[stiksandstones]

Lifted this off canadiancyclist.com but u cant paste links....


2009 Mountain Bike World Cup Calendar Takes Shape

At the end of next week the UCI is planning to announce the schedule for the 2009 World Cup series. While the full details are still under wraps, some information is available at this point:

- The series will consist of eight events for each discipline: cross-country, downhill and 4-cross

- Four of the events will be triples

- The first event of the year will be a triple in South Africa, outside Greg Minnaar's hometown of Pietermaritzburg (near Durban on the east coast)

- The series will start in South Africa, then move to Europe, and on to Canada for triples in Mont Ste Anne and Bromont later in July (similar timing to this year), before heading to Australia for the Worlds

 

[wil_e123]

8 downhill and 8 4X?? Sick.

 

[SuboptimusPrime]

8 races + Freecaster =

 

[pelo]

The Worlds... Is that in Schladming? Give the medal to Sam in advance and send sponsor-money to charity.

 

[stiksandstones]

The Worlds... Is that in Schladming? Give the medal to Sam in advance and send sponsor-money to charity.

Will he still be on his trusty DW/Ironhorse bike though?

 

[ronan]

when it says four of the events will be triples, what does it mean?

 

[stiksandstones]

when it says four of the events will be triples, what does it mean?

XC, DH, 4X

 

[Motoking16]

It means they will have all three disciplines on the same weekend.

 

[caballero]

The Worlds... Is that in Schladming? Give the medal to Sam in advance and send sponsor-money to charity.

australia NOT austria


8 events per discipline sounds good !

 

[pelo]

australia NOT austria

Haha! Back to reading comprehension for this old skinsuit hater...

 

[Heath Sherratt]

Dude, the US needs a world cup or two, this is ridiculous...Didn't the world cup start in the US?

 

[stiksandstones]

Dude, the US needs a world cup or two, this is ridiculous...Didn't the world cup start in the US?

Hell no it didnt.

 

[DarrylB]

Will he still be on his trusty DW/Ironhorse bike though?

 

[jcook90]

Will he still be on his trusty DW/Ironhorse bike though?

He'll be on Syndicate

 

[Motoking16]

He'll be on Syndicate

At the rate they are picking up solid riders, he sure will be.

 

[4xBoy]

At the rate they are picking up solid riders, he sure will be.

Isn't that usually a death blow to companies, pick up all the top people run out of money.


Just a thought.

 

[boogenman]

Sam Hill WILL NOT be on syndicate next year. There is no way they have the coin to pay for all those guys and then have Sam come onboard as well.

With Sam's track record and success with getting people to hop on the Sunday band wagon I am pretty sure he can ask/negoitiate a top $$$ salary from his new team. Who knows he may already have something lined up with DW and the new DW bike.

On a side note, the USA needs at least one race again. BRING MT. SNOW back!!!!!!!!!! World Class Naked Crit would be great!!
I would also like to see Vail hold the event again.

 

[CBJ]

Sam will ride for Mojo and he will wear a skin suite for all races.

 

[Fonzie18]

I'm waiting for the official schedule to be released but if there is no U.S round I am gonna be pretty bummed. It would be great to have a U.S round next season with all this momentum that racing has been getting lately (here in the U.S).

 

[Akula_7]

South African Round is gonna be here I think

http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2008/mar08/southafrica08/southafrica083

They want the Worlds in 2012 I think, Stellenbosch nostalgia for all the old dudes on here. Gonna defo make the trip over to race SA next year. Racking up those air-miles.

 

[Eren]

USA, bring it back to snoqualmie pass in washington!!

many older riders said that was their favorite WC track ever

 

[Damo]

I would actually like to see a race in the US again too. The tracks look amazing and have the advantage of being dry.

Why the lack of State-side WCs?

 

[4xBoy]

Sam will ride for Mojo and he will wear a skin suite for all races.

Thuper!

 

[bpatterson6]

I would also like to see Vail hold the event again.

I second this vote. Vail is a kick arse resort and has alot of great terrain!

 

[Motoking16]

Isn't that usually a death blow to companies, pick up all the top people run out of money.


Just a thought.

Usually yes, or the riders end up fighting for the spotlight.

