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This is the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup calendar
Check out the full calendar for the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup and catch up on highlights from every single stop of the season here.
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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's two new venues for downhill, La Thuile in Italy and Lake Place 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.
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2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Series and World Championship calendar
- April 3–6: Araxá, Brazil (XCO / XCC)
- April 10–12: Araxá, Brazil (XCO / XCC)
- May 9–11: Pietra Ligure, Italy (EDR)
- May 16–18: Bielsko-Biała, Poland (DH / EDR)
- May 23–25: Nové Město Na Moravě, Czechia (XCO / XCC)
- May 30–June 1: Loudenvielle-Peyragudes, France (DH / EDR)
- June 5–8: Leogang, Austria (XCO / XCC / DH / EDR)
- June 20–22: Val di Sole, Italy (XCO / XCC / DH)
- June 27–29: Val di Fassa, Italy (EDR)
- July 3–6: La Thuile, Italy (DH / 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.
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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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2025 Results
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Araxá, Brazil 1
24 min
XCO & XCC highlights – Araxá Round 1
Watch highlights of Round 1's cross-country action on the challenging terrain surrounding Araxá in Brazil.
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.
Richards celebrates her XCC win in style
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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
24 min
XCO & XCC highlights – Araxá Round 2
Watch highlights of Round 2's cross-country action on the challenging terrain surrounding Araxá in Brazil.
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
24 min
Downhill highlights – Bielsko-Biała
Watch highlights of the downhill mountain bike racing on the technical trails of 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.
Bruni edged out Oisin O'Callaghan by just 0.156s
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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 24–35: 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.
XCC world champ Evie Richards just missed out her third straight win
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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.
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Loudenvielle, France
Gracey Hemstreet won her first Downhill World Cup race
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May 30–June 1: Loudenvielle-Peyragudes, France (DH)
Canadian riders swept to the top of both classes at the 2025 UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup in Loudenvielle, France, on June 1 as Gracey Hemstreet dominated the Elite Women’s field to take her first-ever World Cup win and Jackson Goldstone celebrated his first Elite Men’s win since 2023.
Hemstreet, Höll and Seagrave made the podium
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After qualifying in third place on Saturday, Hemstreet delivered a masterclass of riding on the more technical lower half of the course. None of her rivals could match Hemstreet’s split times on the second half of the track and she claimed her maiden victory by a massive 3.169s. Joining her on the podium were reigning world champion, Vali Höll, in second and opening round victor, Tahnée Seagrave, in third.
In the Elite Men’s race, Jackson Goldstone celebrated a return to the top step of the podium for the first time since the final race of the 2023 season in Mont-Sainte-Anne. The young Canadian missed the entire 2024 season with a knee injury, but showed he’s back to his best in Loudenvielle with a brilliant ride to take the win by an impressive 1.537s over fastest qualifier Amaury Pierron.
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Leogang, Austria
24 min
XCO & DH highlights – Leogang
The four-day mountain biking event in Leogang showcases top XCO and DH racing on world-class trails.
June 5–8: Leogang, Austria (DH/XCO/XCC)
Just a week after Canadians Gracey Hemstreet and Jackson Goldstone claimed victory at round two of the Downhill World Cup in France, they repeated the feat at round three in Leogang, Austria.
Fresh off her maiden World Cup win in Loudenvielle, Hemstreet scored her second win in equally impressive fashion in Leogang. Just like in France, her speed on the steeper and more technical second half of the track was unmatched. The 20-year-old stopped the clock in a time of 3m 21.962s, beating American Anna Newkirk by 0.865s while local star and defending world champion Vali Höll finished third, 2.427s behind Hemstreet. The Canadian now holds the lead in the overall Downhill World Cup standing.
Vali Höll raced to another podium in front of her home Leogang crowd
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Jackson Goldstone was equally impressive for his second successive win during an incredibly close Elite Men's final, where the top 10 were separated by just 1.86s. Goldstone claimed the victory by the incredibly narrow margin of 0.059s over runner-up Loïc Bruni, while third place went to first-time podium finisher Henri Kiefer of Germany. Bruni continues to lead the overall points standings after Leogang ahead of Goldstone.
