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2010 World Cup dates and locations released

Yesterday (while we were all still talking about Missy Giove), the UCI announced it’s 2010 World Cup Calendar. Next year will see a shorter series with just 6 races, five of which are in Europe and one in the US. The World Champs are the last race of the season and will be held in Mont St Anne, Canada.

There are some big, steep tracks included for 2010 and this will shift the focus away from building pedal power. This has dominated many rider’s 2009 training after the WC series kicked off with the pedaly course in South Africa, and will finish on the even flatter World Champs track in Canberra. Next year will be quite different, Champéry in particular is crazy-steep and is often described as not needing a single pedal stroke from end to end. Exaggeration? We’ll see…

Here’s what the UCI said on their website:

The 2010 World Cup will include six rounds for each discipline and will take place at nine venues in eight countries.

Dalby Forest, in North Yorkshire, Great Britain, will open proceedings for the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. This region in the north of England will host, for the first time, the cross country specialists in the world series.

After an absence of four years, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will make its big comeback in the United States in 2010. For the first time, the ski resort of Windham, in the state of New York, will host the world’s best cross country Olympic, downhill and 4-cross specialists for the final of the season. This will take place a few days before the World Championships in Mt-Ste-Anne (CAN).

The 20th edition of the Mountain Bike World Cup will also stop over in Houffalize (BEL), Maribor (SLO), Offenburg (GER), Fort William (GBR), Schladming (AUT), Champéry (SUI) and Val di Sole (ITA). This Italian resort is new to the World Cup calendar this year, but has already hosted the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in 2008.

Here’s the 4x and DH dates, or click for the full PDF:

01-02 May Houffalize (BEL) 4x World Cup Round 1
15-16 May Maribor (SLO) DHI/4X World Cup Round 1/2
05-06 June Fort William (GBR) DHI/4X World Cup Round 2/3
19-20 June Schladming (AUT) DHI/4X World Cup Round 3/4
24-25 July Champéry (SUI) DHI World Cup Round 4
31 July to 1 August Val di Sole (ITA) DHI/4X World Cup Round 5
28-29 August Windham (USA) DHI/4X World Cup Round 6
31 August to 5 September. Mt-Ste-Anne (CAN) UCI XCO/DHI/4X WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS