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Types of mountain bike races
Technical assistance area for cross-country events at the 2009 world championships.
Cross-country - Cross-country (XCO) racing is held on a varied terrain circuit, it is normally around 6-8 kilometers (km) and is always a massed-start race. Under the controversial new 2006 UCI rules, elite, U23, and Junior Expert riders at UCI sanctioned races, are allowed technical assistance, but only in designated zones and only by an authorized team mechanic. However, riders in the same team can help each other at any point in the race. Under NORBA rules, no technical assistance is allowed. Professional level races are longer in distance, around 50 km.
A competitor in a downhill race.
Short track Cross-country - Short Track Cross Country (XCC). A very short XC style event of about 800m in length but generally about 1 minute 30 seconds in winning time. A short, sharp exciting event to watch and participate in.
Downhill - Downhill (DH) racing is a time trial event. Riders start at intervals that can vary from 30 seconds to three minutes-depending on the stage of the competition - and the rider with the lowest time wins. As the name of this discipline implies, DH races are held in steep, downhill terrain, resulting in higher speed than in cross-country racing. The terrain is also often somewhat rougher than in cross-country racing. The bike is specialized and has a long travel suspension and powerful disc brakes.
Super D - Super D (SD) is a blend of cross-country and downhill. Most of the race is downhill, on trails similar to the downhill segment of a cross-country race. There are also short (100500 m) uphill sections which make the use of downhill bicycles difficult, as a result, most riders use cross-country or 'trail bikes'. Depending on the trail and race venue, the start may either be seeded (riders start in short intervals), or Le Mans mass start (riders run to their bikes, timing is started when the riders start running). Probably the most famous of this type is the Megavalanche.
Freeride - Freeride (FR) competitions are not so much a race as they are a competition of skill. Courses contain varying cliffs, drops, obstacles, and ramps. There are usually a large number of ways in which to complete the course, and scoring is dependent on the competitor's choice of routes, the fluidity of riding and tricks performed (style), and sometimes also the time in which the course is completed.
Dual Slalom/Dual - Dual Slalom (DS) is a ski-inspired event which pits two riders against each other on two identical man-made tracks side-by-side with the same jumps and berms, with a rider on each track, and the first across the line wins. The contest has a knock-out format. Dual (DL) events are similar, only two riders share the same course/track. So dual is a contact sport.
Four cross - (4X, also known as 'mountain cross' or 'bikercross') inspired by the dual format and by BMX racing, this event pits four riders on the same course from starting gates to finish. There can only be one winner per event, so the races can quickly eliminate riders making the progression faster for a day's events. This is the reason it was chosen as the race-format to replace Dual-Slalom by the UCI at World Cup events. 4X also replaced Dual in the UCI World Cup series in 2002. There is a difference between 4x and mountain cross. The difference is that in 4x, riders are each given a run down the course which is timed and the top 50% of the field then progress to the elimination rounds. In mountain cross, riders are given 3 heats against 3 other riders and points are allocated for your position in each heat. once again, the top 50% progress to the elimination rounds. 4x is the format raced in world cup however mtnx, is the preferred format for amateur races.
Marathon - Marathon (XCM) is perhaps the toughest form of mountain biking because riders often have to cover more than 80 km in one race on mountaineous terrain. The distances usually vary from 60 km to 100 km. Races often exceed 100 km, but are then termed Ultra-Marathons. Recently UCI has inaugurated the Marathon World Cup. Basically it equals point-to-point (PP) discipline and that means that riders have a mass start from point "A" and they finish at point "B".
Enduro - Enduro (ND) is a relatively new format which appears to have taken some inspiration from both car rally and motorbike enduro racing. Mountain bike enduro is essentially the competitive side of the mountain biking format often referred to today as "All-Mountain". It is a stage-race format where the winner is the rider who accumulates the lowest combined time from the various timed sections. Mountain bike enduro competitions typically take place over the course of 1 or 2 days, however, week-long enduro competitions do also exist. A typical one-day enduro race consists of 3 to 5 timed "special" stages which take place on technically demanding, generally descending terrain. These special stages are linked by predominantly ascending "liaison" stages. Although a rider's specific performance on the physically demanding liaison stages does not affect his or her result, the liaisons are often associated with a time-cut off (i.e. a latest permitted arrival at the summit of the next special stage). Due to this eclectic combination of attributes, enduro racing is increasingly recognised as the truest test of the all-round mountain biker.
