June 8/08 3:46 am - 2009 Mountain Bike World Cup Calendar Takes Shape

Posted by Editor on 06/8/08
 

2009 Mountain Bike World Cup Calendar Takes Shape

At the end of next week the UCI is planning to announce the schedule for the 2009 World Cup series. While the full details are still under wraps, some information is available at this point:

- The series will consist of eight events for each discipline: cross-country, downhill and 4-cross

- Four of the events will be triples

- The first event of the year will be a triple in South Africa, outside Greg Minnaar's hometown of Pietermaritzburg (near Durban on the east coast)

- The series will start in South Africa, then move to Europe, and on to Canada for triples in Mont Ste Anne and Bromont later in July (similar timing to this year), before heading to Australia for the Worlds