Monday Motivation: Get ready for DH at the new Lošinj, Croatia World Cup

Written by Cory Benson Apr 16, 2018 9:02 a.m. ET

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Maybe it’s more Monday distraction, but we had to share this DH track preview. The local organizers that convinced the UCI to bring the opening round of the Downhill World Cup to their island next weekend have shared a raw footage preview run of the race track. We understand why the UCI was convinced. The rocky track looks great and should lead to some exciting racing in a week’s time, and some great race photos!

New Lošinj, Croatia World Cup DH track preview

After you watch that run all the way dow to the harbor…

courtesy Downhill Lošinj, race photos by Miha Skr

…check out the feature video below of the MTB team Trbovlje building the World Cup track this past winter.

The Slovenian organizers worked with local Croatian riding club AC Lošinj for the last five years to develop the race track, building almost the entire thing by hand.

LosinjWorldCup.com

Cory Benson

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Cory Benson is the EU Tech Editor of Bikerumor.com.

Cory has been writing about mountain bikes, enduro, cyclocross, all-road, gravel bikes & bikepacking for over 25 years, even before the industry created some of these names. Prior to Bikerumor, Cory was a practicing Architect specializing in environmental sustainability, has designed bike shops & bike components, and worked as a bike shop mechanic.

Based in the Czech Republic for 15+ years, he is a technical mountain biker, adventurous gravel rider, and short & medium-haul bikepacker. Cory travels extensively across Europe riding bikes, meeting with key European product developers, industry experts & tastemakers for an in-depth review of what’s new, and what’s coming next.