Whether you are an Elite Mountain Bike Marathon competitor or an amateur rider, you can now qualify for the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships by participating in the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon Series.
15 events in eight countries across three continents.
In establishing the 15-event Series, the International Cycling Union is demonstrating its commitment to the globalisation of the discipline and its development at all levels. The Series will touch down in eight countries (Austria, Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Italy, Latvia, South Africa and Switzerland) over three continents. The calendar of qualifying events will run between two Marathon World Championships. For 2011-2012, the Series events extend from the 2011 UCI Marathon Mountain Bike World Championships in Montebelluna (ITA) to the subsequent World Championships in Ornans in France.
Elite riders can qualify for the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships by placing in the top 20 of a UCI Mountain Bike Marathon Series event (or in the top 50 of the general classification of the Series) in addition to selection by their National Federation. All riders are obliged to wear national team clothing when competing in the World Championships.
A Series open to amateur riders
The UCI Mountain Bike Marathon Series is also open to all amateur riders who can test themselves against the best athletes in the world. They can also qualify for the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships through one or more events of the Series under the same criteria as Elite riders (see above).
The first four events of the Series have already been held in Austria, Switzerland, Italy and France. Round five at the Roc d’Azur (FRA) event this weekend brings down the curtain on the 2011 rounds of the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon Series, with the 2012 opener and sixth race of the Series to be held in February in the far south of the African continent in Mpumalanga province (RSA).
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