Saalfelden Leogang will once again host the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships from 30 August to 3 September 2028. This was recently announced by the International Cycling Union (UCI) at the UCI Congress on the sidelines of the Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia, is known. The joy in Austria's largest biking region, which was honoured to host the two successful World Championships in 2012 and the MTB World Championship 2020 The fact that the World Cup and the World Cup races have become a permanent fixture in international cycling over the past twelve years is huge, explains organiser Marco Pointner, Managing Director of Tourism: "To be able to host a World Cup again after eight years is sensational and confirms that we not only stage exciting races and offer a good infrastructure, but that the entire team works together perfectly. We can also draw on a wealth of experience as an organiser and have shown that we are a reliable partner."
Organiser Kornel Grundner, Managing Director of Leoganger Bergbahnen, adds: "After a spectator-less World Championships in 2020, we are eager to host a perfect World Championships for fans, athletes and teams again in 2028."
New attempt in 2028: Second home world championship for Vali Höll
For the second time now, downhill star and reigning world champion Valentina Höll via a Home World Championships at Leogan Bike Parkg: "I'm incredibly pleased that Leogang has been awarded the 2028 World Championships. There will certainly be a lot of changes for us bikers in terms of infrastructure and I'm really looking forward to it. In six years' time, I'll be 26 years old and the perfect downhill age. Hopefully by then I'll be able to enjoy a downhill race at home. Run without a fall get it down. I'm really looking forward to it."
Triple World Cup to be held in Leogang in 2023
In addition to the decisions on the rainbow jerseys for 2028, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will also stop in Leogang for the next two years. The date for the MTB World Cup 2023 in Leogang has already been decided: for the first time, the Austrian bike region will be hosting a "super event" of the newly organised Mountain Bike World Cups will be held. In addition to the downhill and cross-country competitions, the Enduro bikers of the Enduro World Series will also determine their World Cup winners in the Bikepark Leogang and in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.
