UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2023

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The first edition of the combined 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships will take place from August 3 - 13, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland.

The '11-day mega event' will bring together 13 different cycling World Championships, across at least six different locations around Glasgow and southern Scotland. The event will award rainbow jerseys for road racing, time trials, track, BMX, indoor cycling and para-cycling.

Endurance and stamina are needed to claim the XCO titles raced on the 3.5km loop in Glentress Forest with elevation gains of 145 metres per lap.  Riders have to strike the balance between skill and speed in the XCC event, testing the limits of their legs for an intense 20 minutes on each lap of the 0.9km course with an elevation gain of 33m per lap.

In the E-MTB event, riders will race 3.72-km laps with an elevation gain of 162 metres, a course similar to the XCO but with one big difference: these are part battery-powered bikes. There will be some additional technical sections that make use of this extra pedal-assisted juice. Top speeds are capped at 25 kilometres per hour and racers must finish on the same bike and the battery they started with.

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UCI Mountain Bike World Championships schedule
DateMedal EventsStart time
Wednesday Aug. 2Downhill qualifyingRow 0 - Cell 2
Thursday Aug. 4Downhill (Jr M/W)14:30
Friday Aug. 5Downhill (M/W)12:30, 14:00
Saturday Aug. 6Marathon (M/W)9:00
Wednesday Aug. 9E-MTB XC (M/W)15:00-16:00
Thursday Aug. 10XCO (Jr. W)12:00
Thursday Aug. 10XCO (Jr. M)14:00
Thursday Aug. 10XCC (M/W)17:45-18:30
Friday Aug. 11XCO (U23 M/W)11:30, 15:30
Saturday Aug. 12XCO (W)11:30
Saturday Aug. 12XCO (M)15:30

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