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This is the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup calendar
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The UCI has released the calendar for the 2024 Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series season for the Downhill (DH), Cross-country Short Track (XCC), Cross-country Olympic (XCO) and Enduro (EDR) disciplines.
The 2024 calendar features five stops for the enduro racers, eight stops for the downhillers and nine for the cross-country elite. There is one new venue for downhill in Bielsko-Biała in Poland, while there are four for the cross-country men and women: Mairiporã and Araxá, both in Brazil; Crans-Montana in Switzerland; and Lake Placid in the United States.
Scroll on down below to see the full calendar while this is the place where you can watch highlights from all the downhill and cross-country racing at each round of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series (not EDR).
2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Series and World Championship calendar
- April 12-14: Mairiporã, Brazil (XCO/XCC)
- April 19-21: Araxá, Brazil (XCO/XCC)
- May 3-5: Fort William, Scotland (DH)
- May 17-19: Bielsko Biala, Poland (DH/EDR)
- May 24-26: Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic (XCO/XCC)
- June 7-9: Leogang, Austria (DH/EDR)
- June 14-16: Val di Sole, Italy (DH/XCO/XCC)
- June 21-23: Crans-Montana, Switzerland (XCO/XCC)
- June 25-July 7: Haute-Savoie, France (DH/EDR/XCO/XCC)
- July 12-14: Valais, Switzerland (EDR)
- August 28-September 1: UCI Mountain Bike World Championships – Pal Arinsal/Vallnord, Andorra (DH/XCO/XCC)
- September 6-8: Loudenvielle, France (DH/EDR)
- September 27-29: Lake Placid, United States (XCO/XCC)
- October 4-6: Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada (DH/XCO/XCC)
Where can I watch the UCI Mountain Bike World Series?
Live coverage of the downhill and cross-country races at the UCI Mountain Bike World Series can be found on YouTube, the UCI Mountain Bike World Series website and the GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+ platforms depending on the race. Red Bull TV will feature highlights from each round of the World Cup after the end of racing.
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Downhill
- Junior category: available for free live on YouTube and the UCI Mountain Bike World Series website – also live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
- Elite semi-finals: available for free live on YouTube and the UCI Mountain Bike World Series website – also live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
- Finals: live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
Cross-country
- Elite short track: live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
- U23 XCO: available for free live on YouTube and the UCI Mountain Bike World Series website – Also live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
- Elite XCO: live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
01
Mairiporã, Brazil
24 min
Cross-country highlights – Mairiporã
Watch the XC highlights from Mairiporã, the first stop of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season.
The Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season kicked-off with a cross-country-only round at a new venue for the series in Mairiporã. Britain's Evie Richards enjoyed a winning start in the Women's XCC short track race. She won by seven seconds from Australian Rebecca Henderson with Swiss rider Alessandra Keller taking third. In the men's race, New Zealander Sam Gaze edged out German Luca Schwarzbauer and Chilean Martín Vidaurre for the win.
Evie Richards started her 2024 XCC season the perfect way
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A good weekend all-round for Martín Vidaurre in Mairiporã
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Former U23 World Champion Vidaurre also put in a strong performance in the Men's XCO race, finishing fifth. American Christopher Blevins took the win, with Victor Koretzky in second and Filippo Colombo finishing third. In the Women's XCO, Sweden's Jenny Rissveds got the better of American's Savilia Blunk and Haley Batten in the last lap of that race.
02
Araxá, Brazil
24 min
Cross-country highlights – Araxá
Watch the highlights from Stop 2 of the 2024 season with all the XCO action from Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Danish rider Simon Andreassen scored his second-ever Whoop UCI XCO Mountain Bike World Cup victory by out-sprinting his rivals in a thrilling four-man race to the line at round two of the men's series in Araxá. Andreassen took advantage of Victor Koretzky unfortunately dropping his chain up a climb on the final lap to move into the lead that he never lost. The Frenchman finished second however with Alan Hatherly in third place.
Koretzky did have something to celebrate as he won the men's XCC race. American Christopher Blevins finished second with Hatherly in third again.
Simon Andreassen beat his rivals in thrilling four-man sprint in the XCO
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Haley Batten could not have wished for a better weekend in Araxa
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The women's XCC and XCO events were dominated by American Hayley Batten, who took the win in both events. Joining Batten on the XCC podium were Switzerland's Linda Indergand in second and American Savilia Blunk in third. In the XCO, Batten had Swedish athlete Jenny Rissveds and Blunk for company on the podium, with Blunk finishing third in this race as well.
