BlueWolf Event Production

Mountain Bike Stage Race
The NOVA National moves to first weekend in April in 2008, and will be the first real test of the 2008 mountain bike race season. The Stage Race format will be the first of the year for most of the professional racers - male and female- many of whom are aspiring for a spot on the 2008 United States Olympic team. The three elements of the professional stage race - Super D - Short Track - Cross Country - will surely test early season fitness. The key event in the Stage Race is the KENDA Cross Country. Built in the early nineties to host the Cactus Cup,  the McDowell Mountain Regional Park competitive track is the best of desert racing -  endless singletrack, technically challenging corners and straights, a few high speed descents, a smattering of short steep climbs and the occasional cactus!!!. Most racers will negotiate multiple laps and hope to finish without an up close and personal visit to the hundreds of Cholla, Saguaro cactus that line the 10 mile lap. This course rewards the racer who can remained focused while negotiating the twist and turns of the trail at high speeds.

Series Points Table for: Downhill-Qualifier, Mountain Cross, and XC-DH-SD-ST

Lodging information: Please call the Fountain Hills Holiday Inn at 1-480-836-2500 and ask for “NOVA Mountain Bike Race Block” for the best price available.

Would you like to volunteer at the NOVA National?  Please contact Hayley Creager at kwchjw@msn.com

2008 NMBS Series Information
Cross Country Map
Cross Country Map Youth
Super D Map
Marathon Course Map
Stage Race Information
Stage Race Technical Guide

Alison Dunlap Mountain Bike Clinic