November 27, 2008 – The Canadian Cycling Association is pleased to unveil the 2009 National Mountain Bike Calendar. Twelve sites will welcome the best mountain bikers from Canada and elsewhere. The Olympic cross-country (XCO) Canada Cup season will be one of the best in the recent years with 6 events on the calendar, five (5) of them being UCI 1 sanctioned.

More than $40,000 will be awarded during the series. The Canada Cup series is one of the most lucrative domestic series in the world. The season opener will be in Baie-St-Paul on May 17 and the finale will conclude in Bromont on July 5th.

The DHI Canada Cup will offer three events. The season will start in Mont-Tremblant on May 24th and conclude in Sun Peaks on August 23rd.

Canada will be the host of two World Cups again in 2009. Mont-Sainte-Anne is back as usual and Bromont will tackle a second year on the circuit.

The National Championships will be held prior to the Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup. New for 2009, 4X National championships will be presented for the first time in Bromont on July 4th. The cross-country event will follow in St-Félicien, on July 11-12 and the downhill on July 18-19.

2009 National Mountain Bike Calendar
– 17/5/2009 — Coupe Canada, Baie-St-Paul, QC — XCO UCI 1
– 23-24/5/2009 — Coupe Canada, Mont Tremblant, QC — XCO UCI 1 / DHI UCI 2
– 31/5/2009 — Canada Cup, Oro-Medonte, ON — XCO UCI 1
– 13/6/2009 — Canada Cup, Edmonton, AB — XCO UCI 2
– 20/6/2009 — Canada Cup, Canmore, AB — XCO UCI 1
– 4-5/7/2009 — Coupe Canada Bromont, QC — XCO UCI 1 / DHI UCI 2 / 4X UCI CN
– 11-12/7/2009 — Championnat national, St-Félicien, QC — XCO UCI CN
– 18-19/7/2009 — Championnat national, (To be confirmed), QC — DHI UCI CN
– 25-26/7/2009 — Coupe du monde UCI Nissan, Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC — XCO/4X/DHI UCI B
– 1-2/8/2009 — Coupe du monde UCI Nissan, Bromont, QC — XCO/4X/DHI UCI B
– 17/8/2009 — Canada Games, Brookvale, PEI — XCO NE
– 23/8/2009 — Canada Cup, Sun Peaks, BC — DHI UCI 2

Click here to view the 2009 National Mountain Bike Calendar.