20.04.2024Paris (FRA)
2024 UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Cup
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City Mountainbike and Ava Sports sign an agreement to join forces in the Americas
City Mountainbike and Ava Sports are pleased to announce a long-term partnership to organise and promote city centre mountain bike events throughout the Americas.
City Mountainbike and Ava Sports sign an agreement to join forces in the Americas
City Mountainbike and Ava Sports are pleased to announce a long-term partnership to organise and promote city centre mountain bike events throughout the Americas.
City Mountainbike is the creator of the UCI sanctioned ‘Mountain Bike Eliminator World Cup’ format of city center mountain bike race events, which sees four riders competing elbow-to-elbow around a point-to-point circuit. The fast-growing series has caught the attention of Ava Sports and resulted in a multi-year agreement with City Mountainbike to further develop the format across North and South America.
Fernando Avallone, Managing Director of Ava Sports said, “We are truly honoured to be working with City Mountainbike, and to be able to establish this unique format in North and South America. This is a huge opportunity for new venues to get to know an action-packed discipline.”
Kristof Bruyneel, Managing Director of City Mountainbike said: “This partnership with Ava Sports is a fantastic opportunity to welcome new communities who haven’t seen these types of extreme and entertaining races.”
About Ava Sports
Ava Sports has been assisting top athletes, teams, series and sponsors in motorsports and cycling since 2002, led by Fernando Avallone, an amateur racer who had been involved with elite talent in those fields since the 90s. Some of the top achievements were working with World Champion MTB teams and riders even long before Ava Sports got started, managing the A1GP Team Brazil international franchise for two-time Formula One World Champion (and two-time Indy 500 winner) Emerson Fittipaldi for a few seasons, while still working with young developing drivers, winning in races and tracks all over globe. More recently Ava Sports was able to initiate and close all necessary partnerships for an American company to build, in Rio de Janeiro, the SX BMX track for the 2016 Olympic Games – track delivered on time, on budget; in the last few years Ava Sports also secured a multi-year, ongoing partnership between a Brazilian sponsor and Julien Absalon, the French MTB extraordinaire.
About City Mountainbike
Founded in 2006, in Waregem (Belgium), City Mountainbike is official UCI organising partner holding the exclusive rights to organise the UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Cup and the UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Championships.
This relatively new discipline is a spectacular format of bringing mountain bike to the heart of cities, where a more urban public can discover the Eliminator series.
City Mountainbike has a track record of over 55 events in major cities on different continents. Its thrilling format caught the attention of several cities and is well recognised by the XCE community to the discipline’s expansion throughout the world.
City Mountainbike’s Vision
To bring the Eliminator discipline, athletes and partners together through a strong community. Cultural diversity, high performance of the athletes and a big crowd completes the show. Ultimately, City Mountainbike aims to bring Mountain Bike Eliminator to the Olympics.
City Mountainbike’s Mission
To organise competitions of the most exiting mountain bike discipline at the highest level into top venues of the most varied big cities in the world. Because this brings athletes closer to the public, and brings different cultures together. In addition, children and teenagers are encouraged to join the mountain bike discipline.
City Mountainbike’s Values
- Innovation, professionalism and dedication in the realisation of each event.
- Commitment, respect and seriousness to all involved athletes, partners and sponsors.
- Team work.
- People connection and friendship relationship.
