This weekend will see the start of the 2015 season for the cross-country series of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano, in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic. The Nove Mesto event, awarded the title of best cross-country World Cup multiple times, is the fitting place to launch the 25th season of the cross-country World Cup series. In addition, riders and countries are chasing every point they can in the race for Olympic qualifying for Rio next year.
South African Entrants
According to the UCI’s entrants list, the following South African’s have signed up to race in Nove Mesto na Morave:
Men Elite XCO:
- James Reid
- Matthys Beukes (Scott Factory Racing powered by LCB)
- Philip Buys (Scott Factory Racing powered by LCB)
- Rourke Croeser
- Travis Walker
- Jan Withaar
Women Elite XCO:
- Mariske Strauss (Novus OMX Pro Team)
- Cherie Vale (Novus OMX Pro Team)
Men U23 XCO:
- Gert Heyns (Scott Factory Racing powered by LCB)
- Arno du Toit (Scott Factory Racing powered by LCB)
- Brendon Davids (Kargo Pro MTB Team)
- Alan Hatherly (Kargo Pro MTB Team)
- Tim Wilkins
Live Coverage – 24 May 2015
Redbull.tv will be streaming both the Elite Women’s and Men’s events live. The women’s race coverage starts at 11:00 and the Men’s race at 14:00.
On DStv, SuperSport 8 will be showing the Elite Women’s race live from 11:00 and a replay of the Men’s event will be shown at 21:00.
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