{"id":137219,"date":"2016-04-07T09:44:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T07:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=137219"},"modified":"2016-04-21T10:26:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T10:26:40","slug":"the-first-ever-test-of-mtb-e-bikes-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/07\/the-first-ever-test-of-mtb-e-bikes-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"The First-Ever Race of MTB E-Bikes In Spain!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saturday, April 2, 2016 will go down in history of Spanish cycling as the date of the first official MTB race for e-bikes, and our envoy Juan Jose Simon was there to capture the moment.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12HPUERTO-LUMBRERAS-TREK-2016-020416-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-137232\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12HPUERTO-LUMBRERAS-TREK-2016-020416-11-600x409.jpg\" alt=\"Saturday, April 2, 2016 will go down in history of Spanish cycling as the date of the first official MTB race for e-bikes, and our envoy Juan Jose Simon was there to capture the moment.\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Juan and his colleagues made sure the public was able to ride an e-bike as well. A wide variety of Mondraker products was available, and the company made sure everyone could have a go in the bike test areas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12HPUERTO-LUMBRERAS-TREK-2016-020416-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-137222\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12HPUERTO-LUMBRERAS-TREK-2016-020416-1-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Juan and his colleagues made sure the public was able to ride an e-bike as well. A wide variety of Mondraker products was available, and the company made sure everyone could have a go in the bike test areas.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The e-bike race was limited to 9 participants, but showed great promise as a new type of race, that doesn\u2019t aim to replace the conventional races, but rather to be an additional type of event cycling enthusiasts can enjoy. The number of e-bikes in use has definitely grown hugely in the past couple of years, so it\u2019s only natural people want to see them used in races as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12HPUERTO-LUMBRERAS-TREK-2016-020416-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-137228\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12HPUERTO-LUMBRERAS-TREK-2016-020416-7-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"The e-bike race was limited to 9 participants, but showed great promise as a new type of race, that doesn\u2019t aim to replace the conventional races, but rather to be an additional type of event cycling enthusiasts can enjoy. The number of e-bikes in use has definitely grown hugely in the past couple of years, so it\u2019s only natural people want to see them used in races as well.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mondraker managed to get the first place this time, so congratulations are in order, and we wish good luck to everyone in the upcoming races!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12909680_10208550632546350_629458187213828565_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-137233 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/12909680_10208550632546350_629458187213828565_o-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Mondraker managed to get the first place this time, so congratulations are in order, and we wish good luck to everyone in the upcoming races! \" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, April 2, 2016 will go down in history of Spanish cycling as the date of the first official MTB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328,334],"tags":[349,348],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-137219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoor-mountain","category-socialising-and-culture","tag-competitive-cycling","tag-e-bikes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The First-Ever Race of MTB E-Bikes In Spain! 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