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Check out the full calendar for the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup and catch up on highlights from every single stop of the 2024 racing season here.
The UCI has released the calendar for the 2025 Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series season for the Downhill (DH), Cross-country Short Track (XCC), Cross-country Olympic (XCO) and Enduro (EDR) disciplines.
The expanded 2025 calendar features seven stops for the enduro racer and 10 stops each for the downhillers and cross-country elite. There are two new venues for downhill, La Thuile in Italy and Lake Placid in the USA, while Araxá in Brazil will host back-to-back XCO and XCC races to start the season.
Scroll on down below to see the full 2025 calendar and watch highlights from all the downhill and cross-country racing from each round of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series.
2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Series and World Championship calendar
- May 9–11: Pietra Ligure, Italy (EDR)
- June 27–29: Val di Fassa, Italy (EDR)
- August 22–24: Haute-Savoie, Morillon, France (EDR)
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Where can I watch the UCI Mountain Bike World Series?
Live coverage of the downhill and cross-country races at the UCI Mountain Bike World Series can be found on YouTube, the UCI Mountain Bike World Series website and the GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+ platforms, depending on the race. Red Bull TV will feature highlights from each round of the World Cup after the end of racing.
Downhill
- Junior category: available for free live on YouTube and the UCI Mountain Bike World Series website – also live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
- Elite semi-finals: available for free live on YouTube and the UCI Mountain Bike World Series website – also live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
- Finals: live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
Cross-country
- Elite short track: live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
- U23 XCO: available for free live on YouTube and the UCI Mountain Bike World Series website – Also live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
- Elite XCO: live on GCN+, Eurosport and Discovery+
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Araxá, Brazil 1
April 3-6: Araxá, Brazil results (XCO/XCC)
Evie Richards of the UK started the 2025 Mountain Bike World Cup season with a brilliant XCC victory at Araxá in Brazil on Saturday as Chilean Martín Vidaurre showed off his sprinting prowess to bank third in the men's XCO race on Sunday.
Saturday's women's XCC race saw reigning world champion Richards produce a masterclass to grab the win in the season opener after Jolanda Neff, Jenny Rissveds and Loana Lecomte pushed the pace early in a lead group that also included Richards, Alessandra Keller and Sina Frei.
It was a different story in Sunday's XCO race as Richards finished down in 11th place behind winner Samara Maxwell, with Nicole Koller in second place and American Savilia Blunk rounding out the podium in third. Maxwell became the first female rider from New Zealand to secure an XCO World Cup elite win.
After American Christopher Blevins won Saturday's men's XCC race by one second from French duo Victor Koretzky and Mathis Azzaro, Sunday's XCO race saw Koretzky break clear to win by 10 seconds from Blevins with Vidaurre edging out Swiss Lars Forster for third spot.
Koretzky and Blevins led from the front and powered clear of the field to start the penultimate lap with a huge 50-second advantage, the Frenchman digging deep before the final lap to pull away despite a slow puncture as Vidaurre, 25, turned on the speed to claim third in a sprint.
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Araxá, Brazil 2
April 10-12: Araxá, Brazil results (XCO/XCC)
Evie Richards enjoyed an impressive weekend at the second round of the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Series as she powered to victory in Friday’s short track race before finishing third in Saturday’s XCO race in Araxá, Brazil.
After claiming victory in the season-opening XCC race last weekend, Richards made it two for two on Friday in Araxá. The British rider won a sprint to the line against Nicole Koller and Jenny Rissveds to become the most successful elite women's XCC Short Track racer in history.
Commenting on overtaking Pauline Ferrand-Prevot as the most successful elite woman in XCC history, Richards said: "I think when you're world champion, and you're leading the series, there's a lot of pressure, so I was really nervous before. We had a bit of a rough plan, but nothing changes too much. You've just got to [think] on your feet, and depending on how the race goes, you can't really have a plan."
In the men’s race, American Christopher Blevins achieved his first perfect XC World Series weekend as he followed up his short-track victory with a comfortable XC win. The 27-year-old broke away from the pack on the final lap before powering away from his Specialized teammates to claim victory ahead of Martin Vidaurre Kossmann in second and Adrien Boichis in third.
