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Riders to watch at Cape Epic 2026 – Mountain bike stars, gravel pros and Epic veterans form strong and open field for 700km challenge

Kate Courtney, Matt Beers, Alessandra Keller and Sam Gaze among stacked start lists, but which pairs will come out on top?

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Dutch cycling federation already eyeing road and MTB combination for Mathieu van der Poel and Puck Pieterse at LA 2028 Olympic Games

KNWU's technical director explains how 'a combination is possible' with five days separating men's XCO and road race, only three days between women's events

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'This feels like the most turbulent, hard year I've ever had' – Evie Richards conquers difficult 2025 as most successful female short track rider ever

The Red Bull athlete won the short track Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series this year, and she's not finished

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Samara Maxwell and Christopher Blevins secure 2025 Mountain Bike World Series overall cross-country titles

In final round at Mont-Sainte-Anne Jenny Rissveds takes back-to-back win as Charlie Aldridge delivers home-nation XCO victory

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Lauren De Crescenzo wins fourth Rad Dirt Fest while Cole Davis takes surprise victory; Unbound Gravel lottery and BWR registrations open soon

Christopher Blevins on path to first men's sweep of XCO and XCC World Cup titles in one season - North American Roundup

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'Sunday is all about celebration' – Nino Schurter bids farewell as Alessandra Keller and Alan Hatherly claim Lenzerheide Mountain Bike World Series XCO wins

'Today was a beautiful day' says Schurter after powerhouse of the sport gets home nation send off

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Mathieu van der Poel fades in mountain bike World Championships as Alan Hatherly retains men’s XCO title

South African dominates men’s race as Van der Poel powers from 33rd to 2nd in opening laps before slipping back

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UCI MTB World Championships: Sweden's Jenny Rissveds earns first world title going solo in women's elite XCO contest

Samara Maxwell second and Alessandra Keller third, while defending champion Puck Pieterse finishes sixth

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UCI MTB World Championships: Finn Treudler takes home victory for Switzerland in U23 XCO

Cole Punchard gives Canada a silver medal, 54 seconds back, while Danish Gustav Pedersen takes third at 2:14

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Jenny Rissveds and Luca Martin take XCO victories at Les Gets UCI Mountain Bike World Series

Sixth for Mathieu van der Poel as Puck Pieterse has off weekend ahead of World Championships

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Puck Pieterse forgoes Rwanda Road Worlds to focus on title defense at Mountain Bike World Championships in Switzerland

Reigning U23 women's road winner already back at MTB World Cup series to prepare for elite women's XCO race on September 13

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Tom Pidcock wins European mountain bike cross-country title in Portugal

Briton clinches second European title since 2022

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'I'm a fighter' – Two crashes and a puncture not enough to stop Samara Maxwell riding to MTB World Cup victory at Pal Arinsal

Rider from New Zealand climbs back to XCO top step after fighting back to front and then launching a last lap attack

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Tom Pidcock conquers 'home' cross-country race in Andorra round of UCI Mountain Bike World Series

Third time is the charm as Olympic Champion scores the victory at Pal Arinsal course after fourth row start

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Tom Pidcock will ride a mountain bike World Cup for the first time in 2025 this weekend

Brit set to line up at the Andorra World Cup, after not competing since last year's World Championships

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'I don't care that much about other opinions' – Mathieu van der Poel still aiming at mountain bike world title despite Nové Město crashes

Dutchman already back in action after wrist injury, still eyeing World Championships in September

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'I was waiting for a long time for this' – Ondřej Cink claims MTB World Cup XCO win in muddy Leogang as Puck Pieterse doubles up

Samara Maxwell rebounds to take second in women's race as Mathias Flückiger claims men's runner-up spot in duel with privateer Fabio Püntener

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Puck Pieterse and Christopher Blevins continue short track winning streak at UCI MTB World Series in Leogang

'I've been winning by just focusing on my process, the mental side, the emotional side of it,' says Blevins in fourth consecutive XCC event victory

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Christopher Blevins and Samara Maxwell walk away from Brazil Mountain Bike World Series opening rounds on top of XCO leaderboards

American Specialized Factory rider closes with XCO win as New Zealand’s Maxwell comes second to Jenny Rissveds in final battle at Araxá

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'Such a fine won't stop us' – UCI hits Forster and Schurter with 800 CHF penalty for defying reduced podium size rules at 2025 Mountain Bike World Series opener

The fourth and fifth placed cross-country riders joined the men's elite podium in Brazil on Sunday to support broad rider objections to the decision to cut the podium from five to three

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‘That’s our podium, that’s our decision’ – Fourth and fifth placed Forster and Schurter crash men’s podium at Mountain Bike World Series opener

Huge roar from crowd as the extra riders step on stage despite new regulations ending 30 year tradition of five rider XCO podiums

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'We have been ignored' – Riders from Pidcock to Pieterse rally against World Series XCO MTB podium cut from five to three

Update: Adds UCI response to statement from over 120 riders, including entire top 30

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Golden beginnings – How Pinarello’s Dogma XC HT rose to the top of cross-country mountain biking

I took Pinarello’s Dogma XC hardtail back to where it first won gold to find out what made the Italian XC racing thoroughbred so dominant

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'The last dance' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot braces for her final mountain bike race at Worlds

'For sure, this sport will stay the number 1 in my heart' says Frenchwoman as she prepares for switch to road racing

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‘Nobody cares, work harder’ - how Keegan Swenson muscled his way to gravel dominance

If there’s one way Keegan Swenson likes to win, it’s solo. Time and time again, he rides away from his rivals and crosses the line at the biggest gravel races with seconds, sometimes minutes, to spare on his rivals.

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