Source: press release
The award ceremony for the 2016 mountain bike world championships - UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Chamionships (DHI, Trials, 4X specialties) took place today in Lausanne at the Chateau d'Ouchy Hotel. Here the assignment of the championships to Trentino - Val di Sole was made official. The president of the National Federation, Renato Di Rocco with the president of the Executive Committee of the Val di Sole major events, Aldo Bordati, the vice-president Sergio Battistini and the secretary were present. of the Committee, as well as director of the ApT Val di Sole, Attilio Gregori. Following the assignment of the world championships, Val di Sole will also host a mtb world cup event in 2015 and one in 2017.
So, eight years after the last World Championship in 2008, in that legendary race in which Sam Hill fought for the title on the penultimate corner by crashing with an abysmal advantage and still finishing third, the Val di Sole track, renamed this year Black Snake, will be the scene of the maximum expression of the mountain bike. The track has already been modified, lengthened and made even more spectacular by its trailbuilder Pippo Marani (our recent interview here) to welcome the upcoming stage of the IXS international circuit Downhill Cup to be held from 27 to 29 June, but surely other modifications are already in the pipeline for 2016.