03
Fort William, Scotland
24 min
Downhill highlights – Fort William
See the pack tame the UCI MTB World Cup's longest track and catch up on the downhill highlights from the Fort William stop in Scotland
The downhill racers got their Whoop UCI XCO Mountain Bike World Cup season underway in Scotland. Reigning Downhill World Cup Champions, Valentina Höll and Loïc Bruni ran out winners in Fort William. Höll came out top on the challenging Scottish track – the longest on the calendar – edging out German racer Nina Hoffmann and Britain's Tahnée Seagrave to take victory in the women's race. In the men's Elite race, Bruni took the win by a commanding 1.8 seconds from Australian Troy Brosnan. Bruni's team-mate, Finn Iles, rounded off the podium in third.
Vali Höll managed to make time on Hoffmann in the later stages of her run
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No man had an answer to Bruni's pace on the Scottish track
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Explore hot topics from the 2024 UCI MTB World Cup in Beyond the Line
04
Bielsko-Biala, Poland
24 min
Highlights – Bielsko-Biala
Watch the downhill and enduro highlights from the third stop of the 2024 World Cup season in Poland.
The second downhill round of the season saw them locate to a new country and venue for the Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Cup: Bielsko Biala in Poland. Ronan Dunne of Ireland recorded his first World Cup win in the men's race, beating Frenchman Loïc Bruni to the top spot with a mature run on a track that had been affected by rain. Bruni was only 0.064s behind Dunne, with another Frenchman, Loris Vergier, in third. The women's race saw French rider Marine Cabirou take the win, with Switzerland's Camille Balanche and Germany's Nina Hoffmann in second and third respectively. Jess Blewitt, Tahnée Seagrave and Valentina Höll finished in fourth, fifth and sixth.
Myriam Nicole made a welcome return to racing after a year out
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Dunne had an unique way of celebrating his win
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05
Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
24 min
Cross-country highlights – Nové Město
Watch the XCO highlights from the fourth stop of the 2024 World Cup season in Nové Město, Czech Republic.
British all-round cycling star Tom Pidcock was in a class of his own at the Nové Město na Moravě stop of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – his first MTB race of the year – to win for the fourth successive time there. The 24-year old reigning world and Olympic champion had to bide his time to open up a lead on Sunday as Swiss legend Nino Schurter and Saturday's XCC race winner Victor Koretzky broke away on the second lap. Pidcock then reeled them back in before attempting a break of his own on the third lap Whoopenberg main climb - succeeding a lap later and eventually winning with a comfortable 32-second victory.
Tom Pidcock powered to a fourth Successive XCO Nové Město na Moravě Victory
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In the women's XCO race, Austrian Laura Stigger battled for fifth behind winner France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot after her fourth place in Saturday's XCC race – just six seconds off Swiss winner Alessandra Keller.
06
Leogang, Austria
24 min
Downhill highlights – Leogang
Watch the highlights from Stop 5 of the 2024 World Cup season with all the downhill action from Leogang.
Despite tough conditions, Vali Höll and Loïc Bruni excelled at the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup in Leogang, Austria, continuing their excellent start to the season. Austria's Höll defended her 2023 win on home ground with a dominant performance, beating American Anna Newkirk by over seven seconds. France's Bruni continued his incredible season with a second victory this year, edging out Canadian Finn Iles by a massive margin despite a challenging course. Both riders maintained their top rankings after a thrilling weekend of racing.
Vali Höll reprised her 2023 UCI Leogang victory and took home the win again
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Loïc Bruni's yet to finish outside top 2 in 2024 UCI MTB World Cup finals
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Review the whats, ifs and maybes of the 2024 mountain bike racing season so far with analysis from Rob Warner, Eliot Jackson and Emily Batty in episode one of the second series of Red Bull TV show Beyond the Line below.
1 h
The MTB World Cup season is back with a bang!
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07
Val di Sole, Italy
24 min
XCO and DH highlights – Val di Sole
Watch the cross-country and downhill highlights from the sixth stop of the 2024 World Cup season in Italy.
Tahnée Seagrave celebrated her 29th birthday in style at Val di Sole after emerging victorious at the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup in Italy. Seagrave edged out France's Marine Cabirou to take the win; her first for three years. France's Myriam Nicole also showed signs of a return to form, finishing fourth. Her compatriot Amaury Pierron won the men's downhill race. Current series leader Loïc Bruni finished fifth, while Bruni's team-mate Finn Iles was third.
Seagrave back on form and back on top
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Seagrave and her dad Tony celebrating the win
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The Italian stop was the first dual DH/XCO round of the season. In the XCO races, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot dominated the women's, while Nino Schurter similarly took the men's race by the scruff of the neck to take a 36th World Cup career win. The XCC races saw wins for Alpecin–Deceuninck team-mates Sam Gaze and Puck Pieterse in the men's and women's races respectively.
