The UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships 2007 to tour the country
Organisers of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships 2007 – powered by Nissan
Sports Adventure – being held at Fort William from 3 to 9 September, will be taking the event on theroad this summer. The aim is to raise the profile of the first ever Mountain Bike World Championships to be staged in the UK and promote interest in the sport at all levels.

With a branded trailer pulled by the World Championships Nissan Navara and an enthusiastic and knowledgeable team, organisers will be visiting a number of events, mountain bike centres and city centre venues throughout the country in June, July and August.

Bike and outdoor enthusiasts will be able to find out more about the World Championships; watch extreme race footage from UCI Mountain Bike World Cup events at Fort William; buy exclusive Worlds merchandise (at selected venues only); enquire about travel and accommodation; find out how to ride the World Championships courses; pick up some on the spot giveaways; or just hang out and have a chat about mountain biking in Scotland over a coffee or a can of Red Bull.

Visitors to the trailer can also enter a competition to win holidays from cottages4you and a Carrera Banshee X mountain bike supplied by Halfords Bikehut, the UK’s biggest bike retailer.

Although the trailer was previewed at the Bike Show in Birmingham in April, the summer tour will kick off with a visit to the ‘10 Under The Ben’ mountain bike event at Fort William on 9 June. This endurance event will see six hundred solo and team riders take on the challenge of a 10 hour race, riding a 10-mile mountain bike cross country course at the foot of Ben Nevis, sections of which will be raced on the World Championships cross country course.

Other events the promotional trailer will be visiting include the SDA Series Downhill Event, Fort William (16 &17 June), Mountain Mayhem, Ledbury (22 – 24 June), The Edinburgh Rat Race (14 & 15 July), Tulloch Inverness Highland Games (21 & 22 July) and the Merida Marathon, Selkirk (4 & 5 August). The Worlds team will also be visiting Glasgow and Aberdeen city centres and selected Halfords Bikehut stores in Scotland.

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EDITOR'S NOTES:
Promotional Tour Dates for The UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships at Fort
William – powered by Nissan Sports Adventure:
9 June - 10 Under the Ben - Fort William
16-17 June - SDA DH Test Event for World Championships - Fort William
22-24 June - Mountain Mayhem – Ledbury
TBC – 7 July - Glasgow City Centre - Buchanan St, Glasgow
TBC – 8 July - Halfords, Braehead, Glasgow
14-15 July - Rat Race - Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh
21-22 July - Tulloch Inverness Highland Games - Bught Park Arena, Inverness
28 July - Aberdeen City Centre, Loch Street, Aberdeen
TBC – 29 July - Halfords, Perth/Dundee, Perth/Dundee
4 August - Glentress MTB Centre, Glentress
4-5 August - Merida Marathon, Selkirk

The UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships at Fort William – powered by
Nissan Sports Adventure – will be staged from Monday 03 to Sunday 09 September 2007 –
For more information - http://www.fortwilliamworldchamps.co.uk/

At the World Championships, an annual competition with the emphasis firmly on riding for country rather than for trade teams and sponsors, 700 of the World’s top riders from more than 50 nations worldwide will compete across the four mountain bike disciplines of Cross Country, Downhill, 4-Cross and Trials for a total of 19 World Championship titles.

Tickets for the World Championship are on sale now. For ticket information and all the latest news about the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships visit
http://www.fortwilliamworldchamps.co.uk/

Accommodation Booking – Tel: 0845 2255121 (+44 1506 832121 outside UK) /
www.visithighlands.com / Tourist Information Centre, Fort William - Tel. +44 (0)1397 703781 /
www.visitscotland.com / www.visit-fortwilliam.co.uk
Useful Websites
The UCI Mountain Bike & trials World Championships at Fort William
-http://www.fortwilliamworldchamps.co.uk/
The UCI (International Cycle Union) Website – http://www.uci.ch
The British Cycling Website - http://www.britishcycling.org.uk
Nissan Europe - http://www.nissan-europe.com/
UK Sport - http://www.uksport.gov.uk/
EventScotland - http://www.eventscotland.org/
Forestry Commission Scotland – http://www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland or
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/mtbscotland
Highland 2007 - http://www.highland2007.com
VisitScotland - Adventure sports in Scotland – http://www.visitscotland.com/adventure
Nevis Range - http://www.nevisrange.co.uk
Outdoor Capital of the UK - http://www.outdoorcapital.co.uk
Bank of Scotland - http://www.bankofscotland.com/
Halfords Bikehut - http://www.bikehut.com
Cottages 4 You - http://www.cottages4you.co.uk

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