THE first ever International Cycling Union (UCI) World Champions for E-Mountain Bike (E-MTB) will be crowned this year during the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships presented by Mercedes Benz.
The E-MTB races will take place from August 28 to September 1 in Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada. It will be raced after the cross-country team relay, which traditionally opens the UCI’s leading mountain bike event of the year.
The UCI announced last year that E-MTB had been integrated into the UCI Regulations. The new format joins the Worlds program for the first time this year alongside cross-country Olympic (XCO) and downhill (DHI).
For its first year as part of the UCI World Championships, E-MTB will have two races on the program—Men Elite and Women Elite. The races are open to athletes aged 19 and over who are registered with, and selected by, their national federations.
In Mont-Saint-Anne, the riders will tackle a 7.3-km cross-country course for a duration of one hour and 30 minutes to two hours.
Under the UCI Regulations, an E-MTB is a bike operated by two energy sources—human pedal power and an electric engine. The engine must only provide assistance while the rider is pedaling, except for start-up assistance when a speed not exceeding 6 kph is permitted.
The bike’s engine must produce a maximum of 250 watts, providing assistance of no more than 25 kph. Additional batteries may not be carried during competition.
As in XCO races, riders may receive assistance in the dedicated feed and technical assistance zone on the course. However, bike and battery changes are not permitted.
Men and women on the E-MTB podium will receive identical prize money and a UCI jersey especially designed for E-MTB, which will be revealed at a later date by the UCI.
The 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz will take place from After the cross-country team relay and E-MTB on opening day, racing will continue with individual XCO and DHI racing. A total of 13 world titles will be awarded over the five days of racing.
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