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46 min
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08
Crans-Montana, Switzerland
24 min
Cross-country highlights – Crans-Montana
Watch the cross-country highlights from the seventh stop of the 2024 World Cup season in Switzerland.
Crans-Montana debuted as yet another new stop on the UCI World Cup calendar. The Swiss venue hosted a cross-country-only round. Tom Pidcock dipped into racing at the location as preparation ahead of taking part in this year's Tour de France. It proved to be a good decision as the Brit recorded the perfect weekend by taking victories in both the XCC and XCO men's races. Pidcock was at his dominant best in the XCO race, while in the XCC he recovered from a bad start to move from last to top spot at the end of the race.
Pidcock on a mission during the XCC race
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Pidcock was back in the rainbow stripes for the XCO
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In the women's XCO race, Loana Lecomte secured her 10th World Cup victory as she finished ahead of Alessandra Keller and Puck Pieterse – who had won the XCC race the day before. There were also impressive showings in the XCO from Austria’s Laura Stigger who finished in fourth place and from Britain’s Evie Richards who claimed fifth.
09
Les Gets, France
24 min
XCO and DH highlights – Les Gets
Watch the cross-country and downhill highlights from the eighth stop of the 2024 World Cup season in France.
As rain storms turned the famous Les Gets track into a perilously slick affair and the Elite finals into a crash-filled spectacular, Tahnée Seagrave closed the gap on World Cup series leader Vali Höll thanks to a third-place finish in the Elite Women's final.
The British rider looked like a possible winner before a late crash on the treacherous track scuppered her victory hopes, handing a first-ever World Cup win to Italy's Eleonora Farina, while Norwegian Mille Johnset took second. Höll meanwhile lost her back wheel on a sharp turn and crashed hard, relegating her down to fifth. The Austrian still holds the lead of the World Cup overall standings on 1,445 points, but Seagrave closed the gap significantly on 1,221.
Tahnée Seagrave was on the podium again in Les Gets
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Loïc Bruni sprints across the soggy line in Les Gets
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In the Elite Men's final, Amaury Pierron delivered a crushing home win with a sensational ride that saw him beat Austrian Andreas Kolb by a huge 6.5s, while veteran South African Greg Minnaar claimed third.
World Cup series leader Loïc Bruni finished seventh in the race, but continues to lead the standings over Pierron with 1,403 points to 1,187 ahead of the next downhill World Cup race in Loudenville, France, in September.
In the cross-country racing, Simon Andreassen returned to the podium in Sunday's XCO race for the first time since his brilliant win earlier in the year in Brazil.
The Danish rider finished third in a physically exhausting race behind his Cannondale team-mate Alan Hatterly and Swiss rider Mathias Flückiger, as Hatherly celebrated his first-ever XCO World Cup win on a weekend where he also won Saturday's XCC short-track race.
Evie Richards is quickly getting back to her best following injury
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Simon Andreassen got his second podium finish of the season
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In the Elite Women's field, Alessandra Keller took the XCC win ahead of Puck Pieterse and Rebecca Henderson, before Pieterse blew her rivals away in Sunday's feature XCO race with massive winning margin of 2m 37s over South African Candice Lill and Keller.
10
Loudenvielle, France
24 min
Downhill highlights – Loudenvielle
Watch the downhill highlights from the ninth stop of the 2024 World Cup season from Loudenvielle, France.
After the break for the previous weekend's World Championships, it was back to France for the Loudenvielle World Cup and a return to heavy rain and a sodden, incredibly difficult conditions for the downhill elite.
Celebrating victory for the first time in over two years following a run of terrible injury problems, Myriam Nicole sent the home fans wild as she beat newly-crowned three-time world champion Vali Höll by 1.1s thanks to a stronger bottom half of the course. Runner-up spot was enough to hand Höll the overall World Cup title for the second year running however.
Myriam Nicole is back on top of a World Cup podium in Loudenvielle
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Vali Höll secured another World Cup overall title
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Third was taken by up and coming British talent Phoebe Gale, who scored her first top-three elite World Cup result. Meanwhile, fastest qualifier Tahnée Seagrave was dealt some serious bad luck, as more heavy rain and low cloud arrived for her run and the Brit crashed in the increasingly difficult conditions, dropping her to 10th place.
In a rain-lashed Elite Men's finals, Benoit Coulanges secured his second World Cup win with a brilliant display of mud riding to top the results by over two seconds from Scotland's Reece Wilson and Austrian Andreas Kolb. Loïc Bruni just missed the top three with a fourth place finish, but nonetheless that result was enough to hand the French hero a fourth overall UCI World Cup title with a round still to race in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.
That's four World Cup overall titles now for Loïc Bruni
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