On the contrary on Sam NOT being on syndicate and the blab about his salary and what not-- Santa Cruz could get sam and more then make up for the large salary by moving all of the Sam Hill'ites from sundays to V-10's.

But they would actually have to stock the V-10's first...oster_oops:

 

[offtheedge]

no US event is just pathetic.

 

[boogenman]

But they would actually have to stock the V-10's first...oster_oops:

exactly what will never happen. Which is a suprise since their bikes are crap anyways.

 

[Motoking16]

exactly what will never happen. Which is a suprise since their bikes are crap anyways.

I'm just curious, why do you think their bikes are crap?

I vote for Whistler to have a WC. Does anyone know why they don't or if they are ever going to try?

 

[pelo]

I would actually like to see a race in the US again too. The tracks look amazing and have the advantage of being dry.

Hey... Mud is a beautiful thing.

 

[NY_Star]

Will he still be on his trusty DW/Ironhorse bike though?

It is the Wizard not the Wand

 

[boogenman]

I'm just curious, why do you think their bikes are crap?

Poor workmanship and quality when looking at the big picture of buying a semi-boutique bike. The company also sucks pretty darn good too, bad CS, hard to get a hold of, very very bad at being accurate for deliveries and they also do a pretty bad job at fixing mistakes.

I would buy a Santa Cruz bike if I was in a bind and needed a frame, other than that I think they are junk.

 

[ska todd]

The clock is ticking but several hard working folks are still trying to make a US round happen for 09. No promises of course, but certain people are still thinking progressively and trying their damnedest to make it happen!

-ska todd

 

[Froggy]

The clock is ticking but several hard working folks are still trying to make a US round happen for 09. No promises of course, but certain people are still thinking progressively and trying their damnedest to make it happen!

-ska todd

Would one these folks be looking at an east coast event? Just a rumor that has been floating around

 

[DarrylB]

I vote for Whistler to have a WC. Does anyone know why they don't or if they are ever going to try?

Whistler will NEVER hold a WC. Look at the early season schedule. UCI put the two Canadian WC's on the same two weeks of what crackworx was originally scheduled for. forcing crakworx to change dates. UCI also threatened to pull the licence from any UCI licence holder competing at crakworx.
UCI and whistler don't get alog

 

[kidwoo]

UCI also threatened to pull the licence from any UCI licence holder competing at crakworx.

WHAT!!!!?????

 

[Motoking16]

Poor workmanship and quality when looking at the big picture of buying a semi-boutique bike. The company also sucks pretty darn good too, bad CS, hard to get a hold of, very very bad at being accurate for deliveries and they also do a pretty bad job at fixing mistakes.

I would buy a Santa Cruz bike if I was in a bind and needed a frame, other than that I think they are junk.

Fair enough, but I wouldn't agree with the workmanship bit, I have a brand new Blur4X sitting next to me right now and the quality looks very very top notch. I didn't have to go through them for the frame though...

Whistler will NEVER hold a WC. Look at the early season schedule. UCI put the two Canadian WC's on the same two weeks of what crackworx was originally scheduled for. forcing crakworx to change dates. UCI also threatened to pull the licence from any UCI licence holder competing at crakworx.
UCI and whistler don't get alog

WTF! I take it that is why Crankworx is an unsanctioned(SP?) event? It just doesn't make sense to me from a business point of view for UCI to be so stupid with Whistler. It can hold a ridiculous amount of people, the town can handle it, and there is a ton of opportunity for some serious profits.

UCI=Muppets

 

[DarrylB]

WTF! I take it that is why Crankworx is an unsanctioned(SP?) event? It just doesn't make sense to me from a business point of view for UCI to be so stupid with Whistler. It can hold a ridiculous amount of people, the town can handle it, and there is a ton of opportunity for some serious profits.

UCI=Muppets

It's not UCI's fault. Whistler wants nothing to do with any UCI event.

 

[dante]

Would one these folks be looking at an east coast event? Just a rumor that has been floating around

Whiteface was trying to get one for the '08 season, but no clue if they're still trying to get one for '09. Would be pretty sweet, though...

 

[Motoking16]

It's not UCI's fault. Whistler wants nothing to do with any UCI event.

dumb lthumbsdown:

 

[rockwool]

australia NOT austria

Never mind that wacko he's from Switzerland. irate2: