UCI's Wabel inspects Gran Canaria marathon world cup course

The rugged, but lush scenery

The rugged, but lush scenery (Image credit: Petra Wonisch)

Beat Wabel, the UCI´s technical delegate and former pro Swiss mountain biker, arrived in Gran Canaria on December 17th to check out the first stop on the 2007 UCI world cup mountain bike circuit: a 90 km marathon circuit at 1000 meters above sea level.

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