The 2012 BC Cup Season is About to Start!
Are You Ready?

Greetings! 

The past few weeks have seen relentless amounts of rain but we bet this hasn't stopped you from getting dirty and shredding the local trails training for the upcoming 2012 BC Cup race season!

This years' race circuit is starting up in Kamloops for Race the Ranch where the dry conditions will be a nice change from the dreary weather we've had across the province.  Next, we have a new addition to the XC BC Cup Series this year: The Junk Yark Dog XC in Surrey as the first of 3 XC BC Cup Races. Following this race we have the Bear Mountain DH and Red Mountain XC Challenge which were met with unseasonably cold and wet conditions in 2011; fingers-crossed for a few sunny breaks this year to reduce the shock when thrown into the lake. 

The race season jumps into overdrive come July where we'll be travelling over 1,800kms from Sun Peaks to Silver Star then to Panorama ending up in Golden BC for the Western Open. Once recovered from this awesome trip, the BC Cup Circuit will take us to Mount Washington for the last XC BC Cup race and second last DH Race.  The top XC Racers will be announced here.

The race season will be concluded up at the top of Hemlock where the top DH and XC racers will be announced. 

Best of...
The top DH racers (men and women) will be determined by the best 6 of 8 races.  So, in order to qualify you'll have to race 6 of the 8 BC Cup Races this year. 

So gear up for a wicked BC Cup Race season.

XC BC Cup

Junk Yard Dog (Surrey) June 10

Red Mountain Challenge (Mission) June 30

Mount Washington (Courtenay) August 25

 

DH BC Cup

Race the Ranch (Kamloops) April 28/29

Bear Mountain Challenge (Mission) June 30/July 1

Sun Peaks (Kamloops) July 14/15

Silver Star (Vernon) July 21/22

Panorama Mad Trapper (Invermere) July 28/29

Western Open (Golden) August 4/5

Mount Washington (Courtenay) August 25/26

Hemlock (Chilliwack) September 1/2

 

Become a Certified Coach 
 
Cycling coaches seeking certification through the Coaching Association ofCanada NCCP can now apply online toc ommence the process.  There are two routes available to coaches for evaluation,
  1. Apply to the Canadian Cycling Association to take part in an online evaluation
  2. Apply to Cycling BC to take part in a site visit evaluation 
For more information on Coach Certification click here. 


UCI Mountain Bike Worlds

The 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Tour kicked off in March, and Canada's women sent a strong and clear message: they are ready.

 

Ontario's Emily Batty of Team Subaru-Trek opened the season with her career first World Cup podium in the elite category, finishing in second place.  Read More

Cycling BC would like to encourage all members to purchase your race license without delay as rush processing fees and courier charges will be applied to all licenses required outside normal processing times.

Renew or sign up here 
2012 DH Grassroots Races   
West Coast Super D - April 22 
The Coaster - May 5/6 
Unicorn 5000 - May 27 
NS Bike Fest - June 8-10 

  >Chainless DH

  >Enduro

  >Super D

Dark Horse Enduro - August 4 

2012 XC Grassroots Races 
The Coaster - May 5/6
Kelowna Spring Classic - May 20 

Race Calendar
The race calendar for the 2012 race season is posted and can be found here.

 
Do you want to pick up a few pointers on how to race?  
 
C4 Rider Training Inc. will be at all the BC Cup Races putting on a BC Cup DH Race Clinics.
 
Click here for more info.

West Coast Super D   
The Super-D format is the great equalizer in racing: downhill sections designed to challenge DH pros, and climbs straight out of the XC catalogue, all wrapped up in a race that most riders blitz through in around 15 minutes. 

 

For registration, and all the details on the course, including maps and elevation graphs, check out the West Coast Racing web page at www.westcoastracing.ca under 'Race Events' -> '2012 Super-D'.

 

 

 
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