NCS Technical Skills Challenge 2026 – Nepal’s First Competition of Its Kind

Nepal Cycling School (NCS) held its first NCS Technical Skills Challenge on 3 October, bringing 28 riders together to test their balance, bike control, precision, agility and confidence on a purpose-built technical course. Inspired by the UCI Trials discipline, the event was the first competition of its kind in Nepal.

Participants tackled nine obstacles of varying difficulty, completing two laps of the course. Results were determined by obstacle points and time. The field included riders across kids, junior, youth, women, elite and master categories, with participants ranging from a five-year-old youngest rider to two para-athletes—one riding without a leg and another without a hand.

A challenge prepared in ten days

Preparations were interrupted by catastrophic flooding in Rasuwa and Nuwakot. NCS organizers paused race planning to support relief efforts, then faced a decision about whether to postpone the event. With tourism season approaching and Nepal’s major festival period near, postponement risked preventing the challenge from taking place.

The team chose to keep the announced date and organized the event in just ten days. NCS members and students designed and built the obstacles in the school’s indoor space, using purchased materials such as wood planks, nails and iron rods. New Zealand Level 2 Mountain Bike Coach Isabella Lemond later helped develop the scoring system and judged the competition.

The course rewarded riders for completing obstacles while minimizing mistakes. The final results combined obstacle points with a time score, producing an overall score for each participant.

Results and Participation

The results table records 28 finishers. Junior rider Ronicks Hang topped the overall standings with a final score of 98.83, followed by junior rider Dorje Tamang with 96.20 and junior rider Shorjan Mahresha with 96.19. The top-scoring woman was Jamuna Rai, whose final score was 87.62.

The accompanying participant profile shows a broad range of experience: 56.8% of participants were at intermediate level, 31.8% were beginners and 11.4% were advanced riders. The age-category chart shows kids under 15 as the largest group, at 31.1%, followed by elite riders at 24.4%, masters at 15.6%, juniors at 13.3% and youths at 8.9%. Women of all ages made up the remaining share shown in the chart.

The results of the race is as follows:

Master Category

1. Pramod Shrestha (79.00)
2. Sanjay Gurung (76.22)
3. Gaurav Shrestha (70.60)

Kid Category

1. Raul Chaoudhary (93.63)
2. Rachit Bhattarai (90.97)
3. Devang Burgaud (86.85)

Women Category

1. Jamuna Rai (87.62)
2. Sanju Tamang (80.67)
3. Suruchi Rai (75.09)

Junior Category

1. Ronicks Hang (98.83)
2. Dorje Tamang (96.20)
3. Shoraj Man Shrestha (96.19)

Elite Category

1. Kiran Rai (94.31)
2. Suman Karki (89.65)
3. Niroj Prajapati (74.38)

Results of All Participants

Community support behind the event

As a nonprofit organization, NCS relied on support from sponsors and well-wishers to provide prizes, refreshments, timing and medical assistance.

ION Bike and BOA Fit System supplied prizes for the top three in the listed categories, including cycling shoes, shorts, knee pads, gloves and T-shirts.

1. Master (ION Biking Shoes ~ worth Rs 10,000, ION Half Pant ~ worth Rs 6,000 and BOA T-shirt ~ worth Rs 4,000 to First, Second and Third respectively)
2. Kid – (ION Knee Pad ~ worth Rs 10,000, ION Half Pant ~ worth Rs 6,000 and ION Gloves ~ worth Rs 4,000 to First, Second and Third respectively)
3. Junior – (ION Knee Pad ~ worth Rs 10,000, ION Half Pant ~ worth Rs 6,000 and ION Gloves ~ worth Rs 4,000, Second and Third respectively)
4. Women – (ION Biking Shoes ~ worth Rs 22,000, ION Half Pant ~ worth Rs 6,000 and ION Gloves ~ worth Rs 5,000 to First, Second and Third respectively)
5. Elite – (BOA Biking Shoes ~ worth Rs 22,000, ION Half Pant ~ worth Rs 6,000 and ION Gloves ~ worth Rs 5,000 to First, Second and Third respectively)

Gurkha Mountain Bike Club provided cash awards of Rs 4,000, Rs 3,000 and Rs 2,000 for first, second and third place in the master, youth, women and elite categories, respectively. A Rs 2,000 award also went to a high-scoring para-athlete. Every participant received a certificate and an Erima Austria T-shirt, while Pedal Bikes Nepal contributed cycle tubes and lights for eight lucky-draw winners.
Bread Kingdom Bakery supplied doughnuts, muffins and cookies for participants and organizers; Lemond added bananas and candies. B&B Hospital Pvt. Ltd. provided a medical assistant, and Clock Work Trails supplied an automated time-chip system.

Sabrina Filzmoser, a four-time Olympian from Austria, attended as chief guest.
Together, the riders, volunteers, supporters and organizers helped establish a new format for technical cycling competition in Nepal—and showed that even a complex event could come together through shared effort and determination.

Supporters of NCS Technical Skills Challenge 2026

Event For A Cause

The event also continued NCS’s flood-relief response: 100% of the registration fees collected—Rs 30,000—was dedicated to flood relief support for communities affected by the flooding in Rasuwa and Nuwakot.

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