The Enduro World Sequence is useless, lengthy reside the UCI Mountain Bike Enduro World Cup. EWS will get a UCI Rainbow call-up, renamed EDR for the 2023 racing season, becoming a member of the present DHI, XCO, XCC & XCM disciplines to spherical out a broader collection of elite mountain bike racing. However that’s not all that’s altering for UCI MTB. Beginning with the 2023 season, DH racing provides a 3rd Semi-Finals run to spice up rider visibility on the massive stage…
EWS enduro racing turns into UCI EDR on the MTB WC
Becoming a member of DHI downhill, XCO cross-country Olympic-distance, XCC cross-country short-track & XCM cross-country marathon, now EDR enduro will get elevated to a top-tier elite mountain bike race collection on the UCI MTB World Cup. The present EWS breaks down all of the adjustments, of what is going to turn out to be new one-day race occasions underneath the UCI EDR identify…
“New at every spherical of enduro racing on the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will probably be a factors system for every timed Particular Stage. An general classification in accordance with factors received will resolve the order of riders for the final Particular Stage, with the rider who has gathered most factors setting off final.
E-Enduro (E-EDR) follows the identical precept however the programs will probably be barely totally different, together with difficult technical climbs suited to the attributes of an enduro E-mountain bike.
The combination of enduro and E-enduro into the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is one other growth for the self-discipline because the UCI’s partnership with ESO Sports activities and Discovery Sports activities Occasions, two of WBD Sports activities Europe’s specialist sport organisations. The combination of XCM into the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup programme and the introduction of Beneath 23 classes for the XCC have been introduced in September.“
UCI DHI Semi Finals
In a transfer to extend rider & racing publicity, the UCI can be including a brand new Semi Ultimate spherical for DHI racing, at every World Cup. The newly broadcast third spherical of racing – in between the earlier Qualifiers & Finals – will considerably improve display screen time for elite downhill racing, and imply that riders who don’t make it via to the finals will nonetheless get a shot at publicity.
Within the new Semis, the quickest 60 Elite Males and quickest 15 Elite Ladies from qualifiers will advance to the brand new second spherical of racing, which the UCI will broadcast. Then, the highest 30 Males and prime 10 Ladies will advance as soon as extra, and race an extra third run for the Finals to resolve the winners. The UCI says their purpose is then to broadcast these 40 ultimate Elite DHI runs of their entirety on their distribution companion Warner Bros. Discovery’s numerous platforms.
Additionally, due to a lift in participation in recent times, the DHI Junior Ladies will now get Qualifiers, with the highest 10 younger riders advancing to the Finals. And the DHI Junior Ladies & Males will even have their racing broadcast for the primary time this season.
The total 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup calendar will probably be printed subsequent week, within the third full week of December.
