The first round of the 2006-2007 cyclo-cross World Cup will be held in Aigle, Switzerland on Sunday, October 1. The race, which forms part of an 11-race series, will be contested by 66 elite men riders. This is a record number of starters for any World Cup 'cross race, surpassing the 59 participants in Wortegem-Petegem in 2004 and 55 in Kalmthout in 2005.
The course in Aigle is marked around the World Cycling Centre, and Sunday will be the second time that a World Cup has been run here. The series runs for nearly four months, and there will be races held in Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Switzerland.
