Where is the center of the MTB world for the next week? Try Brasil Ride and Brazil’s Discovery Route

Elite bikers get to the Bahia State coast for the biggest MTB ultramarathon of the Americas, from October’s 15 to 22

Porto Seguro, Brazil - Brazil’s most waited MTB race is back. Brasil Ride’s 7th edition is scheduled for October 15 to 22 with new emotions. After six years in Chapada Diamantina, the biggest MTB ultramarathon of the Americas keeps growing and is now opening the Discovery Route in Southern Bahia. Porto Seguro (in the district of Arraial d'Ajuda) will receive one of the race villages. The other one will be on Fazenda Conjunto Boa Vista, in the city of Guaratinga. 500 bikers from 23 countries will compete in the week long race. The opening event (Saturday October 22) is the XCM Brasil Ride Marathon, with 1.000 more bikers getting the taste of the competition.

Brasil Ride will have, once again, seven stages. The prolog is scheduled for Sunday (16) and the last stage will happen in the next Saturday (22). Cyclists will face 538,8 km in total, with accumulated altimetry of 10.773 meters from seashores to mountains. The race will pass through the cities of Arraial d'Ajuda, Eunápolis, Itabela and Guaratinga, in the São João do Sul region.

Favorites - Brasil Ride’s 7th edition will keep up with the high level of previous years. Current champions Hans Becking (HOL) and Jiri Novak (CZE) are back and will have to deal with the competition of MTB Marathon world champions Tiago Ferreira (POR) and Roel Paulissen (BEL). Other favorites are Hugo Prado (BRA)/Lukas Kaufmann (SUI), Samuel Porro (ITA)/Alexey Medvedev (RUS), Luis Leão Pinto (BRA)/Soren Nissen (DEN) and Halysson Ferreira (BRA)/Robson Ferreira (BRA). The duos from Team Trek San Marco, Samuel Porro (ITA)/Alexey Medvedev (RUS), and Damiano Ferraro (ITA)/Fabian Rabensteiner (ITA), are also mentioned as possible surprises in the race for victory. All top athletes are already in Arraial d'Ajuda for the 2016 edition.

The Ladies category will have the Brazilian duo Isabella Lacerda and Letícia Cândido arriving as favorites. Former champions Celina Santos Carpinteiro (POR) and Ivonne Kraft (GER) will also ride for the top. The Masters category have a clear cut favorite in 1996 Olympic Champion Bart Brentjens (NED) and sixth time Brasil Ride winner Abraão Azevedo (BRA).

Unique infrastructure - Brasil Ride is a chance for athletes to live an unique experience in Bahia. The race will have two villages for the first time. The Vilas Brasil Ride will be in Arraial d'Ajuda (Porto Seguro) and Fazenda Conjunto Boa Vista (Guaratinga), with the infrastructure that riders and staff need for the event. Athletes, staff, volunteers and members of the organization will be accommodated in a real city set up to 800 people especially for the competition.

Infrastructure numbers of competition in the two host cities impress. Will be 10,000 liters of water distributed in seven stages, 6,300 fruit units, 5,500 meals served, 60 tents, including two with 500m2, 700 _ sleeping tents, 16,000 meters of bump tape and 47 vehicles traveling the routes of the race between cars, motorcycles , quads, ambulances and truck.

Boa Vista, a farm on the outskirts of Guaratinga, will offer complete infrastructure for the athletes. The main restaurant will offer breakfast and dinner and will be the place for the daily prize giving ceremonies and next day briefings. There will also be a Brasil Ride lounge, a space for hang out, and bars for drinks and fast meals (pasta, hamburgers, açaí...). The farm will also feature container bathrooms and showers; massage spaces, bike wash area, bike park, Shimano Neutral Support; Medical Center, electric outlets for cellphones, GPS and cameras and a water spot.

Brasil Ride Schedule - 538.8 km - 11 thousand meters of altitude

15/10 - Saturday: athletes kit delivery in Arraial d'Ajuda
16/10 - Sunday: Prologue in Arraial d'Ajuda (21.1 km and 318 m altitude)
17/10 - Monday - Stage 2 from Arraial d'Ajuda to Brasil Ride Camp (128 km and 2225 m altitude)
18/10 - Tuesday - Stage 3 with start and arrival at the Camp (63.5 km and 1,587 altitude)
19/10 - Wednesday - Stage 4 with start and arrival at the Camp (85.3 km and 2,963 m altitude)
20/10 - Thursday - Stage 5 between Brasil Ride Camp and Arraial d'Ajuda (134 km and 2,027 m altitude)
21/10 - Friday - Stage 6 in the XCO course in Arraial d'Ajuda (31.8 km and 548 m altitude)
22/10 - Saturday -Stage 7, the final race in Arraial d'Ajuda and Brasil Ride Marathon (75 km e 1.105 m altitude)

About Brasil Ride - Brasil Ride’s 7th edition will have 250 teams from 23 countries. Brasil Ride Marathon will mark as the opening event for the 2016 edition and will feature 1000 riders. The event is a UCI Class S1 race and champions for the Open and Ladies categories are awarded 120 points in the world rankings.

In 2015, 500 athletes from 23 countries competed in the 6th edition in the old Chapada Diamantina route. The opening event, the Marathon, had 600 bikers. Brasil Ride is made by Roma Comunicação and Instituto Brasil Ride.

Brasil Ride: More than a race, a stage in your life.

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Hans Becking and Jiri Novak (Armin Kustenbruck / Brasil Ride)

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Luis Pinto and Tiago Ferreira are back to Bahia but with different duos (Fabio Piva / Brasil Ride)

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Main tent in the Brasil Ride Village (Rafael Oliveira / ZDL)

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Portico near to the sea (Rafael Oliveira / ZDL)

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Brasil Ride Village in Arraial d'Ajuda (Rafael Oliveira / ZDL)

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2016 portico start (Rafael Oliveira / ZDL)

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Discovery Coast Visual (Fabio Piva / Brasil Ride)

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