ALPINE Cycling Club’s Junior Mountain Bike Race series took a huge leap forward this year with around 100 local riders participating in four races across the region.

The club planned six races in collaboration with mountain bike clubs in Beechworth, Yackandandah, Mount Beauty and Falls Creek as well as Mount Beauty and Bright, which were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Junior development coordinator Jenny Corser said the season, although cut short, would be one of the most successful race series in the club’s history.