Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has called time on her glittering cross-country mountain bike career, which has seen the 32-year-old achieve everything there is in the sport.
The final day of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships saw Women and Men Elite and Under 23 cross-country Olympic (XCO) finals. Puck Pieterse (Netherlands) and Alan Hatherly (South Africa) won their first Elite titles. Isabella Holmgren (Canada) and Luca Martin (France) won the Under 23 titles - Holmgren doubling up after winning the cross-country short track (XCC) title.
Day four of competition at the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships featured the Women Elite and Men Elite downhill finals. On the fast, dusty track at Pal Arinsal, Andorra, Valentina Höll (Austria) won her third successive title, and Loris Vergier (France) was the fastest of the men’s field.
The third day of competition at the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra, saw Elite cross-country short track (XCC) titles go to Evie Richards (Great Britain) and Victor Koretzky (France). The first ever Under-23 XCC UCI World titles went to Isabella Holmgren (Canada) and Riley Amos (USA). Viktoria Chladoňova (Slovakia) and Albert Philipsen (Denmark) are the 2024 Junior World Champions for cross-country Olympic (XCO).
Day two of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra, saw Erice Van Leuven (New Zealand) successfully defend her Women Junior downhill rainbow jersey. Asa Vermette (USA) is the new Men Junior downhill UCI World Champion.
The first day of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra, saw rainbow jerseys awarded to Sofia Wiedenroth (GER) and Jérôme Gilloux (FRA) in E-mountain bike cross-country (E-MTB), before the USA took their first win in the cross-country team relay (XCR).
While there may have been a break in the 2024 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series over summer, there’s been plenty of off-road action for fans to sink their teeth into since the most recent UCI World Cup in Les Gets, Haute-Savoie.
Britain’s Tahnée Seagrave is homing in on her debut overall title. The only thing standing in her way? The reigning overall title holder.
The two fast Frenchmen have form when it comes to series-deciding showdowns. But who will come out on top this time?
Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock broke French hearts to beat Victor Koretzky in a thrilling race and retain the Olympic title he won in the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The Paris 2024 women’s mountain bike race was won by Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) at Élancourt Hill on Sunday 28 July. It was one of the few major honours missing from her record.
The only off-road cycling discipline of the Olympics will take place on a 4.4km course in Élancourt, a small town situated in Paris’ southwestern suburbs. The relentless route is fast and physical throughout and includes 110m of elevation gain per lap. In addition to sharp, switch backing singletrack and adrenaline-fueled descents, the course has several technical features like rock gardens and jumps that could prove decisive in the race for gold.
Mountain biking has been a staple of the Summer Olympics since Atlanta 1996 and Paris 2024 marks its eighth appearance at the Olympic Games. This year, the competition for gold is the fiercest it's ever been. From reigning Olympic champions looking to defend their crowns to legends of the sport where a gold medal would complete a glittering career, here are the favourites for Mountain Biking medals.
Reigning Olympic Champion, Switzerland’s Jolanda Neff, has announced that she will not defend her title at Paris 2024. Sina Frei confirmed as replacement.
The WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series continued this weekend in the third new venue of the 2024 series: the trails of the Aletsch Arena in Bellwald, Valais, Switzerland. Poor weather in Valais pushed the weekend’s action back by a day, so Sunday saw a double-header of brilliant action across the UCI Enduro and E-enduro World Cups, happening on the same day for the first time.
