Marathon World Championships preview

The second UCI Marathon World Championships is being held in Lillehammer, Norway August 20 in conjunction with the world’s largest mountain-bike race; Birkebeinerrittet.

12,500 racers have signed up for 89-kilometer Birkebeinerrittet. There are almost 300 World Championship participants. The courses for the two races are essentially the same with the exception that the 116-kilometer point-to-point World Championships course includes a longer and more technical section off the start to Skramstadsætra, site of the course’s first major climbing prize, and an extra more technical course in the Lillehammer finishing area.