Excelsior Sports Correspondent
LEH, Aug 28: Leh is all set to host the first-ever highest level of World Cup Cycling event ‘UCI MTB World Cup Eliminator’ on September 4, here.
The UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup is being organised by the UT Ladakh Police in association with City Mountain Bike and Cycling Federation of India (CFI) wherein 100 participants are expected to participate in the cycling event including 70 from India.
The event will be organised in the Old town area of Leh to showcase unique heritage and culture of the world. With this event, Leh will be among world famous cycling event venues like Abu Dhabi, Barcelona and Paris and India will be on the cycling chart among Germany, France, Sweden, Indonesia, Brazil, Belgium, Turkey etc.
Registered cyclists will ride one lap to qualify. In the qualifying rounds, 32 cyclists will be selected from men and women categories. Among the selected, best qualifying timers would get the easiest heat of One kilometre competing with four best timing cyclists. Two best from the four go to the next round. Similar rounds continue till all applicants take part.
Big finals and small finals will be conducted, to get the winners declared in both men and women categories with eight rankings and the rest will get qualifying timing points.
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