The Riders Cup competition of the Ice Cross Downhill World Championship will be back bigger and better in its second season, expanding to six races in total with three high-speed downhill racing stops in North America and three in Europe. The world's best ice cross downhill athletes will be taking on all-comers at the races open to the general public in search of valuable points that could help determine the 2015/16 Ice Cross Downhill World Champion.
The Riders Cup got off to a flying start last year with four races in four different countries, introducing the sport of Ice Cross Downhill to thousands of athletes while giving the sport's best racers a chance to earn valuable world championship points. With the sport's popularity growing even further, the Riders Cup will be back in the 2015/16 season with six races in five countries - Austria, France, Finland, Canada and the United States.
Highlights - Riders Cup Wagrain-Kleinarl (AUT), 2015
Athletes will able to register for each and every Riders Cup event to earn points and get experience in the high-speed downhill sport before racing at a Red Bull Crashed Ice event. The only way athletes can qualify to participate in a Red Bull Crashed Ice event is to win points in the Ice Cross Downhill World rankings.
Riders Cup 2015/16 Race Calendar:
DEC. 18/19 Wagrain-Kleinarl, Austria
JAN. 15/16 Avoriaz, France
JAN. 22/23 Rautalampi, Finland
FEB. 5/6 Bathurst, NB, Canada
FEB. 12/13 Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
FEB. 19/20 Mont du Lac, WI, United States
More information about the Riders Cup at http://www.redbullcrashedice.com/en_INT/article/riders-cup and at www.atsx.org