Friday will see a team of British riders arriving in Teolo, near Venice for the last rounds of this years IOF Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup series.
The organisers have had problems with storm damaged forests forcing them to reschedule some of the events in new areas, but the races are:
Saturday – Sprint
Sunday – Middle distance
Monday – Mixed relays.
The British team for the event contains some new blood, Ifor Powell and Steph Fountain. Steph and Ifor are both endurance specialists, Ifor getting a good position at this years British 24hr MTB champs and Steph ‘fresh’ from trans Wales:
Men
Mark Stodgell, Ifor Powell (debut), Andrew Windrum & Mark Hayman
Women
Emily Benham, Helen Clayton, Lucy Harris, Steph Fountain (debut)
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