The Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series announced six rounds in the United Kingdom. New for 2008 are road sportives for four of the six rounds.
The MTB marathons will follow their usual format with registration, skills classes, pasta party and event village on each Saturday with the ride following on the Sunday morning.
The 2008 series (except the Aviemore round – there 20, 40 and 60km) will feature the four popular route lengths of 25km (Mini marathon), 50km, 75km and the classic 100km course.
Merida MTB Series for 2008
April 12-13: Marathon (Saturday) and Spring Marathon (Sunday), Builth Wells, Wales
May 24-25: Road Sportive (Saturday) and MTB Marathon (Sunday), Ruthin, Wales
June 21-22: Details TBD, Aviemore, Scotland
July 5-6: Road Sportive (Saturday) and MTB Marathon (Sunday), Builth Wells, Wales
July 12: MTB Marathon "On Holiday", Bad Goisern, Austria
August 2-3: Road Sportive (Saturday) and MTB Marathon (Sunday), Selkirk, Scotland
September 13-14: Road Sportive (Saturday) and MTB Marathon (Sunday), Penrith, Cumbria
