A handful of riders head to new WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series Teams off the back of strong early-season form.
Although there isn’t any racing until the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series starts up again in Morillon, Haute-Savoie (France) on August 22-24, that didn’t put a halt to the action in the mid-season transfer window.
From July 14 - 18, teams had the opportunity to add or remove riders from their line-up, allowing the new signings to represent them for the remainder of the 2025 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series calendar. This is different to the main transfer window, which sees riders move teams in the off-season.
When a rider switches or joins a team, their accrued UCI points are transferred with them. This enables their new team to benefit when it comes to UCI Team Rankings, which are calculated by combining the total points of the four highest scoring riders across category and gender.
In the Endurance formats, three privateers have been rewarded with team moves after recording impressive results at the first six rounds of the season.
South African Luke Moir is the most established name, currently sitting 22nd in the overall with four top 20 UCI Cross-country Olympic (XCO) World Cup finishes, including fifth place in round 2 in Araxá, Minas Gerais (Brazil). The 22-year-old has signed with Mondraker Factory Racing XC after being supported by the Spanish team for the first half of the season.
Luke Wiedmann is another to secure a WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series Team contract after signing with BMC Factory Racing, while José Gerardo Ulloa Arévalo has re-signed with regular wildcard team, Massi.
In the Gravity format, the transfers have been mainly focused on the continuing development of Downhill’s youngest stars.
Rosa Marie Jensen has lit up the two Junior UCI Downhill World Cups she has raced, winning in Bielsko-Biała (Poland) and finishing second in Pal Arinsal (Andorra). The Dane steps up from Specialized’s development squad, Gen-S, to the World Series team, Specialized Gravity.
Landon De Vall meanwhile has signed for Frameworks/5Dev’s development team, Future Frameworks.
Finally, Pivot Factory Racing have added 2024 Brazilian national champion Roger Vieira to their roster.
