Icycling Posted June 17, 2011 Share Successful World Cup venue wins bid The UCI Management Committee awarded the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The decision was announced after the committee's meeting in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on Friday. Pietermaritzburg has twice hosted a triple round of the UCI World Cup - first in 2009 and then in 2011. Yesterday, the UCI announced that the World Cup would return to Pietermaritzburg for another round in 2012. The venue will again open the international series next season. South Africa is a popular early season training destination, especially for European elite riders. Many elite mountain bikers also race the Cape Epic each year in late March. South African riders have been increasingly mixing it up in the World Cup races including those like Burry Stander in the cross country and Greg Minnaar and Andrew Neethling in the downhill. Since the first South African World Cup in Pietermaritzburg in 2009, organizers have continued to make changes to both the downhill and cross country courses. This year's UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will be held in Champery, Switzerland. In 2012, the Worlds will happen in Austria. That will be the first year the championships are split over two weekends with the downhill portion in Leogang on August 31 to September 2, 2012 and the cross country portion in Saalfelden from September 6-9, 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weight Weenie Posted June 17, 2011 Share This is fooking awesome !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bums Posted June 17, 2011 Share This is awesome news. I went this year and loved it. I cant wait for the first SA World champion to be crowned on home soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted June 17, 2011 Share Very cool! SA is world-class, more and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted June 18, 2011 Share 2012 is going to be a great year. Koksijde - Belgium for World Cyclo Cross Champs. Houffalize (BEL) for the Mtb World Cup. Paris Roubaix. Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Tour of Lux. Tour de France starts 100km from where i stay,at Liege Olympic Games Mtb and Triathlon. Saalfelden,Mtb world champs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted June 18, 2011 Share Was so chuffed when I read this! This year's WC event seemed to be down on attendance, but it ran super-smoothly. PMB is a great venue, even though some of the DHers moaned about the course a bit. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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