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August 5, 2023
Mountain Bike World Championships 2023 – DHI ME 🇬🇧 – Fort William, Scotland
This summer, Glasgow, Scotland is hosting the first-ever combined UCI World Championships,
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August 5, 2023
Mountain Bike World Championships 2023 – DHI ME 🇬🇧 – Fort William, Scotland
This summer, Glasgow, Scotland is hosting the first-ever combined UCI World Championships, bringing together almost every UCI-sanctioned discipline for one big super event this August. From road racing to artistic cycling, more than 200 rainbow jerseys will be given out in 13 different disciplines across the 11 days of action in and around Glasgow. With the first combined World Championships heading to Glasgow and Scotland this year, the downhill riders will return to the famed Fort William track to battle for the rainbow jersey. Fort William, a regular stop on the World Cup circuit, hasn’t hosted the World Championships since 2007, so it’s a welcome return to one of the sport’s favourite locations. The course at Fort William, nestled in the Nevis Range, is one of the longest and toughest on the circuit, making it the perfect place for the world’s best downhill mountain bikers to battle it out for world champion status. How is the course looking, and who are the riders to watch up in Scotland this weekend? Read on for all you need to know. The downhill track at Fort William stands out from a lot of other tracks because it’s very long, very varied, and as a result, very challenging. It’s 2.8km in length, meaning it takes the fastest riders around four and a half minutes, so this is a long test. The elevation drops 555m from top to bottom for an average gradient of 11%. Out of the gates, the top half of the course is open and exposed, making wind an extra challenge, and the terrain is winding and rocky with some big drop offs and technical turns. The riders will then enter the forest, where they’ll face a twisty, root-littered section which can get really sticky if there’s any rain, and has some very narrow tracks. From there, it’s onto the fast bottom section: wider tracks with several jumps where the riders will really pick up speed towards the line, or hit some tricks if their run hasn’t gone so well.
With a bit of everything, this course suits the kind of rider who can do it all, both the rocky, technical sections in the woods, and the fast, flowing sections that bookend this course. The length also means endurance and focus is key – a lot of riders tend to lose intensity after the three minute mark on downhill courses, but you can’t afford to do this in Fort William.
Results :
![](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://tiz-cycling.io/video/mountain-bike-world-championships-2023-full-race-dhi/&media=https://tiz-cycling.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mountain-Bike-World-Championships-2023-FULL-RACE-–-DHI.png&description=<strong> August 5, 2023 </strong>
<strong> Mountain Bike World Championships 2023 - DHI ME 🇬🇧</strong> - Fort William, Scotland
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This summer, Glasgow, Scotland is hosting the first-ever combined UCI World Championships, bringing together almost every UCI-sanctioned discipline for one big super event this August. From road racing to artistic cycling, more than 200 rainbow jerseys will be given out in 13 different disciplines across the 11 days of action in and around Glasgow. With the first combined World Championships heading to Glasgow and Scotland this year, the downhill riders will return to the famed Fort William track to battle for the rainbow jersey. Fort William, a regular stop on the World Cup circuit, hasn’t hosted the World Championships since 2007, so it’s a welcome return to one of the sport’s favourite locations. The course at Fort William, nestled in the Nevis Range, is one of the longest and toughest on the circuit, making it the perfect place for the world’s best downhill mountain bikers to battle it out for world champion status. How is the course looking, and who are the riders to watch up in Scotland this weekend? Read on for all you need to know. The downhill track at Fort William stands out from a lot of other tracks because it’s very long, very varied, and as a result, very challenging. It’s 2.8km in length, meaning it takes the fastest riders around four and a half minutes, so this is a long test. The elevation drops 555m from top to bottom for an average gradient of 11%. Out of the gates, the top half of the course is open and exposed, making wind an extra challenge, and the terrain is winding and rocky with some big drop offs and technical turns. The riders will then enter the forest, where they’ll face a twisty, root-littered section which can get really sticky if there’s any rain, and has some very narrow tracks. From there, it’s onto the fast bottom section: wider tracks with several jumps where the riders will really pick up speed towards the line, or hit some tricks if their run hasn’t gone so well.
With a bit of everything, this course suits the kind of rider who can do it all, both the rocky, technical sections in the woods, and the fast, flowing sections that bookend this course. The length also means endurance and focus is key - a lot of riders tend to lose intensity after the three minute mark on downhill courses, but you can’t afford to do this in Fort William.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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