Crankworx is Coming to Les Gets

Crankworx is a huge RedBull sponsored freestyle & freeride MTB event, drawing around 300 competitors & their teams, 100's of journalists and huge numbers of on line fans as well as around 18,000 visitors to the host resorts each year. It takes place over the course of a week and includes competitions for downhill racing, dual & slalom, whip-offs & slopestyle, where the world's top riders battle it out for big prize money and the events are streamed live on RedBull TV.

2 Alpes has played host for the European leg of the Crankworx World tour for the last 3 years, and now that their contract is up, the event is heading to Les Gets. The resort is no stranger to hosting large mountain biking events, but it's been a while since the MTB Downhill World Cup came to town back in 2002 and over a quarter of a million euros will be needed to be spent on developing the site. Les Gets will be much more accessible to fans and the teams taking part than 2 Alpes, with only an hour transfer time from Geneva airport.

Crankworx will be held in Les Gets in June 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Les Gets is also potentially going to host a stage of the 2016 Criterium du Dauphiné cycling race. The stage looks likely to finish at the Belvedere restaurant on Mont Chéry and so the access road would need to be developed in double quick time to accommodate the race in June, however this isn't confirmed as yet. The event would take place over two days, again bringing large crowds of fans to the area and if the stage didn't end on Mont Chery it would be in another part of the village.

With the Pass'portes du Soleil MTB event also taking place at in June, the Tour de France and Etape du Tour coming to Morzine, it's going to be one hell of a summer for biking fans!

Book your accommodation & airport transfers early as it's going to be a popular time to come!