Paris 2024 Mountain Bike Preview: Hilltop out of town setting to provide backdrop of Olympic mountain bike thrills

PARIS, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic Games is coming ever-closer to the first medals in cycling mountain bike to be decided with the women's race on July 28 and the men's race on the following day.

The races will take place at Elancourt Hill which is in the town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. The 231-meter Elancourt Hill is the highest point the 'Ile-de-France' region of Paris, with views that promise to be alm