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2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Canberra, AU ⋅ Sep, 1 2009 - Sep 6 2009 | Coverage created by Colt From Cyclingdirt

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Stay tuned to Cyclingdirt for race coverage of the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, September 1-6 in Canberra, Australia. We'll have Pre Race Interviews, Race Previews, Post Race Interviews, Photos, Results, and LIVE VIDEO of the Championship races! If there was ever a reason to stay up late, this will be it!

Meet & Contact Information

Day/Date Venue

Sunday 09.00-11.00 DHI course inspection by UCI Mt Stromlo

30.08.2009 11.00-12.00 4X course inspection by UCI Mt Stromlo

13.00-15.00 XCO course inspection by UCI Mt Stromlo

16.00-18.00 Opening Accreditation center - Organizing committee City

accrediting only

Monday 09.00-16.00 Riders Confirmation and Accreditation (Crowne Plaza Hotel) City

31.08.2009 (final confirmation - Team Relay)

10.00-16.00 XCO Course open for training Mt Stromlo

12.30-13.15 Opening Ceremony City

14.00-16.00 On Foot DHI course inspection Mt Stromlo

17.30 Team Managers Meeting Team Relay Mt Stromlo

Tuesday 09.00-16.00 Riders Confirmation and Accreditation (Crowne Plaza Hotel) City

01.09.2009 (final confirmation - XCO Juniors Women, XCO U23 Women, DHI and 4X)

09.00-12.00 XCO Course open for training Mt Stromlo

10.00-14.00 DHI Course open for training Mt Stromlo

14.30 World Championships Team Relay Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony XCO Team Relay

17.00 Team Managers Meeting - All disciplines Mt Stromlo

Wednesday 09.00-16.00 Riders Confirmation and Accreditation (Crowne Plaza Hotel) City

02.09.2009 (final confirmation - XCO Juniors Men, XCO U23 Men, XCO Elite Men and Women)

09.00-10.30 XCO Course open for training Mt Stromlo

09.00-10.00 DHI Course open for training - Juniors and Elite Women Mt Stromlo

11.00-14.00 DHI Course open for training - All categories Mt Stromlo

14.00-15.00 DHI Course open for training - Elite Men Mt Stromlo

10.30 World Championships XCO Juniors Women Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony

12.00-16.00 Accreditation (Crowne Plaza Hotel) City

14.00 World Championships XCO U23 Women Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony

15.30-17.00 4X Course open for training Mt Stromlo

17.00 Team Managers Meeting Mt Stromlo

Thursday 09.00-10.30 XCO Course open for training Mt Stromlo

03.09.2009 09.00-13.00 Juniors Men OT 20" Semi-Finals Mt Stromlo

13.00-17.00 Elite Men OT 20" Semi-Finals Mt Stromlo

10.00-11.30 DHI Course open for training - Juniors and Elite Women Mt Stromlo

11.30-13.00 DHI Course open for training - Elite Men Mt Stromlo

10.30 World Championships XCO Juniors Men Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony

14.00-15.30 4X Course open for training Mt Stromlo

16.00 4X Qualifying Round Mt Stromlo

17.30-18.30 4X Training (with lights) Mt Stromlo

17.30 Team Managers Meeting Mt Stromlo

19.30-22.00 2010 UCI World Championships - Mt-Ste-Anne - Presentation City

(Crowne Plaza)

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Day/Date Venue

2009 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships

Schedule

Cross Country Olympic (XCO), Downhill (DHI),

Four Cross (4X) & Observed Trials (OT)

Friday 08.30-10.00 DHI Course open for training Mt Stromlo

04.09.2009 09.00-12.00 XCO Course open for training Mt Stromlo

09.00-13.00 Juniors Men OT 26" Semi-Finals Mt Stromlo

09.15-13.15 Women OT Final 20''/26'' Mt Stromlo

10.30 DHI Official Timed Session Mt Stromlo

13.15-17.15 Elite Men OT 26" Semi-Finals Mt Stromlo

14.00 World Championships XCO U23 Men Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony U23 Men XCO and Women OT

15.30-17.00 4X Course open for training Mt Stromlo

17.00 Team Managers Meeting XCO Mt Stromlo

18.30 World Championships 4X Men/Women Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony

Saturday 08.30-09.30 XCO Course open for training Mt Stromlo

05.09.2009 10.00 World Championships XCO Elite Women Mt Stromlo

10.30-12.00 Juniors Men OT Finals 20" Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony OT and Elite Women XCO

14.30-16.00 Elite Men OT Final 20" Mt Stromlo

13.30-15.00 DHI Course open for training - Juniors and Elite Women Mt Stromlo

15.00-16.00 DHI Course open for training - Elite Men Mt Stromlo

14.00 World Championships XCO Elite Men Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony OT (Elite Men 20'' and Team) and Elite Men XCO

17.30 Team Managers Meeting DHI Mt Stromlo

Sunday 08.30-10.00 DHI Course open for training Mt Stromlo

06.09.2009 10.00-10.30 Side Event - Open Women XCC Mt Stromlo

10.30 World Championships Juniors Women and Juniors Men DHI Mt Stromlo

12.10-13.40 Juniors Men OT Final 26'' Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony Juniors Women and Juniors Men DHI

