2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup calendar

The International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Management Committee, which is meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 18th and 19th, today approved the calendar for the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. The 2010 World Cup will include six rounds for each discipline and will take place at nine venues in eight countries. World cup : Round 1 – 4-cross 01-02.05.2010 Houffalize (BEL) Round 1/2 -DH/4-cross 15-16.05.2010 Maribor (SLO) Round 2/3 DH/4-cross 05-06.06.2010 Fort William (GBR) Round 3/4 DH/4-cross 19-20.06.2010 Schladming (AUT) Round 4 DH 24-25.07.2010 Champéry (SUI) Round 5 DH/4-cross 31.07-01.08.2010 Val di Sole (ITA) Round 6 DH/4-cross 28-29.08.2010 Windham (USA) World Championships : XCO/DH/4-cross 31.08-05.09.2010 Mt-Ste-Anne (CAN) Two new venues in 2010 Dalby Forest, in North Yorkshire, Great Britain, will open proceedings for the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. This region in the north of England will host, for the first time, the cross country specialists in the world series. After an absence of four years, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will make its big comeback in the United States in 2010. For the first time, the ski resort of Windham, in the state of New York, will host the world’s best cross country Olympic, downhill and 4-cross specialists for the final of the season. This will take place a few days before the World Championships in Mt-Ste-Anne (CAN). The 20th edition of the Mountain Bike World Cup will also stop over in Houffalize (BEL), Maribor (SLO), Offenburg (GER), Fort William (GBR), Schladming (AUT), Champéry (SUI) and Val di Sole (ITA). This Italian resort is new to the World Cup calendar this year, but has already hosted the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in 2008.