Whistler, Canada July 30, 2025
Today Bosch announced an extended registration deadline for the first-ever North American edition of the eMTB Challenge, which now closes at 11:59 PM PDT August 11. Since its debut in 2017, the Bosch eMTB Challenge has carved out a global reputation as a standalone racing series that blends eMTB racing and adventure like no other. With stops in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and now – for the first time ever – Canada, the series is expanding and making its Crankworx debut on Whistler’s legendary trails. Riders can register via the official Crankworx site here.
“While eMTB racing is firmly established in Europe, North America riders haven’t had the chance to experience this thrilling format on their home soil,” said Claus Fleischer CEO at Bosch eBike Systems. “Crankworx is the perfect backdrop for the eMTB Challenge, and we anticipate some fierce competition among amateurs attending to spectate, riders from the industry racing against their co-workers and peers, and pro riders looking to compete for prestige and prizes.”
In the eMTB Challenge Amateur and Advanced categories, the focus is on enjoying the opportunity to compare skills with others within the community. Participants cover around 35 kilometers and 1,000 metres of elevation per event – a challenge that requires not only riding technique but also a sense of direction, fitness and intelligent battery management. The timed stages, which offer a mix of uphill and downhill sections, are ridden against the clock without any prior training runs. In the transfer stages, on the other hand, the focus is on navigation. Riders can navigate using a GPX file that can be imported onto a smartphone, compatible eBike displays or a bike computer.
There also is a Pro Category, introduced for the first time in 2025, which is specially tailored to professional eMTB Racing athletes as well as very ambitious riders. While amateur starters complete five stages and advanced starters six, participants in the Pro Series face a total of seven stages, two of which are designed to test the limits of what's technically possible. As in the other categories, the times of all the stages are added together, and the fastest riders are declared the winners.
Prize money of $800, $400 and $200 will be awarded for the first three places in the Pro Category, with equal prizes for men and women. There is also a new overall ranking, where the top ten riders in each race collect points and each race counts towards the overall ranking. Prize money of €3,000 is on offer for overall victory in the Bosch eMTB Challenge Pro Series, with €2,000 for second place and €1,000 for third place.
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Bosch eBike Systems is shaping the future of eBike mobility with innovative products and digital services ranging from highly efficient drive systems and the first series-ready ABS for eBikes to connected biking solutions. On daily routes through the city, on enjoyable tours through the countryside or for sporty adventures in the mountains: Bosch eBike Systems offers eBikers the right drive system (drive unit, battery, display and app) for every requirement and every area of use, which ensures a unique riding experience.
Today, more than 100 of the world's leading bicycle brands trust in the perfectly coordinated, modular product portfolio. As an independent business unit within the Bosch Group, Bosch eBike Systems also uses the group's technology and manufacturing know-how. For healthy, safe and sustainable mobility that is fun.
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About Bosch
Having established a presence in North America in 1906, today the Bosch Group employs more than 41,000 associates in more than 100 locations in the North American region (as of Dec. 31, 2024). According to preliminary figures, Bosch generated consolidated sales of $17.4 billion in the U.S., Mexico and Canada in 2024. For more information visit www.bosch.us, www.bosch.mx and www.bosch.ca.
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 417,900 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2024). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 90.5 billion euros in 2024. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 86,900 associates in research and development, of which nearly 48,000 are software engineers.
The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861–1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a company owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG. It is entrusted with the task of safeguarding the company’s long-term existence and in particular its financial independence – in line with the mission handed down in the will of the company’s founder, Robert Bosch.
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