The 300km Ningxiang-Zhangjiajie Cycling Challenge Will Take Place in May

As one of the important activities of the first Zhangjiajie Tourism Development Conference, the “Easy Way World Cup” of 300-kilometer cycling challenge from Ningxinag city to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is scheduled to be held on May 20th,2023, when 300 cyclists from all over the country will participate.

According to reports, at 5 o’clock in the morning on the day of the competition, the contestants will start from Ningxiang City, Changsha, riding through Yiyang, Changde, and Cili, and finally arrive at the Wujiayu Ticketing Station Square in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. The whole journey is about 300 kilometers, and the maximum time limit is 19 hours, and the estimated fastest riding time is about 9 hours. There are mobile monitoring posts and 5 supply check-in stations along the way, and there are follow-up guarantee services such as emergency rescue and medical rescue throughout the journey.

The 300-kilometer of Changsha-Zhangjiajie National Forest Park cycling challenge have taken place once a year since 2016, and it was suspended from 2020 to 2022 due to the impact of the epidemic. With the strong support of the People’s Government of Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie City, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic Area and National Forest Park Administration, Zhangjiajie Tourism Group Co., Ltd. and its related companies, the event was planned to restart this year.  At present, various preparation works are proceeded orderly.

Gong Xinglong, deputy head of the People’s Government of Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie City, indroduced that Wulingyuan will focus on the theme of “Sports and Tourism” and organize a series of events such as ecological marathon, bicycle challenge, high-altitude slacklining race, Huangshizhai speed-dropping, and Bailong Elevator high-altitude Rope swinging, contributing to the successful of the first Zhangjiajie Tourism Development Conference.