December 04, 2018 (Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC) – Electric bike racing has officially arrived and will be front and centre in Quebec later in 2019 at legendary Mont-Sainte-Anne with the announcement by the UCI that an e-MTB race category wiil be part of the 2019 Mountain Bike World Championships.

The sport is growing so quickly that cycling’s governing body made the announcement in September during the 2018 Road Worlds at Innesbruck, Austria. New specialities, including the e-mountain bike, snow bike and pump track have been integrated into the official Mountain Bike Regulations, according to UCI.

“These (new categories) show that cycling is a dynamic sport that continues to evolve. The UCI encourages these evolutions to grow cycling globally,” said UCI President David Lappartient. In Europe, a large number of events have already added an e-bike category to their road and MTB races.

Details regarding guidelines and restrictions are yet to be released for the inaugural e-MTB Worlds race, but it’s speculated that it will likely be limited to 25 Km/h max pedal-assist bikes. The 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are scheduled for Aug. 21 to Sept. 1.