Trials events feature large jumps between artificial obstacles.
Stage Races - Stage Races consist of several races - 'stages' - ridden consecutively, usually over a period of several days. A stage is usually similar in length and structure to a Marathon mountain bike race. The competitor with the lowest cumulative time to complete all the stages is declared the overall, or General Classification (GC), winner. Stage races may also have other classifications and awards, such as individual stage winners.
Bike trials - Slow negotiation of man-made and natural obstacles where setting a foot down constitutes a penalty.
Dirt jumping - Dirt jumping (DJ), similar to freeride, it is a competition of skill, differing that it involves the rider to jump off mounds of dirt to perform the best tricks with the best style. It differs to freeriding that the jumps are usually much larger and designed to lift the rider higher into the air and the bicycle is different to its counterpart.
Mountain bike orienteering (MTB-O or MTBO) is an orienteering sport on a mountain bike where navigation is done along trails and tracks. The major focus becomes route choice while navigating at bike speed. Special equipment used is a map holder attached to the handlebar of the bike. The sport is governed by International Orienteering Federation.
See also
Mountain biking
Mountain bike
Bicycle Motocross
Bunny hop (cycling)
Cyclo-cross
Notable mountain bikers
Chris Eatough - six-time 24-hour solo World Cup champion
John Tomac
Bart Brentjens - first Olympic gold medal winner in cross-country mountainbiking
Greg Minnaar
Brian Lopes
Steve Peat
Martyn Ashton
Missy Giove
Juliana Furtado
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesj
Cedric Gracia
Scott Beaumont
Julien Absalon - winner of Olympic gold in Athens (04) and defended title in Beijing (08)
Nicolas Vouilloz - 10 times downhill mountain bike world champion
Ned Overend
Sam Hill
Mountain bike events by country
Australia
Australian 24hr Mountain Bike Race
Canada
Canal Days Mountain Bike Race http://www.canaldaysmountainbikerace.com/ 30 km race in Port Colborne, Ontario
Paris to Ancaster http://www.parisancaster.com/ in Ontario, Canada
Lake to Lake http://www.laketolake.ca/ in Ontario, Canada
Off-Road Squeezer http://www.squeezer.com/squeezer/ in Ontario, Canada
24 Hours of Adrenalin
Crankworx, a week-long event in Whistler, British Columbia
Transrockies, a 7 day stage race in British Columbia
Mexico
Chupacabras, a race in Jurez
Mongolia
Central Mongolia Mountainbike Challenge CMMC 2010
New Zealand
125km race around Lake Hawea, Central Otago
South Africa
Cape Epic
Crater Cruise
94.7 MTB Challenge
USA
Southeast Mountain Bike Racing
Attack on Swayback (Wetumpka, AL)
Bump N' Grind (Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham, AL)
Arkansas Mountainbike Championship Series
Utah State Downhill Mountain Bike Series
Minnesota State Championship Series
Wisconsin Off-Road Series
Mountain Bike Skills Camps
Mountain States Cup Mountain Bike Series
Oklahoma Tour de Dirt
Sea Otter Classic
Unsorted
Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival
UK
British National 4X Series
Mountain Mayhem
Poland
Lang Team Grand Prix MTB Series
Powerade MTB Marathon Series
Beskidy MTB Trophy
INDIA
International Mountain Biking Events
External links and references
National Off-Road Bicycling Association (NORBA), USA
NORBA competition
Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance
The Mountain Biker's Training Bible
Cannondale Midwest Racing
Mountain Bike Roots - photos and race results from 1980s events
asilvertouch mtb e-zine covering mtb racing
Ride424.com - Calendar of Ultra-Endurance MTB Races
Cycling British Columbia - BC Cup XC, Marathon, 4X and DH
Mountain Bike - News and Competition Results
Mountain Bike - Europe's Largest 4X Series News and Competition Results
Bikemagic.com - Online mountain bike news, racing and product reviews
Bike Servant - Mountain Bike Classifieds and Event Listing Worldwide
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