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Red Bull Streaming MTB 2012 World Cup Events Live


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By Dicko - Posted on 17 March 2012

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Starts this weekend in Sth Africa

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PRESS RELEASE: 10 events. 9 countries. 3 continents. As in 2011, the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will open in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on March 17th challenging athletes from all around the globe to qualify for the Olympics. Breathtaking HD pictures, top-notch competitions, webcasting and content syndication – follow athletes such as Gee and Rachel Atherton (UK), Lisi Osl (AT), Brook MacDonald (NZ), and Steve Smith (RSA) on redbull.com as they battle on one of the hardest MTB tracks of the tour.

Live streaming of all the World Cup Cross-country Olympic, Cross- country Eliminator and Downhill races will be featured from March 17th on Red Bull’s new bike channel www.redbull.com/bike and on www.redbull.tv. Further media services including the official international live signal, HD TV highlight program, webcasting and content syndication will be provided by the Red Bull Media House, the new official media partner of the International Cycling Union (UCI).

“The RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup presented by Shimano has been given a boost for 2012, and with Red Bull Media House on board, we can be sure that top quality images of this series can reach fans throughout the world. This exciting World Cup series deserves innovative media coverage of the highest standard. This new partnership can only serve to further develop our leading mountain bike series” ,said UCI President Pat McQuaid.

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Red Bull Media House, which replaces Freecaster.tv as exclusive live streaming partner, will also hold worldwide non-exclusive internet rights to the UCI BMX World Championships as well as selected media rights in certain territories for the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.

2012 UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE CALENDAR:

17.03 – 18.03 UCI World Cup XCO / DHI 1, Pietermaritzburg, RSA
13.04 – 15.04 UCI World Cup XCO 2 / XCE 1, Houffalize, BEL
11.05 – 13.05 UCI World Cup XCO 3 / XCE 2, Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
18.05 – 20.05 UCI World Cup XCO 4 / XCE 3, La Bresse, FRA
02.06 – 03.06 UCI World Cup DHI 2, Val di Sole, ITA
09.06 – 10.06 UCI World Cup DHI 3, Fort William, GBR
23.06 – 24.06 UCI World Cup XCO 5 / DHI 4, Mont-Sainte-Anne, CAN
30.06 – 01.07 UCI World Cup XCO 6 / DHI 5, Windham, USA
28.07 – 29.07 UCI World Cup XCO 7 / DHI 6, Val d’Isère, FRA
14.09 – 15.09 UCI World Cup DHI 7, Hafjell, NOR

LIVE STREAMINGS ON WWW.REDBULL.COM/BIKE AND ON WWW.REDBULL.TV:

17.03., starting 09:20 am (GMT), Mountain Bike – Cross Country Women Elite in Pietermaritzburg, RSA
17.03., starting 11:50 am (GMT), Mountain Bike – Cross Country Men Elite in Pietermaritzburg, RSA
18.03., starting 12:15pm (GMT), Mountain Bike – Downhill Finals Women and Men Elite in Pietermaritzburg, RSA

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Cant wait for this years World Cup Season.
These first few races will be hectic as all nations are still scrambling for points to qualify riders for the Olympics.

Best thing I did last year was get the old 'laptop to TV' cable from JB HiFi.

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1st MTB XCO World Cup event last night.

Karen Hanlon from NZ got 8th in Womens Elite - awesome result

Daniel McCONNELL from Australia managed 24th in Mens Elite

Results like that will give us some good representation in the Olympics and some good seeding as well.

Looking at the size of the field I don't know how your expected to do very well starting anywhere outside the Top 20.

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And what about Tracey Hannah in the DH, first WC in several years and she qualifies first by 4seconds on a track that really doesn't suit her. Can't wait til racing

Antsonline's picture

Its very tough to move up the field, but it can be done.
Hanlon did it very well.

Behind the scenes - its excellent news that the Kiwis go well in the ladies, as it is they alone that decide whether Aus get a slot in the Olympic Womens race. If they move up their national ranking by another spot (or two) then Aus will be given one slot in the ladies for London.
As it stands, Aus wont have ANY women in the London race. Cheering for Hanlon last night! And Rosara....
In the ladies, poor old Jenni King was on the last lap and in mid 40's, but she crashed on the drop-off onto her head and DNF'd. Jodie and Rowena did well not to get lapped (!) but had average races.

Dans ride was excellent. Very impressive stuff. The other Aussies really struggled in the men - Lachy, Jongers, PvdP and Sid Taberay...

Its a completely different league. Every time I watch it, I just have to pick my jaw off the floor.
As Burry said "it started in a sprint, and then we were sprinting for the rest of the race!"

Cant wait for thr DH tonight.....

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