In the past two years, around 15,000 spectators have attended the two Mountain bike–Eliminator-World Cup the route in the city center of Aalen. The third event In July 2024 there will be a very special one: the UCIMountain bike-Sprint World Championships.
Graz, Barcelona and now Aalen joins the well-known list. The city of 68,000 inhabitants on the Ostalb will be on July 13, 2024 Mountain bike eliminator-World champion crowned. The green light for this was given unanimously on Wednesday (September 13th, 2023) by the local council of the city of Aalen and the UCI World Cycling Association.
The world elite will also be in the following years 2025 and 2026 Mountain bikesprinter in Aalen to a worldcup be a guest, a condition that the UCI has attached to hosting the World Cup.
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Eliminator – this is the fastest discipline in the Mountain bikeSports. Four sprinters compete against each other on a two-minute circuit with obstacles in the city center. The two fastest advance until the four best sprinters face each other in the final.
Simon Gegenheimer has already won the 2021 world championship title in Graz. The Aalen-based professional, who rides for the Aalen mountain bike racing team, is also a three-time and reigning vice world champion and is happy about his World Cup home game. “This is a huge deal, both as an athlete and as an ambassador for this city. We’ve seen the enthusiasm we’ve been able to ignite over the past two years and now we can even take that a step further.”said the 34-year-old.
Mountain bike euphoria in Aalen is constantly growing
The organizer of the World Cup will be like the Worldcup also the Team boss of the Aalener Mountain bike racing teams Be Steffen Thum. The former professional and overall world playercupwinner in the marathon discipline managed to Mountain bike-To let the euphoria in his hometown of Aalen grow steadily.
“That makes me feel great happy, because it shows that what we have created so far in Aalen is well received. A World Cup victory not only affects an athlete’s season, but his entire career. When you get to experience a day like that in your hometown, it’s a fantastic experience for an athlete team“said Thum, overwhelmed.
Thum’s MTB rider Racing team Aalen Simon Gegenheimer, world champion Titouan Perrin-Ganier and German champion Marion Fromberger are likely to compete for the title next year.