Jackson Goldstone, Loïc Bruni and Henri Kiefer hit the podium in Leogang
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After a week of dry weather, rain turned Sunday's elite XCO races into a wet, sticky and extremely physical test. None of this mattered to Elite Women's winner Puck Pieterse, who followed up her win from Friday night's XCC short-track race with a dominant performance to take the win over current series leader Sami Maxwell by 50s
In the Elite Men's race, veteran Ondřej Cink took his maiden World Cup win after more than a decade on the circuit. The Czech rider beat Swiss compatriots Mathias Flückiger and Fabio Püntener to the top step of the podium, while Lars Forster followed up his podium from the recent Nové Město round with another top five finish.
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Val di Sole, Italy
24 min
XCO & DH highlights – Val di Sole
A staple on the World Cup calendar, Val di Sole brings world-class XCO and DH racing to its legendary trails.
June 20–22: Val di Sole, Italy (XCO/XCC/DH)
Jackson Goldstone recorded his third Mountain Bike World Cup downhill victory in a row on Saturday at the picturesque Val di Sole course in Italy to extend his overall 2025 lead as Chile's Martín Vidaurre made history with his country's first XCO win.
Saturday's women's downhill race saw France's Marine Cabirou grab her 10th World Cup victory as she powered down the Val di Sole course - after sitting fifth at the first split - to finish 1.2s clear of Austrian Vali Höll with Slovenia's Monika Hrastnik rounding out the podium.
Canadian Gracey Hemstreet couldn't make it three victories in a row, however she rode well to finish in fourth with New Zealand's Jess Blewitt fifth. Höll now leads Hemstreet by 49 points at the halfway mark of an exciting season.
Jackson Goldstone sealed a hat-trick of wins in Val di Sole
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The men's race was an opportunity for Canadian Goldstone to pull off his own hat-trick, after Loudenvielle and Leogang wins. Unlike compatriot Hemstreet, he held his nerve to cruise to a comfortable victory by 2.422s over Australian Troy Brosnan with France's Thibaut Daprela third.
Goldstone set the fastest times in timed training, Q1 qualifying and the finals to record a perfect downhill weekend in Italy, a result that sees him lead four-time MTB World Cup champion Loïc Bruni - who finished sixth on the day - by 100 points in the standings.
Sunday's elite women's XCO race saw Dutch rider Puck Pieterse control the race to triumph from Kiwi Samara Maxwellin in second, 26 seconds back, followed by Austria's Laura Stigger who held off Jenny Rissveds in a sprint to finish third again in an encouraging weekend for the Austrian.
Martín Vidaurre won a first XCO World Cup for Chile
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The final elite race of the weekend saw history made as Vidaurre built on impressive form to become the first Chilean to claim a men's elite XCO World Cup victory after he fought back from a 16-second deficit on the penultimate lap to finish with a 23-second advantage. Frenchman Mathis Azzaro finished second with Swiss Fabio Püntener third. The result sees Vidaurre move up to second in the 2025 XCO standings, 330 points back from Christopher Blevins of the US, with four races left this season.
The World Cup now heads to Leogang, Austria, for a double header downhill and cross-country round from June 7-8.
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Val di Fassa, Italy
June 27–29: Val di Fassa, Italy (EDR)
The Italian enduro-only round saw the UK's Ella Conolly make it three wins in a row in the Women's Elite race and extend her overall lead. Home favourite Nadine Ellecosta was just behind her in second, with Slovakia's Simona Kuchynková rounding out the podium in third.
Poland's Slawomir Lukasik won the Men's Elite race to take his third World Cup of the season ahead of Yeti team-mate Richie Rude of the US. Canada's Jesse Melamed was unable to repeat his success in Leogang, but finished on the final podium spot after another strong performance.
