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Mountain Biking
Mountain biking is off-road cycling on trails, courses or bike-park tracks. Depending on format, time, placing, laps, line choice and technical bike handling decide.
LevelVariant
FamilyCycling Family
CategoryCycling sport
Classification
Category
Cycling sport
Family
Cycling Family
Level
Variant
Weitere Angaben
Aliases
MTB, Mountainbike
Tags
outdoor, mountain-biking, mtb, uci, offroad, cycling-sport, radsport-familie, radsport
Rules and format
Die Grundlagen
Ziel
Complete the off-road course, trail or race format legally faster or better than competitors.
Teilnehmer
Individual riders; team/relay scoring possible by format.
Teamgröße
Usually individual, also team/relay by event.
Spielfeld
MTB trail, circuit, downhill track, enduro stages or bike-park course.
Dauer
Laps, timed run, stages or distance by format.
Wertung
Time, placing, laps, stages or points.
Gewinnbedingung
Best valid result in the format.
Ausrüstung
- mountain bike
- helmet
- protection/gloves
- repair kit
Wichtige Regelpunkte
- leaving course
- illegal assistance
- equipment breach
- unsafe passing
Regelquellen
Federations and sources
- Mountain Bike UCI · official-discipline-guide · high
- Regulations UCI · official-rules-index · high
- UCI Mountain Bike World Championships UCI · official-event · high