{"id":2134,"date":"2015-11-28T17:59:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T16:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2015-11-28T17:59:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T16:59:05","slug":"ixs-downhill-cup-south-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/events\/2015\/ixs-downhill-cup-south-america\/","title":{"rendered":"iXS Downhill Cup South America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the first time in history of the iXS Downhill Cup, we will travel outside of the European Continent; we are going to South America in \u201cLa Tierra del Sol\u201d where everything\u2019s different. The beautiful lands will be Argentina and Chile during the summer of these two countries. South America has excellent conditions to host high level competitions. The infrastructure of the Ski resorts, the amenities of tourist cities, in addition to the Latin culture invite the world to travel over there.<\/p>\n

Facing the winter time in the North Hemisphere many riders are looking for new destinations to do a good preseason and start scoring points for the international ranking from earlier in the next year. South America in recent years has begun to host world-class events. So the organizers put together a very interesting calendar for Downhill racers. The iXS European Downhill Cup is the second most important series after the UCI World Cup, this is with over than 10 years of experience, 2000 participants from 40 countries represented.<\/p>\n

The attempt thing for iXS Downhill Cup South America is, it will add points for the overall ranking of iXS Standings and its make travelers be more attractive to go to South America and explore the unknown places. Bariloche in Argentina will host the date at Cerro Catedral on a track specially developed for this event on the date of 23rd and 24th of January 2016, while in Chile will host the event in La Parva, close to Santiago on the 5th and 6th of February 2016. So, between both iXS Downhill Cup\u2019s rounds will be the season of opener round for the Open Shimano Latam, which offers 3 weekends in a row of the most important Downhill races of the South America season. For the race in Argentina it will be mandatory to have a UCI license, since it is regulated by the UCI round and in some categories will add points to the international UCI Ranking and to the international ranking of iXS Standings (see rules on the event website). Montenbaik LTDA and Ride SRL, Mountain Bike promoter\u2019s leaders in South America, will be in charge of the organization and production of both competitions.<\/p>\n

The registrations are now open and for more information please visit: ixsdownhillcup.la<\/a><\/p>\n

Greetings and see you all in South America 2016! Here a short video from the race in Bariloche in 2015:<\/p>\n