iXS German Downhill Cup
The iXS German Downhill Cup is the most important competition series in German mountain bike downhill sport .
organization
The iXS German Downhill Cup is open to both licensed riders (professionals) and amateur athletes (amateurs). It is also used by international riders from around 20 nations who want to collect UCI points for the Downhill World Cup. The number of starters is between 350 and 650, depending on the route.
Since 2006 the cup has been sponsored by the Swiss cycling clothing brand iXS, which belongs to Hostettler AG . Most of the time, the German Mountain Bike Downhill Championship is also held as part of the Cup (see the DM in the table ).
As a forerunner of the cup, there was the Mountain Bike Rider Cup in 2005. Until 2004 the series was called Downhill-Bundesliga.
Events:
| year | Round 1 | round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 |
| 2006 | Ilmenau | Steinach am Brenner | Rittershausen | Tabarz | Bad Wildbad (DM) | |
| 2007 | Winterberg | Ilmenau (DM) | Bad Wildbad | Steinach | Rittershausen | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
| 2008 | Winterberg | Thale | Rittershausen | Steinach | Bad Wildbad | |
| 2009 | Winterberg | Rittershausen | Bad Wildbad (DM) | Oberwiesenthal (canceled due to Forst) | Thale | |
| 2010 | Winterberg | Rittershausen (DM) | Bad Wildbad | Thale | ||
| 2011 | Winterberg | Ilmenau | Bad Wildbad (DM) | Thale | ||
| 2012 | Winterberg | Steinach am Brenner | Ilmenau (DM) | Bad Wildbad | Thale | |
| 2013 | Winterberg | Steinach am Brenner | Bad Wildbad (DM) | Ilmenau | Thale | |
| 2014 | Winterberg | Willingen | Bad Wildbad | Ilmenau | Thale | |
| 2015 | Winterberg | Willingen | Todtnau | Tabarz | Ilmenau | Thale |
| 2016 | Winterberg | Brandnertal | Tabarz | Ilmenau | Thale | |
| 2017 | Winterberg | Brandertal | Ilmenau | Bad Tabarz | Klinovec | Thale |
Similarly, there is an iXS Swiss Downhill Cup and since 2008 an iXS European Downhill Cup.