The dust hasn’t even settled from the Endurance excitement in Nové Mesto Na Morave (Czechia) and the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series is back with the return of the UCI Downhill and Enduro World Cups in Loudenvielle – Peyragudes. presented by FACOM, the fourth of five back-to-back race weekends.
After three consecutive weekends of racing, the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series goes again this Saturday and Sunday with a Gravity feast as the UCI Downhill and Enduro World Cups take to the trails of Loudenvielle - Peyragudes, France.
The betting company will support the series not only at this weekend’s Loudenvielle-Peyragudes stop but also at the upcoming rounds in Morillon and Les Gets, in the Haute-Savoie region.
Helmet-Mounted GoPro Cameras will showcase WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series action from the rider’s perspective.
Mona Mitterwallner (Mondraker Factory Racing XC) benefited from a mechanical issue for Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to win the UCI Cross-country Olympic (XCO) World Cup at Nové Mĕsto Na Moravĕ (Czechia), as Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing) took glory in the elite men’s race. Across the weekend, the event welcomed 24,000 spectators, adding to the electric atmosphere on site.
UCI Enduro World Cup athletes will join their downhill comrades in Loudenvielle - Peyragudes for the second all-gravity weekend of the season.
Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing) overcame a last lap dropped chain to make history in the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series at Nové Mĕsto Na Moravĕ (Czechia). Meanwhile, Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) returned to mountain bike action in style to win the elite women’s UCI Cross-country Short-Track (XCC) World Cup.
Jordan Sarrou (BMC Factory Racing) will miss this weekend’s WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series round in Nové Město Na Moravě (Czechia) after breaking his collarbone.
The WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series is in full flow following back-to-back UCI World Cup rounds in May that saw the world’s best Gravity athletes take to the trails of Pietra Ligure - Finale Outdoor Region in Italy and Poland’s Enduro Trials of Bielsko-Biała. The action isn’t letting up yet either as we reach the halfway point of five consecutive race weekends and the return of the Endurance formats at Czechia’s Nové Mĕsto Na Moravĕ venue.
Following back-to-back rounds of Gravity-fuelled action in the Enduro Trails of Bielsko-Biała (Poland), this weekend sees the return of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series’ Cross-country contests after a six-week break as the Endurance competitions descend on Nové Mĕsto Na Moravĕ (Czechia).
16 wildcard teams – eight cross-country and eight downhill – have been selected for round seven of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Saalfelden Leogang - Salzburgerland (Austria) on June 5-8.
Tahnée Seagrave (Orbea / FMD Racing) and Loïc Bruni (Specialized Gravity) defied appalling conditions in the Szczyrk Mountain Resort (Poland) to claim the opening round of the UCI Downhill World Cup in sensational style.
Slawomir Lukasik (Yeti / Fox Factory Team) and Elly Hoskin secured their first Elite wins in the second round of the UCI Enduro World Cup at the Enduro Trails of Bielsko-Biała (Poland). Lukasik was dominant throughout the five stages of the Men's race, while it was a more dramatic affair in the Women’s race as Hoskin claimed victory after Raphaela Richter crashed out.
In a flashback from the past and indicator of what could be to come, Valentina Höll (YT Mob) and Loïc Bruni (Specialized Gravity) set the fastest times in Downhill qualifying on the Enduro Trails of Bielsko-Biała.
Ronan Dunne (Mondraker Factory Team), Camille Balanche (Yeti/Fox Factory Racing) and Harriet Harden (Aon Racing - Tourne Campervans) share their thoughts ahead of the UCI Downhill World Cup in the Enduro Trails of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, while Dan Booker and Slawomir Lukasik (Yeti/Fox Factory Racing) assess their chances ahead of the second UCI Enduro World Cup.
