Norway to host 2014 Mountain Bike Worlds

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Julie Bresset (France) carried her Olympic form into Worlds (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) was on the World Cup podium in Hafjell Norway (Image credit: Kathy Sessler)

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Nino Schurter (Switzerland) flies over the rock drop (Image credit: www.saalfeldenleogang2012.com)

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Morgane Charre (Passion Velo.fr) racing for the first time in her world champ's jersey (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

The UCI announced the location of its Mountain Bike World Championships in 2014 after a Management Committee Meeting at the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday.

The UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships will be in Hafjell/Lillehammer in Norway while the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships will be in Lillehammer, Norway. No specific dates were specified but both events are typically held in late August and early September.

Hafjell hosted a downhill World Cup in 2012 and will host a triple World Cup in 2013.

2014 will mark the first time that Norway has hosted the Mountain Bike Worlds since its inception in 1990.

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