12.30 - 13.00 Side Event - Open Men XCC Mt Stromlo

13.00 World Championships Elite Women DHI Mt Stromlo

13.50-15.20 Elite Men OT Final 26'' Mt Stromlo

14.00 World Championships Elite Men DHI Mt Stromlo

Followed by Awards Ceremony DHI Elite and Trials

17.00-17.20 Closing Ceremony Mt Stromlo

Interviews

Sabine Spitz Before The Champery…

4X Replay: 2009 World Championships…

Pro Women's DH Replay: 2009 World…

Robbie Squire Pre Race '09 World…

User Videos

2009 MTB Worlds - Steve Peat Interview…

2009 MTB Worlds - Catharine Pendrel…

2009 MTB Worlds - Max Plaxton…

Nejc Rutar - Go Pro Helmet Cam…

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#5	Dad September 2, 2009 at 1:15pm http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?month=9&day=5&year=2009&hour=14&min=0&sec=0&p1=57&p2=179 I've been using this Time Zone converter to help me reply
#4	Colt From Cyclingdirt September 1, 2009 at 9:22am Results from Team Relay are in: (Geoff Kabush had the fastest lap time of the day at 17:22) American squad rides to 12th as Mountain Bike Worlds open with team relay Canberra, AUS (September 1, 2009) – The 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships got underway on Tuesday with the team relay event in which the U.S. placed 12th. In the team relay, each nation entered a team comprised of an elite male, elite female, U23 male, and junior male. Each rider contested one lap of the 6.47-kilometer Stromlo Forest Cross Country course and at the end of their lap, tagged the next rider on their team. The U.S. foursome was made up of Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Gary Fisher), Russell Finsterwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Pro Cycling-SRM), Colin Cares (Boulder, Colo./Kenda-Tomac-Hayes), and Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Gary Fisher) Completing the four laps with a final time of 1:17:54, the American squad was 3:52 off the winning pace set by the Italians. The Canadian and French teams earned the silver and bronze medals. Next up in Canberra are the Junior Women’s and U23 Women’s cross country events. Jill Behlen (Boulder, Colo./Tokyo Joes) and Essence Barton (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) will toe the line for the junior women’s event Wednesday morning while Amy Dombrowski (Boulder, Colo./Webcor Builders) and Chloe Forsman (Tuscon, Ariz./Luna) will represent the U.S. in the U23 women’s contest in the afternoon. 1 Italy (Marco Aurelio Fontana/Gerhard Kerschbaumer/Eva Lechner/Cristian Cominelli) 1:14:02 2 Canada (Raphael Gagne/Geoff Kabush/Evan Guthrie/Catharine Pendrel) 0:00:06 3 France (Alexis Vuillermoz/Cédric Ravanel/Hugo Drechou/Cécile Rode Ravanel) 0:00:08 4 Sweden (Emil Lindgren/Tobias Ludvigsson/Alexandra Engen/Mattias Wengelin) 0:00:54 5 Switzerland (Florian Vogel/Matthias Stirnemann/Nathalie Schneitter/Fabian Giger) 0:01:00 6 Netherlands (Irjan Luttenberg/Michiel Van Der Heijden/Laura Turpijn/Jelmer Pietersma) 0:03:00 7 Germany (Moritz Milatz/Martin Gluth/Markus Bauer/Sabine Spitz) 0:03:04 8 Czech Republic (Jaroslav Kulhavy/Jan Nesvadba/Pavla Havlikova/Lukas Sablik) 0:03:24 9 Great Britain (Liam Killeen/Kenta Gallagher/Annie Last/David Fletcher) 0:03:25 10 Belgium (Sven Nys/Tom Meeusen/Ruben Scheire/Sanne Cant) 0:03:29 11 Poland (Marcin Karczynski/Marek Konwa/Maja Wloszczowska/Maciej Adamczyk) 0:03:51 12 United States Of America (Heather Irmiger/Russell Finsterwald/Colin Cares/Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski) 0:03:52 13 Slovakia (Peter Sagan/Daniel Hula/Janka Stevkova/Michal Lami) 0:04:16 14 Australia (Chris Jongewaard/Lachlan Norris/Michael Baker/Rowena Fry) 0:04:52 15 Austria (Hannes Metzler/Simon Scheiber/Maria Osl/Gregor Raggl) 0:04:57 16 Slovenia (Luka Mezgec/Urban Ferencak/Blaza Klemencic/Vid Tancer) 0:05:01 17 Russian Federation (Maxim Gogolev/Evgeniy Nikolaev/Irina Kalentieva/Ivan Smirnov) 0:06:18 18 New Zealand (Michael Northcott/Nicola Leary/Brad Hudson/Ashley Hough) 0:07:57 19 Japan (Kohei Yamamoto/Seiya Hirano/Rie Katayama/Idomu Yamamoto) 0:09:19 reply
#3	Colt From Cyclingdirt August 31, 2009 at 11:28pm Or check out the "Lives" videos above and to your left to see a countdown to the Pro DH, 4X, and XC... reply
#2	Karen August 31, 2009 at 5:28pm Jeff Kerton said: “So just to confirm and get my timing right...the womens race will start at 9pm Friday (EST) and the mens race will be at 1am Saturday (EST). They are 14hrs ahead? Can anybody help me with this?” go to timezoneconverter.com, put in race time and convert it to where you are reply
#1	Jeff Kerton August 31, 2009 at 8:31am So just to confirm and get my timing right...the womens race will start at 9pm Friday (EST) and the mens race will be at 1am Saturday (EST). They are 14hrs ahead? Can anybody help me with this? reply