The bike spectacle opens on Friday, July 7th, with the downhill qualifying races, followed by the final races on Saturday. On the steep and challenging course, from the Scharmoin middle station down to the valley, high-speed sections at up to 70 km/h, spectacular jumps and steep forest passages will push even the best downhillers in the world to their limits. Sunday is once again all about cross country. The Swiss podium hopefuls, a top-class field of participants and a challenging cross-country course once again promise a bike festival at the highest level.

In addition to exciting competitions, the Mountain Bike World Cup in Lenzerheide also offers an attractive supporting program. In the Bike Arena at the Rothorn valley station, visitors can look forward to an exclusive insight into the paddock, an expo, a balance bike course, the 2nd Steinböckli Cup for the youngest bike fans and the starting point for the E-MTB test track. The event program also includes various live acts on Friday and Saturday evening.

Three times new

As with the last two editions, the organizers around President Christoph Müller are doing everything they can to turn the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Lenzerheide into a great bike festival. The latest adjustments promise even more exciting races and attractive insights into the world of mountain biking.

The new Hotel Revier is currently being built at the Rothorn valley station. Due to the resulting lack of space for the teams, the Voa Principala between Lenzerheide and Valbella will be completely closed to traffic during the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. This means that the entire road can be used as a team and expo area. This will further improve the atmosphere within the arena and the flow of visitors.

New downhill route

The finish area of the downhill course will be further optimized based on the experience of the last two years. After the "Ochsner Sport Cabin Hit", the route continues to the left from the rider's perspective to the finish bag on the gravel parking lot. This creates a larger and particularly attractive spectator area between the Rothorn valley station and the downhill course. Two new forest passages away from the regular bike park route are also planned on the downhill route. In this way, the organizers want to incorporate more natural sections into the challenging World Cup course - #freshdirt.

New program for the cross country

The cross-country races on Sunday will follow a new schedule. The U23 women will now start at 08:30 instead of at the end of the race day as last year. The U23 men will then start at 10.15 am. The women will start the first elite race at 12.15 pm, followed by the men's elite at 2.45 pm. This will be the grand finale of a great bike festival for the visitors on site.

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