UCI (Switzerland) - Press Release: The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that the new calendar for the 2020 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup as well as the dates of the next UCI Mountain Bike World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz, were approved by the UCI Management Committee, which met during an extraordinary meeting at the initiative of the UCI President David Lappartient in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The calendars of UCI events for the other disciplines – except road1 – will be announced at a later date, but as soon as possible. The UCI Management Committee also gave its approval for the new qualification system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, adapted following the postponement of the events to 2021.

The UCI World Championships for the mountain bike specialities Eliminator, Four-cross and Marathon will take place at the following dates and venues:

• 2020 UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Championships: 23 August, Leuven (Belgium)
• 2020 UCI Four-Cross World Championships presented by Mercedes Benz: 10-11 September, Val di Sole (Italy)
• 2020 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships: 24-25 October, Sakarya (Turkey).

2020 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Calendar:

• 5-6 September: Lenzerheide, Switzerland (XCO/DHI)
• 12-13 September: Val di Sole, Italy (XCO/DHI)
• 19-20 September: Les Gets, France (XCO/DHI)
• 29 September-4 October: Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic (XCO) – two rounds
• 15-18 October: Maribor, Slovenia (DHI) – two rounds
• 29 October-1st November: Lousa, Portugal (DHI) – two rounds

For the National Championships for mountain bike and BMX Racing, the UCI would like to clarify that it will leave National Federations free to decide the dates and that the points from these Championships will be integrated into the UCI Ranking on 31 December 2020.

Concerning cyclo-cross – following the publication of the UCI WorldTour and UCI Women’s WorldTour road calendars, and the calendar of UCI mountain bike events -, the UCI is now working with its partner Flanders Classics and in collaboration with the different organisers on the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup for the 2020-2021 season. More information will be communicated soon.

The UCI Management Committee has also approved the qualification systems for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games after the postponement of these events to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.