UCI Downhill - Package 1 - VIP Tyndrum

Friday 4 August

Please make your own arrangements to arrive in Glasgow and meet us at our collection point at Glasgow Buchanan Street Bus Station if you wish to make use of this service. Our bus will depart from Glasgow at 2pm, so please arrange to be at the bus station for 1.30pm to allow for loading of luggage etc

The transfer from Glasgow to Tyndrum takes about 90 minutes to two hours. 

Our hotel

Hotel Ben Doran is in the mountain village of Tyndrum on the northern edge of the Loch Lomond National Park. The hotel’s bar lounge and restaurant have views of the scenery to enjoy. All rooms have en-suite facilities, free Wi-Fi, tea-making facilities, and a hospitality tray. 

The hotel serves a full breakfast, a varied evening meal menu and has a well-stocked bar. Please refer to the hotel details page of the hotel to find out more about what’s included with your stay.

Saturday 5 August – Mountain Bike Downhill: Elite - Finals

This morning after breakfast our coach will transport you to the event at the Nevis Range, just 5 miles outside Fort William for a full day’s activities.

The exciting day of racing is the Men & Women’s Elite Finals with the best riders in the world all vying for the World Championship title on the testing Fort William track. With the hospitality tickets, you will be able to get up close and personal with the action by taking the gondola to the top of the hillside and watching riders leaving the start hut. You will be able to enjoy the stunning Scottish scenery from the gondola and watch the riders flying down the track below you. In the finish area, you can walk around the Expo, and enjoy a prime hospitality spectator area, where riders are cheered in by the crowds and live timing screens show the best of the action. 

Included with Hospitality in Fort William

• Priority drop off at the event arena for our vehicle

• Gondola access to travel from the event arena to the race start on Aonach Mor hillside

• Lounge Space – Dedicated space with TV feed and easy access to the event. Casual lounge seating and standing arrangement. 

• Dedicated spectator area for hospitality guests

• Food – Hot food served at agreed times.

• Beverages – Alcohol service during agreed times. Tea, coffee, and water are available throughout

• Toilets for the exclusive use of Hospitality Clients

Sunday 6 August

After breakfast, please check out of the hotel and we will transport you back to Glasgow in time to watch the thrilling men’s UCI Cycling Road Race World Championships arrive in the city centre. We will aim to leave Tyndrum at 9.30am with the intention of being in Glasgow for 11-11.30am. Should timings and road closure announcements change, then we may need to adjust this departure time to ensure we arrive in Glasgow on time.

About the Event

The UCI MTB Downhill World Championships return to Fort William for the first time since 2007, however, there has been a UCI World Cup event held here every year since. Fort William is a firm favourite with the riders, with the long and challenging course, extreme weather conditions on the exposed hillside and huge crowds of passionate fans scattered down the track and in the finish arena.

At the 2022 World Cup, Nina Hoffman took Germany’s first-ever victory in Fort William – topping a podium stacked with talent. Camille Balanche and Myriam Nicole are consistently on the podium at World Cup races, and 2022 World Champion Valentina Holl will be looking to repeat the feat in 2023 at Fort William. 

In 2022, it was French dominance in the Men’s DH with Loic Bruni, Amaury Pierron and Loris Vergier locking out the World Championships podium on home soil in Les Gets. With the unpredictability of changing track conditions in Fort William and an almost 5-minute course riders will be tested to their limits and anything can happen. Home hopes will rest on the shoulders of 2020 World Champion Reece Wilson from the Scottish borders.

The Junior races are where British talent will be on show. In Les Gets 2022, young talent Jordan Williams took the World Championship title and the rainbow jersey, while in the girls there is now a steady stream of British riders featuring on the podium of World Cup races.

Fort William and Lochaber are very easy to get to regardless of where you are travelling from. The area is extremely well serviced with good rail and road links, and Glasgow and Inverness airports are 98 and 70 miles respectively from Fort William. A lot of people also fly into Edinburgh or Glasgow airport from other UK airports. Glasgow airport is 100 miles and Edinburgh is 145 miles from Fort William. There are also flights into Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire which is about 45 minutes south of Glasgow and 150 miles from Fort William.

About Tyndrum

Tyndrum is a small village located on the A82, 5 miles north of Crianlarich. There is a train station with links to Fort William, Oban, and Glasgow. Surrounded by stunning lochs and mountains, Tyndrum is an ideal location to explore the Scottish outdoors and wilderness.