord 2015 is 1st week/weekend in September? (saw it somewhere, but forget where).

    Anyone know the status of Fort William? had a feeling they signed a multi year deal, but that was only up to 2015 iirc ?

    Posted 9 years ago
    jambalaya
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    Never heard of Lenzereide before, but I guess thats the idea. Wheres the Champs going to be?

    Yes. Its a ski resort about 2 hrs from Zurich. Has some nice riding with quite a few different areas wither side of the valley and some nice enduro style “day out” options you can do with access via post bus and mountain railway. I did a day there. They have a casual low key mass start “mega” type race which always sold out before I got a place. As its in the German speaking part and a longer drive than the more popular Brit spots it doesn’t get so much coverage. I think STW did a day in Arosa which is the resort further up the valley and which you can link back to Lenzerheide. They are building a linking lift.

    Posted 9 years ago
    mikewsmith
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    OK then 2016 still has rounds up for grabs. Would love to see it local as it’s far too focused up north considering the talent from down here

    Posted 9 years ago
    scottfitz
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    not very ‘World’

    Posted 9 years ago
    munrobiker
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    Not much of a calendar either- 7 dates still isn’t a lot.

    Posted 9 years ago
    scruff
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    Now the EWS is successful I think DH1 needs bringing back !

    Posted 9 years ago
    antennae
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    Looks like a decent lineup, but also reckon we need more rounds and at least one in Oceania or S America. Last NZ round was Rotorua World Champs in ’06 I think, and Brazil had a couple of World Cups in 05/06, so it’s been ages.

    C’mon UCI, tack on a couple of Aus/NZ rounds at the beginning or end of the season. Hobart would be cool, any ideas where the track was going to be @mikewsmith?

    Posted 9 years ago
    chakaping
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    I wonder if the teams could all afford to do a 10 or 12 date series that visited all five continents though?

    I guess the UCI have to balance growing the sport globally with making the series accessable and economical.

    As I said, I’d like to see it hit the dramatic New Zealand mountains rather than the Aussie rainforest again, but I suppose it all depends who’s bidding to host (and how much).

    Posted 9 years ago
    mikewsmith
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    I think it was going to be a revamp in Glenorchy, not sure how the Oceanias went down there but with work it would be good. Be nice to see something off the cable car (when built) from high up Wellington.

    Only real problem down here is it’s currently winter and covered in snow up there

    Posted 9 years ago
    chakaping
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    Anyone ridden at Lourdes? Track looks good from the clip on that link.

    Interesting if it’s being pushed as a biking destination though, it is the same place all the sick and infirm go, yeah?

    Posted 9 years ago
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