The WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series made its Polish debut with the opening race of this weekend’s Bielsko-Biała UCI World Cups.
The Women’s 2023 UCI Downhill World Champion and Australian icon are both raring to go after big results in Fort William
The 2024 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series has got off to a blinding start with four unpredictable race weekends that have thrown up a whole host of surprises and adrenaline-fueled off-road action.
After epic race weekends at the iconic locations of Fort William and Finale Outdoor Region, the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series completes its hat-trick of back-to-back Gravity rounds with a UCI Downhill World Cup and UCI Enduro World Cup at a brand-new venue, Bielsko-Biała, in Poland.
The opening round of the UCI E-Enduro World Cup in Finale Outdoor Region was witness to two thrilling contests in the men’s and women’s competitions. Australia’s Ryan Gilchrist was the dominant male, with four stage wins to his name, while on the women’s side Tracey Moseley and Florencia Espiñeira shared the spoils across all but a single stage. In the end the Chilean rider came out on top to take her first UCI World Cup win of the season.
The opening Saturday of the UCI Enduro World Cup in Finale Outdoor Region, north-west Italy, saw Britain’s Harriet Harnden take the lead in the women’s competition thanks to a supreme ride over the Super Groppo trail. The men’s competition was dominated by reigning champion Richie Rude who won three stages out of the four, including a near perfect ride on stage 4 - DH Men.
The sun shone on the spiritual home of enduro as we welcomed back amateur athletes to the Finale Ligure region.
We look at everything you need to know about the Finale Outdoor Region round of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series races, including when the Enduro and E-Enduro events are scheduled to take place, who is racing and how to follow the action.
This weekend, it’s time for the Enduro and E-Enduro (EDR) formats to join the fray with their first UCI World Cup of the season in Finale Outdoor Region, Italy (10-12 May).
Valentina Höll (YT Mob) and Loïc Bruni scored victories in the UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Fort William. The reigning UCI Downhill World Champion continued her winning ways on the Fort William course, while Bruni finally finished top at the 10th time of asking at this iconic track. Meanwhile, Heather Wilson (Muc-Off Young Guns) gave the locals something to cheer for in the Women’s Juniors and Asa Vermette (Framework Racing) obliterated the competition despite breaking his pelvis five weeks ago.
Troy Brosnan (Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team) and Valentina Höll (YT Mob) are the fastest on the hill in semi-finals at the first UCI Downhill World Cup of the season.
The WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series is in full flow after two action-packed Endurance race weekends in Brazil, but attention now turns to the other side of the Atlantic and the start of the Gravity and UCI Downhill (DHI) World Cup season at Fort William, Scotland.
Five-time UCI Downhill (DHI) World Cup overall winner will also be part of the commentary line-up for the first four DHI rounds of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series.
The documentary will be broadcast on Eurosport UK at 9 pm BST today (Wednesday, May 1) and highlights Greg Minnaar’s 20-plus year career while following the GOAT’s journey to last year’s UCI Downhill World Championship.
Set in the Nevis Range in the western Scottish Highlands, the opening UCI Downhill World Cup of the season will be the polar opposite in terms of climate and conditions from the series’ first two action-packed weekends, but its location is sure to attract a hardcore partisan crowd who are guaranteed to bring the noise all weekend.
