UCI Releases Official 2012 World Cup schedule.

 why? it means there's more money put into DH, which can only be good, the WC 4X tracks the past few years have been jokes anyway, i say its all good, now 4x can branch off and start its own world series and have it alot more exciting than when the UCI ran it

 Olympic bmx might be the cause?

 duual slalom ye yee

 Dual slalom would be sweet.

Here are my picks for the men's winners:

1. Pietermarizburg: Gwin

2. Val di sole: Minnar

3. Ft. William: Hart

4. Mt. St. Ann: Gwin

5. Windham: Gwin


6. Val d'Isere: Brosnan

7. Hafjell: Fairclough

 whistler doesnt need a world cup. crankworx is more popular than a dh world cup

 Bisk, there is no way that they intend to put more money into DH, what they intend to do it put more money into their bank accounts every week. As the claw was saying as his event after crankworks, they are greedy people and they make me sick!

 fukin useless UCI gettin rid of 4x wat fukking FAGGOTS

 WHAT! no 4x, no La Bresse DH, AND no DH world cup form 17th March to 2nd June. might as well be two seasons this sucks

 UCi are getting worse and worse!

 i think mick hannah will smoke gwin at at pietermarizburg. and dont forget sam hill will be back on the circuit properly next year recovered too.

 Yeah, next year is going to be a whole new can of worms. its going to be interesting to see who really puts in the hard yards during the off season.

 Shame its in the start of winter, there will most likely be snow by then in Norway, still hope they go through with it though!

 They must have worked it out so there's no snow during that stop.

 YESS WINDHAM. Super cool race venues this upcoming year

 Haha!
you guys, don't be afraid, there's no snow here at all yet, so I think that it won't be a promblem next year either ;-)
it will probably be abit cold but it will work out fine :-D
I'm going to Hafjell on staurday for the closing/ending weekend for the bikepark. STOKED!

 Snow is not a problem, it's the rain. It rained so much in Norway this year, there were small land slides around Hafjell, I heard that even in The bikepark itself. I hope it's gonna be better next year, I mean it can't be worse I think...

 WOW! Awesome looking track ...that road gap looks insane. and the rocky technical section in the middle will be great @ WCup pace! Viva la Norway

 that track looks awesome.

 That track is pretty nutty. Super fast, big jumps. The tree section looked tough. Assuming they'll put a couple booters in at the end near the village?

 DEF more booters at the end. Where are worlds gonna be?

 worlds are at leogang

 Can't wait for CG to show some moves on those jumps !

 Can you upload to PB so I can Fav it!!! Awesome Track.

 www.pinkbike.com/video/212237

 that track looks awesome I like the fact the jumps section is at the top and theres a bit of everything in there too... not sure about the 4wd sections but small prie to pay for the rest of the track... maybe for world cup they can throw in some massive tables on them to keep the crowd happy haha...

 yeh, I think they should add in a big jump at the finish for the world cup aswell.

 Some of the mountains cannot afford to build the 4x discpline, especially in the US. Really it is all about selling bikes, ultimately, and decent DS competitions can foster the seeds of DJ / HT frames sales just as well. In these tought economic times I'm sure the UCI had it's reasons. Windham could not afford the 4X build last year and was supposed to lose the WC bid for next year. Thankfully the UCI has given them another shot WITHOUT the need for the 4x. It's a minor issue for the American Northeast fans but it's better than nothing!!!! I'm not sure if the 2 are related but I'm very glad it's back to NY again next year.

 Windham did not offer a World Cup level race this year and should never be allowed to host another race next year...Broke ass mountain that could not even offer a 4x track....that race should go back to Bromont where it belongs !!!!

 it should come anywhere really!

since the entire world cup is only 7 races with nearly all of them being with in 100miles of each other in Europe. So really any additional locations would be highly welcomed by everyone.

I think them main problem here is UCI and their lack of care for any sort of off road riding. They put huge amounts of effort in to arranging events like tour de france etc. And yet still theres only 7 DH races in a season. I know this is unlikely to happen, but if say all mountain biking dropped from UCI and formed its own thing sponsored by people like Red Bull or Nissan i think then things would be better for everyone. As UCI can play with Lycra, and let people who know what they are doing sort out the mtb. Currently as it stands Nissan have more DH races a season than UCI, despite the fact UCI are the "official" body

 you're right dude....if they keep on following those fools, DH is doomed.....soooo many mountains could offer pro level tracks....I really hope DH follows the FourCross Alliance and give UCI the boot !!!

 @FastDh Dont beat up on Windham. It's not Bromont, but it did put up a really fast, challenging course. Besides you guys still have Mt. st Anne. Dont be such a Mt Hog!!!! Howeever I wont deny that the 4x final under the lights was not missed last year. That shit was tight!!

 @georgy291
"...They put huge amounts of effort in to arranging events like tour de france etc..."

UCI has nothing to do with the Tour de France organisation.
TdF is owned and organised by a private company "A.S.O" (www.aso.fr)
Don't give themtoo much credits.

 @Oisans ...UCI has it's name written all over the major Tours....the Yellow, Pink, Green, best climber, best under 21, World Cup leader, World Champ jerseys.....it all belongs to the UCI....so does the Tour de France...just try to imagine it without it's leader jersey

 yeh thats what i just thought

 ya thats the first time ive seen the first DH WC in march...crazy

 and then it's gonna be a pretty busy june.. 4 races in 5 weeks.. crash hard in Val di Sole and most likely you can forget about the other once

 willing to bet champery as its not on DHI list

 champs is leogang 2012

 DH WC should come to Latin America (think Chile, Brazil or similar)...

 False. There is one month. Try looking at that again.

 No, he's right. But its because Africa is in the southern hemisphere and there seasons are opposite to ours.

 So XC isn't racing any more? The DH riders might get a break but the XC riders do not.

 The xc riders have about a 2 week break mid season which makes some sense. If you'd ever had to train of a racing season you'd know what i mean, but I get the feeling you haven't maybe? You spend a good portion of the off season trying to get into the best shape you can to start the season off and then you spend the rest of the on season racing and working to maintain and sharpen your skills. If you drop out of your peak shape too early its a bitch and half to get it back. and training months for one race and then having to either maintain that speed or break for a while and then rebuild to top shape just sucks. I'm sure there's probably some logistical reason behind the schedule, but to me it just further shows that UCI doesn't give a crap about gravity racing

 windham does not even have lift accessed riding during the rest of the season only the only time it is open is for the world cup

 I have a napkin for you

 its in austria this year, in leogang

 Even though you guys messed everything up and lost the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, there is one war America is clearly winning; the war against the environment!

 That is exactly what I was thinking, however I'm not sure if there are many 4X racers who also race BMX (especially at an Olympic level). Would be sick if 4x was in The Olympics though.

 4X in olympic would be epic,, hopefully UCI do that