The UCI have revealed particulars of the inaugural UCI Snow Bike World Championships, set to happen within the French ski resort of Châtel on February 10-11.
The self-discipline is “straight impressed by alpine snowboarding” based on a UCI press launch issued on Friday. Two competitors codecs are scheduled for the World Championships – the Tremendous-G and twin slalom, that are each additionally alpine snowboarding codecs.
The Tremendous-G occasion, in any other case often known as the tremendous big slalom, is often a ‘pace’ occasion in alpine snowboarding, with much less emphasis on technical talent. It will likely be held on a 1,957-metre-long course with 600 metres of vertical drop and 25 metres between gates.
The twin slalom is already a mountain bike occasion with riders competing head-to-head on a downhill course. In Châtel, the racers can be taking over a 510-metre-long course that includes 155 metres of vertical drop. The competitors will see riders battling it out in heats forward of a last head-to-head struggle for the rainbow jersey.
The rainbow stripes of world champion can be awarded to males and lady in each Tremendous-G and twin slalom, with the UCI recommending that rivals use downhill mountain bikes with regulated studded tyres to be used on the snow and ice.
Every nation collaborating within the World Championships might enter a most of 15 riders per gender, with the total listing of starters set to be printed by the UCI on February 1.
Talking on the announcement unveiling the UCI Snow Bike World Championships host final June, UCI president David Lappartient hailed the Worlds as a “key second” for the self-discipline.
“The awarding of the primary UCI Snow Bike World Championships to Châtel signifies a key second within the structuring of the self-discipline at world stage,” he stated. “At a time when ski resorts are more and more eager to diversify their vary of actions, snow bike presents them with a brand new alternative.
“This winter sport is a brand new addition to the mountain bike specialties which were rising strongly within the tourism sector for a number of years now and are more and more practised from spring to autumn.”
World Championships ambassador, former mountain bike racer Cédric Gracia, stated that the Worlds can be “one thing completely new” for biking.
“We will see one thing completely new on the planet of biking. It is about method, analysing the snow, reflection and technique. It may be unbelievable!” he stated, whereas native racer and French snow bike champion Pierre Thévenard famous the distinction between the 2 occasions featured on the Worlds.
“This occasion goes to boost the profile of snow bike and construct its repute because of the UCI world champion’s jersey,” he stated. “The competitors can be robust. The winner of the Tremendous-G received’t essentially win the twin slalom, which is just a little bit slower however actually technical. Racing two at a time might be destabilising, with strain proper to the tip. For the spectators it is going to be an actual present.”
