Mountain bike marathon
The mountain bike marathon is a discipline of mountain bike sport that is followed by many mountain bike riders around the world.
history
The first mountain bike marathon in Germany was the Erzgebirgs-Bike-Marathon in 1993 .
The mountain bike marathon world championships have been taking place since 2003 .
Characteristics and rules
The mountain bike marathon is a sub-form of the cross-country race . Every year there are competitions and preparation phases for the fitness of professional drivers across Europe. Both the route length and the travel time are significantly longer in marathons than in normal cross-country competitions. The various cycling marathons are summarized by the World Cycling Federation UCI in the so-called Marathon World Series . The largest European mountain bike marathon racing series is MarathonMan Europe .
| Minimum time | Minimum distance | |
|---|---|---|
| marathon | 3 h | 60 km |
| World Series marathon | 4 h | 80 km |
| World championships | 4 h | 80 km |
With many organizers of marathon races it is possible to choose between different distances (for example a 60, 80 or 100 km distance) when registering. In order to equalize the field of participants, start groups are sometimes formed that start with a delay.
In addition to the official UCI races, there are also numerous mountain bike marathon races for amateur athletes, in Germany for example the Gäsbock Mountain Bike Marathon , the Black Forest Bike Marathon or the Black Forest Ultra Bike Marathon . Crossing the Alps by MTB is a particular challenge .
Events of bike marathons in Europe
Germany
- Baden-Württemberg:
- Albstadt Bike Marathon (Swabian Alb)
- Black Forest Ultra Bike Marathon (Black Forest)
- Lautertal bike marathon
- Black Forest Bike Marathon (Black Forest)
- Worldclass MTB Challenge (Black Forest)
- Bavaria
- Feneberg Mountain Bike Marathon (Oberstdorf, Allgäu), part of the Ritchey MTB Challenge
- Franken Bike Marathon (Upper Franconia)
- Keiler bike marathon (Wombach, district of Lohr a. Main)
- Kemptener Auto Brosch Bike Marathon (Allgäu), part of the Ritchey MTB Challenge
- Woidman (Bavarian Forest), part of the Ritchey MTB Challenge
- MTB Marathon Pfronten , part of the Ritchey MTB Challenge
- Spessart Bike Marathon (Hessen / Bavaria)
- Hesse:
- Dünsberg mountain bike marathon (Biebertal)
- Kellerwald bike marathon (North Hesse)
- MTB volcano marathon Schotten , including MTB fire brigade cup
- Siedelsbrunn Bikemax Marathon (Siedelsbrunn, Odenwald)
- Spessart Bike Marathon (Hessen / Bavaria)
- Welde Odenwald bike marathon
- Lower Saxony:
- Saarland:
- Saxony:
- Erzgebirgs-Bike-Marathon , part of the MarathonMan Europe series
- Muldental-Bike-Marathon (Klostermarathon) (Grimma)
- Rohloff Mad East Challenge 500 (Altenberg, Ore Mountains)
- Rhineland-Palatinate:
- Erbeskopf Marathon (Thalfang, Hunsrück)
- Gäsbock mountain bike marathon (Lambrecht)
- Schinder (hannes) MTB Marathon (Emmelshausen, Hunsrück)
- Vulkanbike Extreme (Daun, Eifel)
- Wasgau mountain bike marathon
- Thuringia:
- Rennsteigride (Schmiedefeld)
Austria
- Salzkammergut Mountain Bike Trophy (Bad Goisern), part of the Ritchey MTB Challenge and the MarathonMan Europe series
- ASVÖ MTB Granite Marathon (Kleinzell im Mühlkreis)
- Mountainbike Challenge Austria (racing series over 9 races)
- Stubai bike marathon (Stubaital)
- Raiffeisen Kitz-Alp-Bike (Kitzbühel), part of the Ritchey MTB Challenge
Switzerland
- Garmin Bike Marathon Classics (racing series over 5 races)
- Grand Raid BCVS
- Iron Bike Race (Einsiedeln)
- National Park Bike Marathon (Graubünden)
- o-tour Bike Marathon (Alpnach, Obwalden)
- Swiss Bike Masters
Italy
- Riva del Garda Rocky Mountain Bike Marathon , part of the MarathonMan Europe series
Spain
- Open MTB Gran Canaria , part of the Ritchey MTB Challenge
Czech Republic
- Author Král Šumavy (Klatovy), part of the MarathonMan Europe series
- Malevil Cup (Jablonné v Podještědí), part of the MarathonMan Europe series
See also
Web links
- Cycle marathons in Central Europe on the website radmarathon.at
- MarathonMan Europe on the website marathonman-europe.com
- Ritchey Mountainbike Challenge on the website mountainbike-challenge.de
- Bike calendar events on the raceportal.net website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bikesport-Magazin: First marathon world championship in Lugano in 2003 ( memento of the original from September 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Online at www.bikesport-magazin.de. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Bike magazine: MTB training for marathon bikers. Fit for the marathon season . July 13, 2015. Online at www.bike-magazin.de. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Garmin Bike Marathon Classics. Retrieved September 9, 2016 .
- ↑ o-tour Bike Marathon. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 15, 2016 ; accessed on September 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
