Dubai Sports Council and Dubai Municipality have announced that the Mushrif Mountain Bike Race will be organized Sunday 23rd Oct. 2022 at 06:00 am at the mountain bike track in Mushrif Park – Al-Khawaneej, which has been inaugurated recently and it passes through a forest of 70 thousand trees.
Registration door to participate in this event will remain open up to 20th Oct. through hopasports website via the link: https://www.hopasports.com/en/event/trailseeker-mtb-challenge-2022
Participants in the race will compete in four ctegories; as follows: the category of the directors of governmental departments which extends for a distance of 9 km / the community category for a distance of 18 km / the amateurs’ category for a distance of 37 km / the professionals’ category for a distance of 56 km. The track is designed in such distinctive way that adds more suspense & excitement to the race and enables contestants to bike through trees with several climbs, curves & jumps.
The mountain bike track extends for a length of 50 km in all its stages. It is divided into three tracks as follows: the blue & green tracks; the length of both of them together is 20 km and the blue track; the length of which is 30 km. All tracks are designed as per top world standards & specifications.
Dubai Sports Council’s annual sports agenda is full of various cycling competitions of increasing popularity as entertaining & competitive sport. One of the most important cycling sports hosted by Dubai is the Hero Dubai Hatta; one of the three rounds of the series of the Hero International Mountains Bike Race. This competition will take place at Hatta on 5th Feb. 2023 and it is considered as one of the annual championships on the agenda of the International Cycling Union, which is competed by elite world champions in mountain cycling.
The Cycling Challenge, organized as part of the events of “Dubai Fitness Challenge” at Sheikh Zayed Road, is one of eminent & important cycling event, which is held annually with participation of tens of thousands of contestants. The last edition of “Dubai Cycling Challenge” was held with participation of 33 thousand contestants of various ages & different fitness level, who have all enjoyed an unforgettable social sports experience confirming keenness to attain the challenge goals 30 × 30 to enjoy healthy & active lifestyle.
One of the most eminent factors which encourage all classes in society (including residents & visitors) of different ages & multi-nationalities in Dubai to exercise cycling sport everywhere in the Emirate is the availability of the well-developed infrastructure including cycling safe tracks, which are designed as per the most advanced world standards.
News Source: Dubai Media Office