La Thuile, Italy
Jackson Goldstone topped the podium for the fourth consecutive World Cup
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July 3–6: La Thuile, Italy (DH/EDR)
Jackson Goldstone produced another spectacular performance to edge out Frenchman Loris Vergier for victory in the 2025 Mountain Bike World Cup downhill race at La Thuile as both Vali Höll and Gracey Hemstreet ended on the women's podium.
Goldstone came into the Italian race weekend on the back of an astonishing run of form that saw the 21-year-old reel off elite downhill wins at Loudenvielle, Leogang and Val di Sole in the past month.
Loïc Bruni finished third to stay in the fight for the overall title
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Sunday's race saw Vergier put down a brilliant run to post a time of 3:27.738 that held for over an hour with Goldstone posting a slowish first section that saw him ranked seventh before upping the ante to go faster and faster until hitting first at Split 4 and then a 0.604s victory margin.
Four-time MTB World Cup downhill champion Loïc Bruni was fastest at Split 2, but could not keep up the pace to finish in third place which leaves him 195 points behind Goldstone with five stops left.
I am on a roll. Such a crazy feeling to do four in a row
Goldstone said: "I am on a roll. Such a crazy feeling to do four in a row. I can't believe that just happened. It felt right during the whole run. The dust is so soft here and so powdery that it is really hard not to get sunk in and have those mistakes. I pushed through and gave it everything."
Triple H: Hoffmann, Höll and Hemstreet celebrate on the podium
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Earlier, German Nina Hoffmann was in the top two across all the splits to claim the women's DH victory in a time of 3m 57.934s with Austrian Höll and Canadian Hemstreet finishing strong to make the podium as Briton Tahnée Seagrave fell away after posting the best time in the first two sectors.
Höll's third second-placed finish of 2025 means her overall 2025 lead is now 54 points over Hemstreet with Seagrave 247 points back from the top ahead of the downhill stop in Andorra next week.
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Pal Arinsal, Andorra
Bruni broke the Goldstone monopoly in Pal Arinsal
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July 9–13: Pal Arinsal, Andorra (XCO/XCC/DH)
Opening round winners Loïc Bruni and Tahnée Seagrave both returned to the top step of the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup podium at Round 6 of the series with dominant victories over their title rivals in Pal Arinsal, Andorra.
A week after Canada’s Jackson Goldstone secured a fourth straight World Cup win in La Thuile, Italy, Bruni delivered a faultless finals run on the fast, dry and very rough Pal Arinsal course to stop the overall World Cup leader’s win-streak.
Bruni said: “It means a lot. Battling with Jackson this season and having to let him be better pushed me to come here with so much motivation. I really wanted this one. The track was difficult and fully flat out, not much to do but open the gas. A lot of guys were incredibly fast today and I’m so happy I could be a bit looser and crazier than everybody.”
Seagrave and Höll topped the podium in Andorra
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Earlier in the day, Britain’s Seagrave also scored her first win since the Polish season-opener over Austrian Vali Höll and Norway’s Millie Johnset. Like Bruni in the men’s race, second-fastest qualifier Seagrave charged out of the gate to set easily the fastest first two split times to open up a good advantage over Höll and extended it all the way to the finish to stop the clock in 2m 56.835s, beating Höll’s time by an impressive 1.816s.
"I’m happy with my performance today," Seagrave commented. "I wasn’t as committed as some of the other girls in the rock garden, so I knew I had to do as much damage as I could where I was good. This season has been a bit frustrating, but I feel like during such a long season you have to sacrifice a few races here and there. Hopefully mine are done.”
It's one race, one win for Tom Pidcock in the 2025 World Cup
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The following day, double Olympic cross-country mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock made a victorious return to the UCI Cross-Country Mountain Bike World Cup with a dominant ride through the field in his first XCO appearance of 2025.
