City Downhill World Tour 2014 Lanzado!

Quake32 | el 22/01/14 a las 5:48 pm. | 3

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Somos muchos los amantes al Descenso Urbano en Chile y el mundo, es por eso que el ambiente esta totalmente excitado con el lanzamiento oficial de este ambicioso proyecto, el cual finalmente es una realidad. Atraer a mas corredores a las carreras del Downhill Urbano, sera solamente un impacto positivo para el Mountainbike en si, y como ya lo hemos visto en Valparaiso durante muchos años, tenemos que apoyar y estar presentes en estos eventos cuando se realicen.

De los corredores chilenos confirmados hasta la fecha, figuran solo Antonio Leiva y Mauricio Acuña. Todos los detalles, fechas, y el comunicado de prensa oficial en ingles, lo pueden ver después del salto…

Agenda de Carreras 2014

8 y 9 de Febrero – Descidas des Escadas de Santos / Brasil
23 de Febrero  – Red Bull Valparaiso Cerro Abajo / Chile
21 de Junio – Bratislavia City Downhill / Slovakia
Septiembre/Octubre -Â Por confirmar pronto!!

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Comunicado de Prensa en Ingles:

22.JANUARY 2014 – Rio de Janeiro, BRASIL -EXTREME SPORT FABRIK announces CITYDOWNHILL WORLD TOUR 2014

– the brand new  global series of  downhill racing in the cities.

History
Since 1999, when the first CITY DOWNHILL race in Lisbon / EUROPE took place, the extreme sport in the biggest cities all over the world has been getting more and more popular.

Not just because of the increasing number of spectators (avg. 20,000 spectators in each location), but also from the side of strong media coverage (EUROSPORT, TV GLOBO, REUTERS, RED BULL MEDIAHOUSE…)

How It All Started
The idea came up after attending DH World Cup races in the woods, and the street races in the cities all over the world. We decided to create something new and global, that could bring more publicity and advantages for everybody involved: the sport itself, the riders and the partners/sponsors as well.

In 2012, we started to discuss the idea with our future partners, and the next step was organizing the pilot race of the tour, the BRATISLAVA CITY DOWNHILL, in June 2013. The pilot project was very successful, so we could move forward.

Main Goals
To bring the sport to the people, and to promote the sport on the highest level, with the best riders, in the best locations, with very strong media coverage.

2014 Racing Schedule
8.-9.FEBRUARY – DESCIDAS DES ESCADAS DE SANTOS / BRASIL
23.FEBRUARY Â – RED BULL Â VALPARAISO CERRO ABAJO / CHILE
21.JUNE Â Â Â Â Â Â Â – BRATISLAVA CITY DOWNHILL / SLOVAKIA
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER -Â TO BE CONFIRMED SOON

Rules

• MTB bike with minimum 150mm of travel front and also rear suspension.
• Only  men’s category
• Ranking system: collecting points 1. – 15. Rank ( from 25 points)
• Top 3 riders in the current ranking – their travel and lodging costs will be covered
• Prize money for top 5 riders in elite men’s category  – 10,000 EUR/race
• Every round will be registered in the national bike federation race calendar
• Each track will be designed by a local organizer.

Riders

For the top WC riders, it’s a tradition to attend this kind of races. Steve Peat, Greg Minnaar, Cedric Gracia, Steve Smith, Mick Hannah…they all love to race it.

At the moment following riders have confirmed to race the CITY DOWNHILL WORLD TOUR 2014: Mick Hannah AUS, Filip Polc SVK, Marcelo Gutierrez COL, Tomas Slavik CZE, Fabien Cousinié FRA, Bernard Kerr UK, Matt Walker NZL, Antonio Leiva CHL, Mario Jarrin ECU, Mauricio Acuna CHL .

EXTREME SPORT FABRIK/ ESF

ESF is a distribution and event production company from Slovakia, made up of Urban DH racer legend Filip Polc and Jana Vasova.

Jana Vasová – managing director
Having been a sales and marketing manager for more than 10 years, Jana has focused on real estate projects and organizing of public, sport and music events. Experienced and determined salesperson in a financial, real estate and sport equipment segment. Since 2010 onwards, runs a distribution company POLCSTER SHOP, organizing DH and ENDURO bike events and producing professional videos for partners.

Filip Polc Track designer, rider
Since 1998, successful professional DH rider on the UCI World Cup circuit.European Champion and a city downhill specialist. Filip is in charge of CITY DOWNHILL WORLD TOUR Â race track designing and event locating in order to have the most spectacular and rideable urban races.

Media Coverage

We will produce a webpage www.citydownhill.com, and an application for iOS and Android, where the people can check all the news and bonuses. You can also follow us on:

https://www.facebook.com/citydownhillworldtour

http://instagram.com/citydownhillworldtour