Three Valleys Bike Competition, Val Thorens

The Three Valleys Mountain Bike competition takes place in the 3 valleys at the start of the official summer season.

The event has 15 huge timed stages, ski-lift assisted liaisons, 10,000m+ total descent, varied terrain from a man-made bike park to technical Alpine Singletrack.

For experienced riders only, the event takes place on blue, red and black trails. 

It's based around three-day, pairs format and races are either all-male, all-female or mixed.