Pidcock rode home victorious over Luca Martin by a margin of 21s, while Martin’s Cannondale Factory Racing team-mate Charlie Aldridge crossed the line in third place, 52s behind Pidcock to make it two Brits on a UCI Cross Country World cup podium for the first time since 1994.
In the Elite Women’s field, Britain’s Evie Richards made a return to racing after missing the previous round in Italy and immediately rode back on to the XCC short-track podium on Friday, where she finished second behind Switzerland’s Alessandra Keller in the final sprint.
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Morillon, Haute Savoie, France
August 22–24: Morillon, Haute-Savoie, France (EDR)
Alex Rudeau of France mounted a spectacular comeback to win the men’s Elite Final at the Enduro World Cup race in Morillon. In the women's contest Canada's Elly Hoskin was almost untouchable, coming home with a massive 23-second gap ahead of her nearest rival.
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Les Gets, Haute Savoie, France
24 min
XCO & DH highlights – Les Gets, Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie combines cross-country and downhill racing with stunning alpine scenery and challenging courses.
August 28-31: Les Gets, Haute-Savoie, France (XCO/XCC/DH/EDR)
Heavy rain made the already-technical Les Gets track a huge challenge for even the sport’s biggest names. Rónán Dunne and Gracey Hemstreet excelled in the challenging conditions in Les Gets as they secured thrilling downhill victories, while Valentina Höll finished on the podium as World Cup racing returned after the summer break.
Hemstreet, Höll and Cabirou celebrate on the podium
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Hemstreet was full of confidence as she began her run but found herself down in seventh at the first split. However, she was able to build speed through the tough final sector and eclipse Marine Cabirou’s time by 1.072s.
Höll was the final rider to tackle the course, and the Austrian showed remarkable speed in the upper parts of the course but lost time in the closing moments and had to settle for third place. Third place for Höll means that she remains top of the overall downhill standings, but her lead over Hemstreet has been cut to just 60 points.
Ronan Dunne was best able to find time in the French mud
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Torward the end of the men's race, Loïc Bruni looked to take the hot seat and pushed hard through the mud, but was only able to cross the line in fourth. Dunne was next up, and the Irishman was simply sensational as he flew through the course, destroying the previously fastest time of Martin Maes by a staggering 2.821s to claim first place with one rider remaining.
The weekend's cross-country racing saw victories for France's Luca Martin and Sweden's Jenny Rissveds, while the UK's Charlie Aldridge and Rissveds again won the short-track races.
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Lenzerheide, Switzerland
24 min
XCO & DH highlights – Lenzerheide
Lenzerheide's scenic trails and passionate fans make it a standout stop on the UCI MTB World Cup circuit.
September 18–21: Lenzerheide, Switzerland (XCO / XCC / DH)
Tahnée Seagrave produced a scintillating run to secure a narrow downhill victory at the UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Lenzerheide, while Vali Höll continued her excellent run of form with third place.
On a hugely technical and demanding track in Switzerland, it was Seagrave who lit up the early going. The British rider had struggled in qualifying, but showed blistering pace as she flew over the line 8.6s clear of Gloria Scarsi's previous top time.
Her closest challenge came from Nina Hoffman, who put together a brilliant run that saw her miss out on top spot by just 0.061s.
Seagrave, Hoffmann and Höll on the 2025 Lenzerheide podium
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The final rider out of the blocks was reigning world champion Höll, but the Austrian was unable to find the speed in the final sector and had to settle for third place, meaning Seagrave could celebrate her third victory of the season.
In the overall standings, Höll remains in pole position thanks to her seventh podium of the season. She's now 127 points clear of Hemstreet in second, with Seagrave remaining in third place, a further 173 points back.
In the men’s elite finals, France’s Amaury Pierron produced a dominant performance to claim victory in a time of 2m 44.699s, with Henri Kiefer taking second and Lachlan Stevens-McNab securing third.
Loïc Bruni extended his overall series lead
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Irishman Rónán Dunne narrowly missed out on a top-three place as he finished in fourth, while Loïc Bruni was 1.6s back on Pierron in fifth place.
