MTB history & Crankworx Les Gets

It's 25 years of race history began with the 1992 French Cup Downhill, and has drawn spectators and families of mountain bikers to the French Alps ever since.

“We consider this a birth place of mountain biking. It was a frontrunner in Europe for the development of trails and infrastructure needed to grow the sport, and it attracts thousands of mountain bikers each year to trace the tracks of the champions,” says Benjamin Mugnier, Crankworx Les Gets event director.

“Bringing Crankworx to this resort is really just the next logical step. We have hosted four World Cups, the 2004 World Championships and several French Nationals. Crankworx is the defining celebration of world-class mountain biking and we’re ready to show the world why this area belongs in the Crankworx World Tour.”

Les Gets is a small village, just 30 km-squared, sitting between two trail-covered mountains. With one side of the resort focused on steep, technical riding and the other a flow-trail, XC paradise, with a jump park, it’s a place where five and six-year-old 'groms' can session the pump track in the main square and seasoned downhill racers come to train.

“One of the core values of Crankworx is participation. Wherever we are in the world, we want everyone, male and female, beginner and pro, riding alongside the heroes of the sport. This is a family-focused resort, but it is also part of the core race scene, and that quality is what makes a great Crankworx World Tour stop,” says Darren Kinnaird, Crankworx general manager.

For more on the upcoming event, which takes pace from 15th to 18th June 2016, see our events calendar.