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Pietra Ligure, Italy
May 9–11: Pietra Ligure, Italy results (EDR)
Pietra Ligure kicked-off the Enduro World Cup with a hard two-day race, where defending world champion Hattie Harnden of the UK and Australian privateer Dan Booker rode to victory in the Elite Women's and Elite Men's classes. Harnden was fastest on five of the seven stages to win by over 20s from fellow Brit Ella Conolly and French rider Morgan Charre, while Booker won by the narrow margin on 0.374s from Poland's Slawomir Lukasik. Defending world champion Alex Rudeau of France finished third, just over four seconds behind Booker.
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Bielsko-Biała, Poland
May 16–18: Bielsko-Biała, Poland results (DH/EDR)
Amid extremely testing conditions that mixed snow at the start hut, rain lower down the course and thoroughly soaked course from top to bottom, the 2025 Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup kicked-off in Poland with brilliant victories for Tahnée Seagrave and Loïc Bruni.
Bruni, the 2024 overall World Cup champion, was imperious in Bielsko-Biała. The Frenchman qualified in first position during Saturday's new Q1 and Q2 qualifying sessions and rode to victory as the last man down the mountain in finals, crossing the finish line in a time of 3m 4.867s to beat Ireland's Oisin O'Callaghan to victory by the narrow margin of 0.156s.
Former World Cup overall champion Amaury Pierron finished third, 0.808s behind Bruni, while defending Enduro World Cup champion Richie Rude, finished an incredibly impressive fourth on his return to full-time downhill World Cup racing.
In the Elite Women's field, Tahnée Seagrave delivered a dream debut for her new Orbea FMD Racing team and prototype Orbea bike. The British rider mastered the incredibly tough conditions to cross the line in a time of 3m 34.340s, which was enough to hand her victory over American Anna Newkirk by 1.711s. Germany's Nina Hoffmann claimed third, 4.735s behind Seagrave, while defending World Cup champion Vali Höll took home fifth.
"Because of the conditions, my brakes weren't working very well, so I think that helped. You've just got to make the best of it, I kept pumping the brake to make it work. I had a little sketchy moment at the end because I forgot to do that, but glad I managed to put it together. I feel the healthiest I have been and I'm back from a series of horrible injuries. I'm ready to give it my all again," said 29-year-old Seagrave.
Bielsko-Biała also hosted the second round of the Enduro World Cup, a week after Pietra Ligure in Italy hosted the opening event of the series.
Snow-lined wet and muddy conditions greeted competitors in Bielsko-Biała for a one day format that featured five stages. With Pietra Ligure winner Harnden moving over to race the downhill series instead, Canadian Elly Hoskin became the first North American winner of women's Enduro World Cup, with Ella Conolly and Morgan Charre again finishing second and third.
In the Elite Men's field, Slawomir Lukasik followed second place in Italy with his debut Enduro World Cup win on home soil, much to the delight of the Polish fans. Australian Jack Moir shook off the unseasonable cold to claim second place, while Irish rider Greg Callaghan thrived in the slop to take home third.
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Nové Město Na Moravě, Czech Republic
May 24–25: Nové Město Na Moravě, Czech Republic results (XCC/XCO)
Lars Forster returned to the Elite Men's XCO podium for the first time this season at the third round of the 2025 UCI Cross-Country Mountain Bike World Series as he got the better of Victor Koretzky in a sprint to the line in Sunday's feature race in Nové Město na Moravě.
As overall World Cup leader in XCO and XCC, American Christopher Blevins, rode to victory in both of the weekend's races in incredible fashion, runner-up Mathis Azzaro, Forster and Koretzky sprinted side-by-side for the podium positions, finishing on exactly the same second.
In Saturday's Elite Women's XCC race, Evie Richards just missed out on winning her third straight race after dominating both sprints in Araxá, Brazil. The British rider was just beaten to the line by Dutch rider Puck Pieters, who made her first cross-country appearance of the season.
Sunday's XCO race meanwhile saw Austrian Mona Mitterwallner secured her first victory since 2023 as she held off a late challenge from New Zealand's overall series leader Samara Maxwell at the line, while South African Candice Lill completed the podium.
The World Cup now heads to Loudenvielle, France, for a double header downhill and enduro round from May 30 – June 1.