That fifth place from Bruni helped him extend his lead at the top of the overall standings, with his closest challenger Jackson Goldstone finishing down in 25th. Bruni is now 100 points clear of the Canadian and a huge 556 points clear of fellow French rider Loris Vergier in third.
In the weekend's XCO action, Alessandra Keller won the Elite Women's race, with Jenny Rissveds and Savilia Blunk completing the podium. The Elite Men's victiry went to Alan Hatherly, while Charlie Aldridge and Adrien Boichis took second and third places respectively.
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Lake Placid, USA
Valentina Höll won in Lake Placid to seal the title
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October 3–5: Lake Placid, USA (XCO / XCC / DH)
Vali Höll claimed her first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup win in over a year to thrill the crowd at Lake Placid and wrap up her fourth downhill title as Canadian Jackson Goldstone finished ahead of rival Loïc Bruni to take their title battle to the last round.
Höll looked back to her old self straight out of the gate to go up at the first split and extend her lead over the next four splits to race through the finish line 2.815s ahead of France's Myriam Nicole for victory.
It was her first win in 474 days and enabled her to win her fourth overall DH title with one race left, thanks to a consistent 2,104-point haul that left her clear of Hemstreet on 1,727 with Seagrave third on 1,604.
Gracey Hemstreet charges at Lake Placid
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Höll, 23, said: "It took me way too long to win again. It has been a long year, many downs and a few ups so it's been pretty amazing that I could finally pull it off. I brought my two most important people from home and I am so happy we could pull it off. Wrapping up the overall is pretty insane. Mont-Sainte-Anne is going to be a real, real holiday."
The men's race after was another thriller for the large, enthusiastic crowd as reigning world champion Goldstone was desperate to keep the title race going down to the last event in Mont-Sainte-Anne next week. Even though he was one of the early starters, Goldstone put together a brilliant run to lie second behind German Henri Kiefer ahead of the late starters as Frenchman Bruni finished over a second back from the Canadian to keep the two close together down the stretch.
Australian Luke Meier-Smith went on to secure his maiden World Cup win from home hero Luca Shaw with Kiefer third, Goldstone fourth and Bruni in sixth after Austrian Andreas Kolb got in between them. Bruni, hunting his fifth World Cup title, leads the standings on 1,768 points going into the final Mont-Sainte-Anne round with Goldstone on 1,696 meaning fans will be treated to a classic clash next weekend.
Bruni holds the advantage heading into the final weekend
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In the cross-country Evie Richards dug deep over the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup weekend in Lake Placid to record a second-place finish in Friday's XCC race to lead the standings going into the last 2025 race next week and another second in Sunday's XCO race.
In Friday's women's XCC short-track race, Briton Richards produced an excellent ride to finish second behind Sweden's Jenny Rissveds by a margin of two seconds with Austrian Laura Stigger fifth.
Sunday's race saw Stigger start fast on the opening lap then Rissveds put the hammer down to lead the race and press home the advantage until the finish with Richards launching a late attack that allowed her to open a few seconds over American Savilia Blunk and Samara Maxwell.
Evie Richards had a good weekend at Lake Placid
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2021 XCO world champion Richards held on to take second 2m 16s behind Rissveds with Australian Maxwell third, the result leaving Maxwell first in the 2025 XCO standings on 2,103 points, Rissveds second, Keller third and Richards fourth with 1,457 points ahead of Mont-Sainte-Anne.
Sunday's XCO race for the men saw Chilean Martín Vidaurre stay with the contenders at the front, a thrilling final bunch sprint seeing him end in fourth just two seconds behind American winner Christopher Blevins - who held off Frenchman Adrien Boichis in a photo finish.
The result cemented Vidaurre's second place in the 2025 XCO standings behind Blevins, who was crowned overall champion in front of his home fans after winning the XCC race on Friday as well.
