Little by little, all the 2023 innovations come to the surface, which make us perceive a qualitative leap in MTB at an organizational level. We remind you that, from next year, Warner Bros. Discovery is the company in charge of broadcasting the MTB World Cup (including the Enduro World Series). The long-term goal is to unify the calendars of all disciplines (a step forward has already been made with 2023 calendars) where each venue of the World Cup will undertake to host all the tests: all to reduce the costs of the teams and facilitate the diffusion of the sport.
WORLD ROLL OF GOLD MARATHON
MARATHON AND UCI: LOVE AND HATE
Love and hate because years ago, between 2005 and 2008 (see the roll of honor), had made a Marathon World Cup but with poor results. There were the leaders, a ranking and an important race program. But the concept didn't catch on. At that time, few Marathon teams followed the full championship and the various races seemed to be competitions in their own right, demeaning the concept of the world cup.

UCI MARATHON SERIES
After this failed Marathon World Cup experiment, the wording of UCI Marathon Series arrived at the most important events but it had nothing to do with the concept of the World Cup since these are isolated competitions that receive this status from the 'UCI but where there is no general classification or leader's jersey.
Unlike the XC World Cup, there is still no calendar regarding marathons. But it is only a matter of time.
WILL THE BIG EVENTS ATTEND?
Now the big events, it is bad to say it, are doing well: they have thousands of members, they should not be subject to external sponsors (think of a hypothetical imposition of sponsors brought by the UCI that could be in conflict with the local organization) and we are additional costs related to an entry into the World Cup. On the other hand, talking about new events is not easy given the cost and professionalism that a World Cup stage requires. Let's see how this will evolve and how the UCI will manage to attract the most important events to include them in the World Cup.

WORLD MARATHON 2022
I 2022 Marathon World Championships they left a bad taste in the mouth of many people: both for the route, with little difference in height, and for the television quality, at an all-time low even if it were a very young race (with all respect for the very young).
Regarding the 1st point, however, I do not find myself totally in agreement: who said that a world marathon must necessarily have 3000 and pass meters of altitude difference? Couldn't there be world editions that benefit more powerful athletes and not always climbers under 60kg? A bit like what happens on the road: the climb always attracts but every now and then the fast track that favors the sprinters happens. If anything, in this case, attention must be paid to the duration of the race and not to expire in short races with little difference in height.

On the second point, the television quality, on the other hand, I completely agree with the criticisms. It is not acceptable for a World Cup to be broadcast the way the World Cup was broadcast in Denmark: fixed camera in 2 insignificant points of the course and on the finish. Camera not even of quality since it was not able to make a close-up on the finish straight. A bit like watching the concert from behind the nets. If the quality of the shooting had been excellent, the world championship in Denmark would have been appreciated more even in the face of an unspectacular route from the point of view of the climbs.
