ActiveCyclingInternational e-bike racing series announcedFeaturing high-speed e-bikes, the new FIM EBK World Cup will be staged in cities around the planet, including LondonWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
ActiveCyclingInternational e-bike racing series announcedFeaturing high-speed e-bikes, the new FIM EBK World Cup will be staged in cities around the planet, including LondonWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Featuring high-speed e-bikes, the new FIM EBK World Cup will be staged in cities around the planet, including London
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(Image credit: EBK)
(Image credit: EBK)
Exhibition events are being planned for this summer, with a competitive series to launch in 2024. If the concept comes to fruition, the FIM EBK World Cup will be a 10-round series, with each event comprising of a 60-minute, criterium-style race on courses that utalise public roads in each host city.
However, EBK has also been floating the concept of a two-day event, with a team time trial on the first day, and the results of the TTT determining starting positions for a Grand Prix the next day, and no charging permitted in between. Suffice to say, the exact format is yet to be made public.
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What we do know, though, is that Swiss brandBMChas been named as the bike provider for the series, and it’s believed that the e-steeds will be much higher-specced than current street-legal electric bikes, with top speeds of 55mph (90km/h) being mooted.
According to early reports, cyclists will compete on identical bikes, with the same top-end frames, motors and batteries. This means that while rider skill will be at forefront of the event, it won’t come down to pure pedalling power. This promises to make for an interesting spectacle, especially on tight and tricky urban streets, with team tactics promising to be a big factor.
British Olympian Ed Clancy is an ambassador for the FIM EBK World Cup(Image credit: EBK)
British Olympian Ed Clancy is an ambassador for the FIM EBK World Cup
British Olympian Ed Clancy is an ambassador for the FIM EBK World Cup
(Image credit: EBK)
No details of the London course have been made public yet, but new EBK ambassador, Ed Clancy, has been bigging it up this week. “It’ll be spectacular,” says the British Olympian, who has nine international gold medals to his name. “It’s a perfect course for it, with long straights, a tight technical section, a power zone and a big artificial ramp."
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The event will be team-based, with male and female teams taking part, and organisers say there could be up to 50 riders in each event. As yet, however, there is no word on who the riders might be.
Alexandre Molina, who has three decades of experience working at a high level in Formula 1 (including as events director) has been appointed as chief executive of the series.
EBK are keen to emphasise that the planned series isn’t purely focussed on bike racing, it’s also about promoting a ‘Sustainable Transformative Mobility programme’. According to report, each of the host cities will have to agree to work towards delivering local urban transport projects to promote greener and more sustainable lifestyle choices.
More information about the series is expected soon. “Over the next few months, we will be revealing more details about our race format, the teams and competitors, unveiling the all-important BMC race bike and announcing our calendar for this summer and for the inaugural 2024 season,” says Clancy. “There is much to follow – watch this space!”
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