World Cup Downhill nad 4x Pro Tour resumes at Val Di Sole

June 1st, 2012 11:53am

After a 10 week layoff, the UCI World Cup DH scene resumes in Val Di Sole, Italy. Steep? - Oh yeah. Rough? Definitely will be come race time. Weather? - Do you have to ask? Its Italy in the mountains after all. Val Di Sole is quite the challenge after having so much time off. But the good news is that everyone had more time to heal up, tweak their new bikes and get even faster. There are some course changes this year, but nothing earth shattering and definitely not making it any easier.

Add ot that a huge filed of 226 men and 40 women lining up to qualifying for round #2 and you have a bona fide circus on your hands.

Here is the qualifying order for the PRO MEN and Women

It will be off the hook over there and you can see the racing live on-line here:

live.mpora.com/uci-downhill-world-cup-val-di-sole The racing starts at 11:00 BST on June 3rd.

(photo right courtesy of:Sebastian Schieck / DirtMPora)

4x Pro Tour

The 4x Pro Tour will also compete at Val Di Sole this weekend. Although many of the historical top dogs switched to DH or went back to BMX trying to qualify for this years Olympics it doesn't mean that it will be any less exciting. 4x is awesome to watch, is fast paced and has a great format. So don't miss out on any of that action either.

Here is a video of this years 4X track at Val di Sole. It looks really fast.