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Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada
24 min
Season finale highlights – Mont-Sainte-Anne
The season finale unfolded at Mont-Sainte-Anne. This Canadian classic is a fitting climax to the 2025 series.
October 10–12: Mont-Sainte-Anne (XCO / XCC / DH)
In a shock and awe final round full of surprise, Jackson Goldstone capped a brilliant season with victory on home soil at Mont-Sainte-Anne to claim his first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup downhill title and become the only Canadian to win the downhill World Championship and World Cup overall titles in the same season.
Four-time World Cup champion Loïc Bruni came into the last round with a slender lead of 1,768 points to Goldstone's total of 1,696, despite the Canadian's four race victories compared to his two wins. Bruni also qualified fastest, which meant that Goldstone would have to put down a fast run third from last to put pressure on the Frenchman.
Jackson Goldstone celebrates doing the World Champs and World Cup double
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Sadly for five-time world champion Bruni, a hard fall during final practice before the showdown left him with an injured leg and changed the situation dramatically.
Bruni suited up and headed up for finals, keeping the pressure on Goldstone, but the 21-year-old rode a sensational race to cross the line in time of 3m 30.096s to beat early leader Andreas Kolb's time by over two seconds. Then, when Bruni failed to appear in the start hut for his run, Goldstone's victory over American Luca Shaw and Kolb, and the overall World Cup title, were secured.
Jackson Goldstone blitzed the Mont-Sainte-Anne course to take the race win
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What a way to wrap up the perfect season on home soil for Goldstone
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Goldstone became only the second Canadian man to win the downhill World Cup overall title after Steve Smith's 2013 triumph and the only Canadian to win the downhill World Championship and World Cup overall titles in the same season.
"That was the run of my life. I knew I had to give it absolutely everything," said Goldstone. "It wasn't pretty and I made so many mistakes, but the crowd was so amazing and cheered me on every step of the way. I barely got any sleep last night. I was just staring at the roof for two hours. I've definitely not been put through this much stress before.
"It didn't quite feel right, not battling out with Loïc, but we got it done at the end of the day. It was such a good battle this year. He's someone I've looked up to my whole career and what an amazing rival to compete with."
After securing the women's overall title at Lake Placid last week, a front tyre puncture prevented Vali Höll from signing off her season in the way she would have wanted, with the race victory going to Marine Cabirou ahead of Nina Hoffmann and Myriam Nicole, while Gracey Hemstreet secured second overall in the World Cup standings behind Höll despite crashing out on the final jump of her finals run.
Evie Richards is the 2025 XCC World Cup champion!
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In the cross-country races meanwhile, Britain's former XCC short-track world champion Evie Richards rode to a hard fought second place behind runaway winner Jenny Rissveds in Friday's Elite Women's XCC race in Mont-Sainte-Anne to secure the overall UCI MTB World Cup XCC title ahead of the Swede.
After banking the points needed to win the overall title by 110 points from Rissveds, the 28-year-old Trek Factory Racing rider said: "I was nervous because I wanted to win the race, but I also needed a top eight. I didn't want to make any mistakes. It was always on the radar and I just enjoyed being in the red jersey. As the season got on, I really didn't want to lose it. It's been a really big goal this year and I'm really happy."
Rissveds also dominated Sunday's Elite Women's XCO race by a record-breaking margin of 3m 30s, but second place for Samara Maxwell was enough to hand the season-long points leader the overall XCO World Cup title for the first time and become New Zealand's first-ever overall World Cup champion in any discipline, while a hard fought third place in the race meant that Richards followed up her XCC title with fourth place in the XCO standings.
In the Elite Men's XCO race, Great Britain's Charlie Aldridge took his first win after breaking away on the final lap to beat Martín Vidaurre by 11s. The Chilean rider also finished second overall in the XCO standings, by far the best result of his elite career to date, finishing behind his Specialized team-mate Christopher Blevins, who claimed both the XCC and XCO overall titles after an incredible season for the young American.
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