Cross-country Olympic is just that - mountain biking’s only Olympic format. A mass start pack races a set number of laps on a track that test their abilities to climb near vertical punches, before testing their descending skills on the way back down.
Taking place at the start of a race weekend, Cross-country Short Track races are held on a condensed track over a reduced distance. The results decide the start grid for the Cross-country Olympic race. Fast-paced and action-packed racing!
Cross-country Marathon sees racers compete on grueling 100km courses. Not only is a racer’s endurance tested, but also their ability to adapt to different terrain, as well as being able to play the mind games of racing in a fast-moving pack.
The fastest and most exciting cycling format ever devised, downhill offers an elemental draw; fastest to the bottom against the clock wins! Racers prepare bikes, bodies and brains to deal with physics-bending speeds down the side of mountain pistes.
Enduro is mountain biking’s equivalent of a car rally - each racer faces multiple descents across a day and has to pedal themselves to the top of each. They have a set start time for each stage and the shortest cumulative time on the stages wins!