The series is made possible thanks to the partnership between the UCI and the organizers of "City Mountainbike", who specialize in staging eliminator events in an urban environment. Their events have been registered on the international UCI calendar since 2012. City Mountainbike is responsible for all aspects of event organization, such as course set-up, designing the official schedule and television production.

The discipline, which was part of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup program between 2012 and 2014, will now have a series in an expanded format. The Eliminator, present at national and continental level as well as at the UCI World Championships since 2015, will conquer city centers during the approximately six-month racing season.

2017 UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Cup calendar

Starting in May in Volterra (Italy) and ending in October in Beirut (Lebanon), the UCI Eliminator World Cup will stop in eight cities. The events marked with an asterisk have yet to be confirmed.

Volterra (ITA) - 5-6.05.2017*
Columbus (USA) - 3-4.06.2017
Waregem (BEL) - 24-25.06.2017
Bangkok (THA) - 29-30.07.2017*
Winterberg (GER) - 26-27.08.2017
Apeldoorn (NED) - 2-3.09.2017*
Antwerp (BEL) - 23-24.09.2017
Beirut (LIB) - 15-16.10.2017*

The 2017 sprint season ends with the new UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in China. In addition to the Eliminator, title fights in the Trials and BMX Freestyle Park cycling disciplines will also be held there. The exact venue will be communicated at a later date.

Through the Eliminator World Cup, the participating nations have the opportunity to collect points for the World Championships. All events together form an attractive calendar that justifies the discipline.

In line with the strategy of promoting women's cycling, which the world governing body has been implementing since the election of Brian Cookson as UCI President in 2013, the Eliminator World Cup pays out the same prize money for women and men.

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