nigelhicks Posted March 15, 2011 Posted March 15, 2011 Event Name: 2011 Mountain Bike World CupWhen: 20 April 2011 - 24 April 2011Where: Cascades - Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-NatalCategory: MTBThe 2011 UCI MTB World Cup presented by Shimano, will open with the first event in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. We look forward to welcoming all UCI MTB Teams, National Federations and individual riders and we as the organizers and Cycling South Africa will work as hard as possible to ensure their experience will be of the highest standard. The organizers, together with the City of Pietermaritzburg, have developed a prime piece of real estate which is almost in the centre of the city and served as the premier Mountain Bike venue in the country over the past two years. This 12 hectare piece of land boasts competition ready Cross Country, Downhill and Four Cross courses that will all be utilized at the event in April 2011Go to Event Page
nigelhicks Posted March 15, 2011 Author Posted March 15, 2011 The Downhill Course for 2011 will be 3.1km long with an elevation drop of approximately 415m, starting approximately 250m further up the hill from the 2009 course. The overall course direction is the same but the course has been modified to incorporate a number of steeper and rocky sections. The course begins out of the start hut with a left-right chicane into a rock drop called "The Eyeboggler". Riders exit across a road and into a short singletrack section that leads into a road jump into a drop off and a left hand berm. This leads into a right hand turn of a dropoff into a berm into an immediate offcamber left turn. The track drops off across a road which leads into a sharp lefthand turn onto the Cloud 9 rock drop of the old 2009 course. The main Cloud 9 rock drop is the same as 2009 exiting off a benchcut down a steep bank. The course has a large g-out over a road before entering Pebble Beach through a tight right hand turn over a large rock with a number of line options. This leads into the main rock feature at Pebble Beach which is a large 6 foot bridged drop off the rock which leads into a large rock garden. As the rider exits the rock garden they will have to put in a couple of pedals down a fast striaght towards a large doubl before the drop into the singletrack section at Driftage. The singletrack section ends with a small rock garden. A couple of bermed corners and the rider drops into the Dr Evil drop and the large hipped gap jump above the main Gully. Speed increases to a good 50km/h as the rider hits the fly in jump into the main gully. The rider exits the rough gully over a fadeaway stepdown into the 2 main 20m long tabletops on the “N3 highway”. The pedalling section from 2009 is now called "Khathala" and has been altered by adding in a number of pump-rhythm sections using rollers, tabletops, doubles and berms. The rhythm section leads into a short pedal section towards the “Bombhole”. The stepdown into the” bombhole” remains the same as the 2009 course which exits into the large bridged road gap over the Cross Country Course at "The Air-odrome". A number of rock stepdowns leads over the 4 Cross Course into a hipped right hander into a small rock garden. A short pedal and the rider drops off a large offcamber banked section onto the 4x and into a left hander off a big bank. The course crosses the XC course over a large bridge into a short rock garden. The course rejoins the 4 Cross Course over a large step down for a short sprint into a 14m long right hip jump called "THE MONEYMAKER" followed by a 13m long left hip into the final 13m fadeaway stepdown to the finish!
nigelhicks Posted March 15, 2011 Author Posted March 15, 2011 Everyone - Tickets are now on sale at http://www.mtbworldcupsa.co.za/ Ticket Options: Single Entry - R40.00 - 1 x EntrySingle Entry, 1 Day Package - R70.00 - 1 x Entry & 1 x Uplift & 1 x Event ProgrammeSingle Entry, 2 Day Package - R125.00 - 2 x Entry & 2 x Uplift & 1 x Event ProgrammeSingle Entry, 3 Day Package - R175.00 - 3 x Entry & 3 x Uplift & 1 x Event ProgrammeSingle Entry, 3 Day Deluxe Package - R400.00 - 3 x Entry & Continual Uplift & 1 x Event Programme & 3 x VIP PassFamily Pack, 1 Day Package - R220.00 - 4 x Entry & 4 x Uplift & 1 x Event ProgrammeFamily Pack, 2 Day Package - R350.00 - 8 x Entry & 8 x Uplift & 1 x Event ProgrammeFamily Pack, 3 Day Package - R450.00 - 12 x Entry & 12 x Uplift & 1 x Event Programme
Redline Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 looks like the best day (if you can only go one day) will be friday then. downhill and 4x
