UWCT 2013

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Not Training with us on Wednesday mornings for the UCI World Cycling Tour qualifier in April?….You should be, its a great even with a chance to qualify and represent Australia, you’ll get to race against Masters cyclists from all over the world.

Information on the 2013 Final is available – http://sport.be.msn.com/uciworldcyclingtour/2013/eng/final/

Recent News;

The UCI World Cycling Tour Visits All Continents in 2013
After two successful seasons since its launch in 2011, the UCI World Cycling Tour enters 2013 with an exciting calendar, touring all five continents.
Besides classic venues such as Italy, Belgium and France, the new world giants of Australia, Brazil and the USA among many other exciting destinations, the series is now ready to welcome its first Asian event. The exotic landscape of Sri Lanka is our first stop next year, with a Road Race and a Time Trial in the surrounding of the country’s former capital, Colombo. The month of April seems to be inviting to warm, coastal destinations. After Sri Lanka, the UWCT has a stop in the glamorous hills of Saint Tropez, France, in Perth, Australia and then in Chania, on the Greek Island of Crete.In May we move on to the state of New York, in the USA to get the season started in North America. UCI Bike City Copenhagen expects the Scandinavian crowd and other visitors for their Road Race and Time Trial. Belgium also hosts their qualifier event in May.
In June it’s time for Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, to show why they have recently been awarded as host city of the 2014 UWCT Final. Their classic style road race is one of the biggest and most traditional in the series, with the city centre fully closed for cyclists. Then we move north to the rolling mountains of Austria, to St. Polten in the Vienna surroundings.

In July the UWCT takes us to a rehearsal of the most challenging UWCT Final ever. The Qualifier event in Trento, Italy, will feature most of the climbs and landscape of this season’s Final. In August and September, Brazil and Spain close the opportunities for riders to qualify to a legendary Final.

The town of Trento is so proud to be hosting the 2013 Road Masters World Championships (UWCT Final) that it will be hard not to feel already a World Champion once you get there. The rainbow colors will be everywhere and the top of the famous Giro d’ Italia climb, Monte Bondone itself, will be standing like a podium for the ones who reach its top on the road race.

Changes in 2013
– In events with a separated time trial qualifier, the 50% first athletes of each age group with a minimum of 3 riders per age group will be awarded to go to the time trial final.
– A team relay per country will be introduced as a test event in the 2013 Final in Trento. Qualified riders from the same country can form a group of 4 on a local city circuit of a few kilometers covering two laps per rider. Each team is formed by riders from different age categories (16-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+) with a least one male and one female per team. The start order of the riders may be part of a tactical game. Riders make their relay by touching each other in the relay zone. There will be no Official Rainbow Jersey in 2013, but we do award the first three teams with medals.
– UCI travel will be offering travel packages towards all qualifier events and to The Final, helping riders organizing their trip.

6 thoughts on “UWCT 2013”

  1. Umm… nice photo.

    For those of you who need even more UCI motivation than Bill Gordin and Paul Miller (former Aussie champs) and the other pretender, have a look at the following footage of the Monte Bondone climb, which is the final part of the Trento (Italy) course. Imagine that, a mountain top finish used in the Giro to decide the world titles.

    Giro d’Italia 2006 – Climb of the Monte Bondone (1/4)

    Giro d’Italia 2006 – Climb of the Monte Bondone (2/4)

    Giro d’Italia 2006 – Climb of the Monte Bondone (3/4)

    Giro d’Italia 2006 – Climb of the Monte Bondone (4/4)

    The blurb: “Final climb of the Monte Bondone from Cadine (l. 19.4 km, a. 1654m, a.s. 7.5%, m.s. 12.5%) in stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia 2006. Featuring Gilberto Simoni, Ivan Basso, Franco Pellizotti, Leonardo Piepoli et. al.”

    Thanks, Luke.

    1. Links to Youtube don’t seem to work, so manual data entry (or copy and paste into Youtube) required if interested (in Dutch commentary). Sorry about that.

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