Swiss duo Schurter and Neff back to winning ways in tricky conditions
Jolanda Neff and Nino Schurter reestablished themselves as title-contenders at the second round of the Mercedes-Benz XCO UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Albstadt, Germany. Albstadt in the dry is a fast proposition but in the wet, a different animal emerges. In the elite women’s race, most of the pre-race talk surrounded the winner of […]
Hatherly opens his World Cup season with 6th at Nové Město
The small town of Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic on a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup weekend is a full-blown carnival. And this year 50,000 fans turned up for the opening round of the 2017 season. The racing was split across the weekend, with the U23 Men and Elite Women racing on […]
Video: Ambitions (feat. Emily Batty) Episode 6 – Preparation for Cairns
A continuation of training to be the worlds best in Cross Country Mountain Biking. In this episode of Ambitions, Emily rides Sedona, Arizona, picks up a set of prototype wheels, talks a little more about the upcoming Olympics and begins her race campaign with Cairns, Australia World Cup #1.
Claudio’s Course Preview: Val di Sole downhill
The Val di Sole track in Italy is a brutally technical maiden. Packed with slippery roots and plenty of rocks, it drops steeply through the forest into the valley floor. The 2,200m long course has had a facelift for 2015, with more line choices and northshore added to the classic track. Regarded as one of […]
Video: XCO World Cup Finals Highlights Mont-Sainte-Anne
Highlights from this weekend’s World Cup XCO Men’s and Women’s finals at Mont-Sainte-Anne. Watch the action below:
Video: World Cup Downhill Highlights Mont-Sainte-Anne
Highlights from this weekend’s World Cup downhill finals at Mont-Sainte-Anne. .
Video: Greg Minnaar’s World Cup winning ride at Fort William
Greg Minnaar rode to a record equalling 17th World Cup victory at Fort William on Sunday. Watch his winning ride here:
Enduro Champ Tracy Moseley shifts focus to XCO
Having achieved all that she could in her downhill mountain biking career, former women’s downhill World Champion Tracy Moseley now has her sights firmly set on a spot on the English Cross Country team for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and this weekend’s 2014 UCI MTB World Cup, presented by Shimano, in Pietermaritzburg will serve […]
MTB World Cup: Checking out the DH course
It’s finally here, the first round of the UCI World Cup in Pietermaritzburg. Yesterday was the start of the festivities and a chance for all the riders to check out the Downhill course. There have been a few changes to the course this year, namely an extension to the rock gardens at the top of […]
[Video] Highlights and full coverage of Hafjell’s DH World Cup
For all you who may have missed this past weekend’s events, check out a few videos of the downhill highlights and even the full coverage. Look at those crazy haphazard conditions, and the speed they’re carrying into that fog. Be sure to also see that slide at the end. How he caught it, only he […]
Highlights from this weekend’s World Cup In Hafjell, Norway
What was initially thought to be a dry weekend quickly turned around as riders met slippery conditions and had to adjust their strategies to suit the wayward weather. The practices on the dry courses couldn’t prepare the riders from either XC or Downhill for what the actual race runs would be like. Image credit: live.redbull.com […]
Last round for XC at Hafjell UCI MTB World Cup
This weekend sees the last World Cup rounds of Cross Country and the Eliminator series, where competitors lay down everything they have to secure their final UCI results. Image credit: http://live.redbull.tv/ The World Cup at Hafjell, Norway has already been kicked off with the final race of the year for the Eliminator series, but the […]