nigelhicks Posted March 16, 2011 Author Posted March 16, 2011 1. World Cup Schedule Wednesday, 20 April 2011 DHI 08:30 - 11:00 Downhill Course Inspection by UCI 4X 11:00 - 12:00 4X Course Inspection by UCI XCO 13:00 - 15:00 Cross-country Course Inspection by UCI XCO, DHI, 4X 12:30 - 13:00 World Cup Riders Confirmation >> UCI ELITE MTB Teams only XCO, DHI, 4X 13:00 - 14:00 World Cup Riders Confirmation >> UCI MTB Teams only 4X 14:00 - 14:30 World Cup Riders Confirmation >> 4X riders only DHI 14:00 - 16:00 On Foot Downhill Course Inspection - Riders/Teams XCO,DHI, 4X 14:30 - 16:00 World Cup Riders Confirmation >> All riders 4X 16:00 - 17:30 Official 4X Training Thursday, 21 April 2011 DHI 08:00 - 13:00 Official Downhill Training >> World Cup riders only XCO, DHI, 4X 09:00 - 12:00 World Cup Riders Confirmation >> All riders (Final Confirmation 4X) XCO 10:00 - 16:00 Official Cross-country Training >> World Cup riders only XCO, DHI 13:00 - 15:00 World Cup Riders Confirmation >> All riders (Final Confirmation DHI) DHI 13:00 - 14:30 Downhill Timed Training >> Top 80 Men & Top 20 Women only DHI 14:30 - 15:00 On Foot Downhill Course Inspection - Riders/Teams 4X 14:30 Team Managers Meeting - 4X 4X 15:00 - 16:15 Official 4X Training 4X 16:30 World Cup 4X - Qualifying Round DHI 18:00 Team Managers Meeting - XCO Friday, 22 April 2011 DHI 08:00 - 10:30 Official Downhill Training >> World Cup riders only XCO 09:00 - 11:00 World Cup Riders Confirmation >> XCO riders only (Final Confirmation XCO) XCO 10:00 - 14:00 Official Cross-country Training >> World Cup riders only DHI 10:30 - 11:45 Official Downhill Training >> Top 80 Men & Top 20 Women only DHI 12:45 World Cup Downhill - Qualifying Round 4X 14:30 - 14:45 4X Rider Intro >> Top 5 Women then Top 5 Men 4X 14:45 - 15:45 Official 4X Training 4X 16:00 World Cup 4X - Finalsfollowed by Awards Ceremony XCO 18:00 Team Managers Meeting - XCO Saturday, 23 April 2011 DHI 09:30 - 12:00 Official Downhill Training >> World Cup Finals starters only XCO 09:30 World Cup Olympic Cross-country - Men U23followed by Awards Ceremonies XCO 11:45 World Cup Olympic Cross-country - Women Elite XCO 11:47 World Cup Olympic Cross-country - Women U23followed by Awards Ceremonies XCO 14:30 World Cup Olympic Cross-country - Men Elitefollowed by Awards Ceremonies Sunday, 24 April 2011 XCO 09:30 World Cup Olympic Cross-country - Men Juniors XCO 09:31 World Cup Olympic Cross-country - Women Juniorsfollowed by Awards Ceremonies DHI 09:30 - 12:00 Official Downhill Training >>> World Cup Finals starters only DHI 12:00 - 12:15 Downhill Rider Intro >> Top 5 Women then Top 5 Men DHI 13:15 World Cup Downhill - Final - Women DHI 14:00 World Cup Downhill - Final - Menfollowed by Awards Ceremonies: Women and Men
nigelhicks Posted March 16, 2011 Author Posted March 16, 2011 looks like the best day (if you can only go one day) will be friday then. downhill and 4x Or Sunday - Junior XC in the Morning with DH finals in the afternoon
Redline Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Or Sunday - Junior XC in the Morning with DH finals in the afternoon indeed, but then we miss out on 4x, hopefully we will see you guys in action on both
nigelhicks Posted March 16, 2011 Author Posted March 16, 2011 i will unfortunately be working not riding .... as far as i know Jordie O Keefe is going to be the only SA rider in the 4x ... but there will be a good couple of SA guys and girls in both the XC and DH.
nigelhicks Posted March 17, 2011 Author Posted March 17, 2011 Cascades XC track. The Pietermaritzburg World Cup XC track is brand new for 2011 with a number of man-made rock gardens having been introduced to make the track more technically challenging. The track is 6.1 km long with 316m of climbing with most of the climbing taking place in the first half of the track, there after the track is predominantly downhill, with a number of technical sections to spice things up. The new track see’s a start shoot being introduced to allow the riders to jostle for position before conquering the first climb. This short lung-busting climb will become more and more difficult as the laps go by. The next 600m of track drops back down to the start finish area and meanders next to a stream, spiced up with small man-made rock gardens and a zig zag climb into the first forest section. The track then joins a fire road, allowing for over taking opportunities. This wide road is broken up by a short section of fast flowing singletrack. The return to the contour road is short lived as the track starts to climb up one of the longer stretches of uphill singletrack. Once again the track joins a contour road and ducks underneath the Downhill track. At this point the riders are at the second highest point on the track. From here the track drops into “Oliver’s Twist” which is another fast flowing piece of singletrack. From “Oliver’s Twist” the riders will enter the “Amphitheatre”. This area will be one of the talking points of the 2011 course, with a combination of wide bench cut singletrack, tight bermed corners, rock sections, bridges and log drop off’s. Towards the end of the “Amphitheatre” there is a short steep hill which will allow for another over taking opportunity. Between the “Amphitheatre” and the “Tree House” the track undulates without any major obstacles. The “Tree House” however has undergone one of the most dramatic changes for 2011. With 12 truck loads of rock been placed by hand, this section will test even the most experienced riders. Control and line choice will be key to getting through this rock garden fast. From the “Tree House” to “The Quarry”, the track is a combination of forest roads and flowing singletrack. Riders would be wise to gain their composure before entering “The Quarry”. “The Quarry” is the last rock garden of the lap and consists of roots, rock’s, off camber track and some tight lines. Once through this section there is only 600m, before the track joins the start shoot.
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