An evolution in downhill mountain bike racing is set to take place this summer on July 13th at Red Bull Wide Open. The world’s best gravity racers will be going head to head in a Super-cross-style amplitude and race format. This all new competition will test the full scope their bike skills and determine who is truly the top gravity racer in the world.

We’ve just had news through about the all-new Red Bull Wide Open event that is set to take place in Livigno (previously host to UCI World Cups and World Championships) and it sounds amazing! In brief, the world’s top riders will be competing against each other down a huge course made up of jumps, berms, wallrides and more, all set on the side of a steep mountain in the Italian Alps. This is the sort of event that you always dream of and finally someone has gone and created it.

Here’s what to expect of the course:

Snaking 500 meters down the Bikepark Mottolino in Livigno, Italy, Red Bull Wide Open will feature a custom, one of a kind Super-cross size downhill track. Especially designed to challenge the competitors on a variety of levels, the athletes will have to tackle terrain with unheard of levels of speed and air time. Side-by-side they will race down a course riddled with jaw dropping 60’ gaps, massive 20’ berms, wallrides, and technical rock waterfalls. The broad elite of competitors will attack this new course concept in a non-stop, six man head-to-head competition.

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Check out this vid for an idea of how good this is going to be (if Warner is sounding this excited already just imagine his commentary for the big event!):

Sound good? Check out who’ll be riding – a great crop of top athletes from various gravity disciplines:

Aaron Chase
Andreu Lacondeguy
Andrew Neethling
Bernardo Cruz
Cameron Zink
Greg Minnaar
Danny Hart
Darren Berrecloth
Filip Polc
Geoff Gulevich
Kyle Strait
Logan Bingelli
Martin Soderstrom
Marcelo Gutierrez
Mick Hannah
Nick Beer
Nico Vink
Sam Reynolds
Tomas Slavik
Yannick Granieri