OCT 20NATIONAL MOUNTAIN Bike SERIES UPDATE
OCT 20NATIONAL MOUNTAIN Bike SERIES UPDATE
Here’s a look at next year’s plans. Two events have been added to the National schedule. In 2005, there will be ten cross country and short track events, seven downhill/dual speed slalom events, and six marathon events. Deer Valley may host both a MX event and a DS event, bringing the series up to eight. (Like the Sonoma National. It is being proposed that the endurance race at Phoenix will be either a 12 hour or 24-hour race. The NMBS final will take place at Mt. Snow, Vermont. Like the U.S. Nationals in Mammoth had great success, downhill qualifying was removed from all events. Instead, riders will be seeded according to their current series rank. The Nationals have been reduced to three days thanks to this and other schedule changes.
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Mar 4-6: NMBS #1 Boerne/Comfort, TXXC/ST/TT stage race & MA
Mar 11-13, NMBS #2 Waco. TXXC/ST/TT Stage Race & MA
Mar 18-20 NMBS #3 Phoenix, AZXC/ST/TT stage race & EN
May 13-15 NMBS #4 Big Bear Lake (CAXC/DH Mania/DS/ST/MA
June 17-19 NMBS #5 Deer Valley. UTXC/DH/DS, or MX/ST/MA
July 15-17, NMBS #6 Sand Point IDXC/DH/MX/ST/MA
July 22-24, NMBS #7 Aspen COXC/DH/MX/ST
Aug 12-14, NMBS #8 TBDXC/DH/MX/ST
Aug 19-21, NMBS #9 Snowshoe WVXC/DH/MX/ST/MA
August 26-28, NMBS #10 Mount. Snow, VTXC/DH/MX/ST
Sep 22-25 U.S. Mountain Bike National Championships Mammoth Mountain (CA)
ABBREVIATION KIT
XCcross-country
DHdownhill
DSdual slalom
MXmountaincross
STshort track
MAmarathon
EN12hr and 24hr endurance events
Notice: The National Downhill Series includes the four-up Mania at Big Bear.
