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The Councilor for Sports and Health, Felipe Coello, has presented the calendar of the Mountain Racing League 2017 of the federation of Montañinsmo of the Region of Murcia and the Fasterwear Cup of Bike for Mountain 2017.

Specifically, the tests of the League of Races are 8, with the following schedule:

-VEl Xit Moratalla Vulture: February 4

-IX Climb to Portazgo Cieza: March 5

-VI Pañarrubia Lorca Trail: September 10

-III La Vara Trail Run Caravaca: 1 October

-XII Ricote Trail: October 22

X Roller Master Trail The Union: November 12

-XI Cartagena Trail: November 26

-IV Barbudo Trail Jumilla: December 10

"Mountain races are a sporting modality that can be developed in Alta, Medio and Baja Montaña, and athletes participating in these competitions not only have to be fast, but also demonstrate an enormous capacity for resistance." Has been accompanied by the General Director of Sports, Alonso Gómez López.

The minimum distance for a circuit to be considered official competition is 21 kilometers, with a minimum gradient accumulated in ascent of 1,000 meters, and the route of the competitions will always be by tracks and unpaved roads, trails, ravines, etc., Without exceeding 50% of track available for vehicles.

On the other hand, the Fasterwear Cup by Mountain Bike 2017, is a younger discipline, and the tests are as follows:

-26/02 Bxm 100% All sport

12/03 Bxm El Algarrobo

-29 April Bxm Crono Lorca city of the Sun

-28/05 Iron Bxm Barranda Regional Championship

-10 June Bxm-kv-Moratalla

27 August Bxm Sierra del Gigante La Parroquia Lorca

-5 November Bxm Caravaca Trail

Outside the cup

-30 April Ultra Bxm 100 and Pico de Lorca.

Ultra Bxm Regional Championship.

As explained by the Councilor for Sports, the test, is "a modality that consists of taking a route where the use of mountain bike and hiking is alternated in stretches of special orographic or technical difficulty."

This Cup is focused on all athletes in the Region and bordering provinces both federated and those who are not (providing them safe for a day) with the aim of promoting popular sports.

To register, participants can do so on the website of the federation: www.fmrm.net

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia