07.16.10 - Watch The Mountain Bike Canadian Championships Live On Webstream

Multiple ways to watch the 2010 Mountain Bike Canadian Championships in Canmore, Alberta

(Canmore, AB – July 17, 2010) Canadian Cycling fans will be presented with a multitude of ways to catch the racing action live this weekend from the cross country events of the 2010 Mountain Bike Canadian Championships, including, live results, live webstream and regular twitter updates.

Tourism Canmore Kananaskis and the Canmore Nordic Centre are pleased to announce that Adrenaline Garage has been contracted to provide a live webcast of the 2010 National Mountain Bike Championships. Adrenaline Garage has produced huge events, such as Colorado Crankworx in 2009, and is stoked to bring their expertise to Canmore and cross country mountain bike racing.

The webcast will be broadcast on Pedal Magazine, Canadian Cyclist and PinkBike.com, among other sites. There will be five camera positions on course, including the stadium (start/finish/lap) and on some of the gnarly new trails recently constructed by the Canmore Nordic Centre, such as Eye Dropper, Mad Handler and Laundry Chutes to name a few.

Live results can be found at www.zone4.ca.

The Canadian Cycling Association will also provide regular Twitter updates. Follow @CanMTBcycling

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS IN ACTION
Both defending Champions will be in Canmore to defend their Canadian titles. Catharine Pendrel (Kamloops, BC) will be defending her title in the Women’s Elite category and Geoff Kabush (Victoria, BC), who won the title for the last six Canadian Championships, will be a tough competitor to beat in the Men’s Elite race.

Pendrel currently sits in third place of the overall UCI Mountain Bike rankings, and is ranked at the top spot of the UCI World Cup rankings. Kabush, Canada’s top rider, is ranked eighth in the UCI World Rankings. Earlier in May, Pendrel came out victorious of the World Cup event in Offenburg (GER).

SPECIAL GUEST
Canadian Cross-country skier Alex Harvey will be taking part in the action tomorrow at the Cross Country Mountain Bike Canadian Championships. Harvey, son of Pierre Harvey, a former Canadian Cycling Champion in the road event, will be looking for a great result that may qualify him for the selection pool to Canadian Team for the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in his hometown of Mont-Sainte-Anne from September 1-5, 2010.

Harvey, who won multiple medals at FIS World Junior Championships in cross-country, competed twice at the UCI Junior Mountain Bike World Championships.

A full list of registration, up to date, can be found at http://www.zone4.ca/reglist.asp?id=3047

DOWNTOWN CELEBRATION
On Saturday evening, the Rundle Mountain Cycling Club is hosting a downtown event to celebrate the success of the mountain bikers on the hills of the Nordic Centre. Festivities will start at 7:00 pm with the Award Ceremony for the U23 and Elite categories, where the coveted Red and White Jerseys, medals and prize money will be presented.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS – MOUNTAIN BIKE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

SATURDAY, JULY 17TH
National Championship – XC
U17, Junior, U23, Elite, Little Ziggy (Kids Race)

SUNDAY, JULY 18TH
National Challenge – XC
Novice Youth U15, Sport Youth U15, Novice (17+), Sport (17+), Expert (17+)

National Championship – XC
Master Expert 30-39, Master 40 + W/F, Master 50 + M/H, Master Expert 40-49 M/H