Here at Downhill247.com we live for downhill, 24 hours a day 7 days a week! Hence the name Downhill247 in case you didn’t know…. So for us world cup races are a massively exciting time for us. We thought we would give you a run down on what to expect from us this year. It is exciting for us to announce Jason Stevens Photography will be on board providing a range of images for your viewing pleasure, those familiar with the site will know how high quality his work is and we can’t wait to see what he produces overseas this year.
So what else is happening for 2014? Well as usual our resident world cup racer, Connor ‘Mr Worldwide’ Fearon is back on board providing his usual run down of his race experience. With a good off season under his belt we are keen to see him move up the ranks of the results and ensure he is right at the pointy end of the field.
We actually have another big announcement but we will keeping that under wraps for just a moment longer….
Let’s have a look at how the 2014 season is going to shape up, obviously the big news is the return of the world’s best riders to Australia, we last saw them in 2009 at the world championships in Canberra. Cairns in the far north of the country gets round 2 of the downhill after riders head to South Africa for round 1.
2014 Season:
|
From |
To |
Name | Venue |
Class |
Country |
|
24.04.2014 |
27.04.2014 |
UCI World Cup XCO / XCE / DHI | Cairns |
CDM |
AUS |
|
07.06.2014 |
08.06.2014 |
UCI World Cup DHI | Fort William |
CDM |
GBR |
|
14.06.2014 |
15.06.2014 |
UCI World Cup DHI | Leogang |
CDM |
AUT |
|
31.07.2014 |
03.08.2014 |
UCI World Cup XCO / XCE / DHI | Mont-Sainte-Anne |
CDM |
CAN |
|
07.08.2014 |
10.08.2014 |
UCI World Cup XCO / XCE / DHI | Windham |
CDM |
USA |
|
21.08.2014 |
24.08.2014 |
UCI World Cup XCO / XCE / DHI | MA�ribel |
CDM |
FRA |
|
02.09.2014 |
07.09.2014 |
UCI XCO/XCE/XCR/DHI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | Hafjell |
CM |
NOR |
Interestingly enough for the rest of the world Cairns will be one of the great unknowns, as overseas riders won’t be sure what to expect. At least most Australians will have an idea of the unique dirt in the area and being a home race it allows us to enter an additional number of juniors, as well as local wildcard riders, for the race.
For the other rounds it is the French round of Meribel that will see riders nervous with what to expect. Fortunately the area has held quite a lot of French national races and is rumored to be quite a technical course.
Exciting times ahead, make sure you check back for our big announcement soon.
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