2013 UCI World Championships Awarded to Pietermaritzburg
On the heals of the 2012 UCI World Cup schedule announcement, they UCI issued a press release indicating that the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships will be hosted in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The date was not provided at this time.
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vic_likes_bikes
6/18/2011 1:02 PM
Last I checked pro downhillers are athletes and a great rider should be able to win on any kind of course. It isn't the ideal course but it sure seemed to produce some good racing this year! Downhill needs variety in courses otherwise it get stale in a way. not every DH course has to be big and burley, because not every country has that kind of terrain.
davikidd
6/18/2011 8:06 AM
this is for 2013 not 2012 which they announced earlier in the week
tarka
6/18/2011 7:58 AM
I just think it's lame to race the same course twice in one year... WC should be on a track that is not part of the UCI tour.
davikidd
6/18/2011 3:59 AM
as awesome as tech stuff is there needs to be a balance of world champs courses that challenges different aspects of the sport. since extreme fitness has been a part of the sport for a few years now these pedally courses give the riders a challenge. the guys who can steam roll roots and tech needs to be prepared for a course like this physically, just as a guy who can pedal his split down 2 seconds needs to be prepped for tech stuff. a real champ is going to be the guy who does well on both and that's why these courses are needed not just in the world cup series but also in champs as well. im glad to see it there for 2013, you'll see the guys who weren't prepped heaving for air while the guy who really wanted it is on the top step
Max_Nordström
6/17/2011 11:15 PM
LAME!!! First Canberra and now pietermaritzburg.. Downhill world champs should be at a non pedally and very technical course. Pedalling is for xc. I wonder if riders like sam hill or gee atherton are even going to be motivated to train for world champs 2013? This sucks..
turningisfun
6/17/2011 7:25 PM
and pinning it all wild in the top cool sections and getting all flairy on the jumps at the bottom
deadatbirth
6/17/2011 6:53 PM
a World Champion should have no problem pedaling their asses off on the flat sections of PMB.
leem
6/17/2011 6:01 PM
lame.
Dereka15
6/17/2011 4:44 PM
meh.... i just dont see PMB as a true test of what a World Champ is capable of.