Win A Trip to Crankworx in the Alps

Crankworx, the global mountain bike race series which launches its 2017 season at Rotorua in New Zealand later this month has launched a competition to win a mountain biking dream trip to Europe and pick your destination with the latest Crankworx Fantasy Contest.

The choices are the Portes du Soleil, for Crankworx Les Gets, or the epicentre of freestyle action, Crankworx Innsbruck, as the gravity world descends on Europe this summer.

“This is going to be a magical summer for mountain biking. We’re launching a new festival in Innsbruck, a new bike park location in the heart of the Alps, and returning to an historic centre for gravity riding, Les Gets.

“And all you have to do to come along is build a winning team of your favourite mountain biking stars, then tune in to Crankworx Rotorua later this month to see how it all unfolds,” says Darren Kinnaird, Crankworx General Manager.

Sign up for the Crankworx Fantasy Contest opens today at fantasy.crankworx.com, and closes on the last day of competition, April 2.  Every entrant is then automatically sent regular fantasy player tips in the Crankworx Fantasy Newsletter.

Whether a brand new fan, or seasoned rider, it’s entirely possible the trip could be yours as last season’s winner, new mountain biker and casual fan, Amanda Chingman, found out.

“I think all fantasy sports have some element of luck to them, so being disconnected, somewhat, from the sport, I perhaps was able to pick people others might have passed over,” says Chingman. “You don’t have to be Rachel Atherton to win this competition. Anyone can win and that’s what often makes competitions like this very fun for everyone.”

at Crankworx in Rotorua, New Zealand. (Photo by Clint Trahan/Crankworx)

The league is free to enter and open to fans in the United Kingdom as well as those in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, France and Germany who have reached the age of majority where they reside.

The grand prize includes a five-day trip to either Crankworx Les Gets or Crankworx Innsbruck, and the lucky winner will receive complementary VIP tickets, accommodation and $500 CAN spending money (currently £305) for building the winning team of athletes from those competing at Crankworx Rotorua.

Riders included in the Fantasy Contest are assigned a value for each event they race based on their relative success in the sport. Snag Troy Brosnan (AUS) as one of your downhill riders, for example, and you will be getting a bankable man with impressive odds for the win—though it will limit your ability to stack on more top performers. Flush out a prospective superstar like Dakotah Norton—a  cheaper steal with podium finishes, but few 2016 results—and you just might find a little extra bang for your buck in your roster.

Each season Crankworx works hard to build new options into the game and the Crankworx Rotorua Fantasy Contest will launch a number of awesome new features:

• players will be able to create a custom league with a group of friends or workmates to play against one another in an office pool
• new players will be able to sign up and play right through to the end of the festival
• stronger password reset options will make it easy for returning players to jump into the game, even if their computer has forgotten their digits

Competitian entrants can follow along by watching all four LIVE broadcasts, and check in for updates in the fantasy database following each competition.

Miss an event? Don’t worry! You can see the full broadcast, following each event on CWX TV, available on Crankworx.com and YouTube, following each show. The final, the Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza, will remain on the homepage of Crankworx.com for three days following the event. It will also remain available on Red Bull TV.

Events involved in the Crankworx Rotorua Fantasy Contest include:

• GIANT Toa Enduro
• Crankworx Rotorua Air DH
• Mons Royale Dual Speed and Style
• Rotorua Pump Track Challenge presented by RockShox
• Crankworx Rotorua Downhill presented by iXS
• Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza

Crankworx Rotorua Broadcast schedule:

Mons Royale Dual Speed and Style

Thursday, March 30

17h00-19h00 NZDT

6h00-8h00 CEST

Wednesday, March 29

9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. PDT

Rotorua Pump Track Challenge presented by RockShox

Friday, March 31

19h00-21h00 NZDT

8h00-10h00 CEST

Thursday, March 30

11:00 p.m. – 1 a.m. (Friday, March 31 – Saturday, April 1) PDT

Crankworx Rotorua Downhill presented by iXS

Saturday, April 1

16h00-18h00 NZDT

5h00-7h00 CEST

Friday, March 31

8:00 p.m.- 10 p.m. PDT

Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza

Sunday, April 2

11:30-14:30 NZST

01h30-4h30 CEST

Saturday, April 1

4:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. PDT

All four events in the quest for the Triple Crown of Slopestyle are broadcast LIVE, on all your devices exclusively on Red Bull TV and Crankworx.com. The Rotorua Slopestyle event, the Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza, is the finale of the festival, on April 1 and April 2, 2017, depending on time zone. Please check the listings below.

Image top: Flying Frenchman Adrien Loron will be worth a pretty penny on the pump track, but he might be a diamond in the rough in the Crankworx Rotorua Downhill presented by iXS.