This is the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup calendar

Valentina Höll

From her first bike race at the age of three to her multiple World Cup and world championship downhill titles, Vali Höll has always been ahead of the curve.

Loïc Bruni

A five-time elite world champion, French rider Loïc Bruni is already one of the all-time great downhill mountain bike racers and he's not finished yet.

France

Gracey Hemstreet

Born into a mountain bike family in Canada and raised on the world-class trails of Coast Gravity Park, Gracey Hemstreet is taking the MTB world by storm.

Ronan Dunne

A Red Bull Hardline winner in Australia and Wales, Ronan Dunne is leading a new generation of Irish downhill racers to the top.

Ireland

Jackson Goldstone

From a pre-school viral video sensation to downhill world champion and World Cup champ, Jackson Goldstone is the new hero of Canadian mountain biking.

Martín Vidaurre

Chile and South America's first-ever mountain bike XCO world champion, Martín Vidaurre is on the fast-track to becoming a true cross-country king.

Chile

Evie Richards

One of the stars of cross-country mountain biking, Evie Richards is Great Britain's first elite MTB XCO World Champion and an overall XCC World Cup winner.

Laura Stigger

A multi-discipline world champion in her junior days with a trophy cabinet full of titles, Austrian rider Laura Stigger is now pushing hard at the front of the Elite field.

Tom Pidcock

A talented multi-threat of a cyclist, British rider Tom Pidcock is equally at home on a mountain bike as he is on the road or a cyclo-cross circuit.

Finn Iles

One of Canada's leading MTB downhill stars, Finn Iles lived his childhood on the trails of Whistler and has mountain biking in his blood.

Jess Blewitt

A two-time New Zealand national champion and the first female athlete to be invited to compete in Red Bull Hardline, Jess Blewitt is one of mountain biking's brightest young talents.

New Zealand

The 2026 Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series season for each of the Downhill (DH), Cross-country Short Track (XCC), Cross-country Olympic (XCO) and Enduro (EDR) disciplines has now been unveiled.

The 2026 calendar features six stops for the enduro racer and nine stops each for the downhillers and cross-country elite. The season opens at an exciting new venue: the Race of South Korea in MONA YongPyong - a first on the continent for the cross-country riders and the first in 25 years for the downhillers. Alongside familiar favourites, such as Nové Město, Leogang and Lenzerheide, there's also the prospect of a first UCI Downhill World Cup at the discipline's spiritual home of Whistler Bike Park in British Columbia, Canada.

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2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Series calendar

May 1-3: Race of South Korea, South Korea (XC/DH)
May 22-24: Nové Město Na Moravě, Czechia (XC)
May 28-31: Loudenvielle-Peyragudes, France (DH/EDR)
June 11-14: Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland, Austria (XC/DH/EDR)
June 19-21: Lenzerheide, Switzerland (XC/DH)
June 26-28: Val di Fassa - Trentino, Italy (EDR)
July 3-5: La Thuile – Valle d’Aosta, Italy (XC/DH/EDR)
July 8-12: Pal Arinsal, Andorra (XC/DH)
July 17-19: Aletsch Arena - Bellwald, Valais, Switzerland (EDR)
August 14-16: Haute-Savoie, France (EDR)
August 21-23: Haute-Savoie, France (XC/DH)
September 19-20: Soldier Hollow, Midway, Utah, USA (XC)
September 25-27: Whistler Mountain Bike Park, British Columbia, Canada (DH)
October 2-4: Lake Placid Olympic Sites, New York, USA (XC/DH)

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Meet some of the stars of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series

A great way to learn more about the world-class riders competing in the UCI Mountain Bike World Series is through the Just Ride series. Hosted by Rob Warner and Eliot Jackson, they regularly catch up with the biggest names from the world of mountain biking.

Check out the episode below with downhill great Loïc Bruni who discusses his fierce but respectful rivalry with Jackson Goldstone and the new wave of young, talented riders.

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Tahnée Seagrave

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Valentina Höll

From her first bike race at the age of three to her multiple World Cup and world championship downhill titles, Vali Höll has always been ahead of the curve.

Loïc Bruni

A five-time elite world champion, French rider Loïc Bruni is already one of the all-time great downhill mountain bike racers and he's not finished yet.

France

Gracey Hemstreet

Born into a mountain bike family in Canada and raised on the world-class trails of Coast Gravity Park, Gracey Hemstreet is taking the MTB world by storm.

Ronan Dunne

A Red Bull Hardline winner in Australia and Wales, Ronan Dunne is leading a new generation of Irish downhill racers to the top.

Ireland

Jackson Goldstone

From a pre-school viral video sensation to downhill world champion and World Cup champ, Jackson Goldstone is the new hero of Canadian mountain biking.

Martín Vidaurre

Chile and South America's first-ever mountain bike XCO world champion, Martín Vidaurre is on the fast-track to becoming a true cross-country king.

Chile

Evie Richards

One of the stars of cross-country mountain biking, Evie Richards is Great Britain's first elite MTB XCO World Champion and an overall XCC World Cup winner.

Laura Stigger

A multi-discipline world champion in her junior days with a trophy cabinet full of titles, Austrian rider Laura Stigger is now pushing hard at the front of the Elite field.

Tom Pidcock

A talented multi-threat of a cyclist, British rider Tom Pidcock is equally at home on a mountain bike as he is on the road or a cyclo-cross circuit.

Finn Iles

One of Canada's leading MTB downhill stars, Finn Iles lived his childhood on the trails of Whistler and has mountain biking in his blood.