While the curtain falls on the first stage of the Italy Bike Cup Chaoyang staged at Verona MTB International, the circuit reopens the challenge this weekend on the track of the XCO Internazionale Coppa Città di Albenga.
Source: press release
The C1 trial opens the doors to international mountain biking, with a real World Cup parterre, all the strongest athletes on the world scene will find themselves on the renewed Campochiesa circuit to attack the number and test themselves against the best coming from the Spanish races of this start of the season.
All the leader jerseys assigned at Verona MTB International will be there for all to see, the treasures to be protected for the wearer but the main objective for those aiming for leadership. In Albenga there will not only be the colors of the jerseys conquered by the leaders in Verona, there will also be all those of the Italia Bike Cup Chaoyang Youth Circuit up for grabs. The International XCO Cup City of Albenga represents the first competition of 5 dedicated to the Beginners and Students categories.
At the weekend there is room for all types of bikers because Albenga is dedicated to all enthusiasts and competitive athletes, a very hot weekend which will open with free practice on Friday on the 4,5 km track with a difference in altitude of 132 metres.
Saturday 11 March the competitions of the agonists will alternate with the amateur categories, with a program that will start in the morning with the Junior men, then the masters and an intense afternoon in which the Open will battle to the last meter.
For 2023 the International XCO Cup City of Albenga will stage the great teams of cross country preparing the World Cup season, with all the Lapierre Mavic Unity, athletes from Orbea Factory Team, BMC MTB Racing, Rockrider Racing Team, Trek Future Racing, KMC by Brentjens and the big Italians with Santa Cruz RockShox, Wilier Pirelli, Trinx Factory Team, CS Carabinieri. All the best known realities will be fighting for victory, points and jerseys right on the Campochiesa circuit.
A weekend that will bring together more than 1100 participants of all categories, for a race that is already an international point of reference, also thanks to the choices made on the course, technical, fun but suitable for all the categories to which the weekend is dedicated.
Over the 4,5 kilometres, the key elements remain the same as in the previous edition, with a dusty and beaten surface, with a winding initial part full of obstacles even uphill and a more playful and artificial second part. The novelty of this 2023 is a rock garden positioned right in the final part of the route anticipated by the Chaoyang ramp. The rock garden is taken from last year's European championship course in Munich, which the athletes will be able to decide whether to jump at full speed or drive across.
The test of Albenga continues its growth towards the hall of fame of cross country world championship, this is the comment of the patron Alessandro Saccu: «We are just a few days away from the key event for us Ligurians and we can say that this year too will be a great success of participation, with over 1100 members joining for all categories and a high quality of participants. We will have athletes from some of the best European teams and a strong participation of French and Northern European athletes. We are happy and proud to have once again prepared an event that promises to be exciting and fun and with a high level of competition.»
The program for racing addicts aims to fill a weekend of sport and free time for everyone, with a village located in the stables behind Campochiesa, where expos and food and wine stands will be set up to enjoy an international mountain bike atmosphere. Albenga is the Woodstock of cross country!
In the second round of the Italia Bike Cup Chaoyang at the Coppa Internazionale Città di Albenga, the leaders of the results who conquered the first jerseys at the Verona MTB International are: Nadir Colledani, male elite (Santa Cruz RockShox); Mario Bair Under23 men (Trek Future Racing); Elian Paccagnella, junior male (Junior Team Sudtirol); Chiara Teocchi, female elite (KTM Protek Elettrosystem), Tamara Wiedmann, female Under23 (Trek Future Racing) and Muriel Furrier, female junior (Infinity Bixs Development Team).
Registration and race schedule: ucla1991.com
Information: Italy Bike Cup Chaoyang
