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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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P1 Singularis M30 XC race wheels review – the rim of choice for both Gold medal-winning XCO riders at the Paris Olympics

With multiple World Cup wins and now a clean sweep at the Olympic Games XCO races, the Singularis M30 wheels have plenty of pedigree, but how does that translate on the trail for us mere mortals?

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'I was on the wheel of a legend' - Riley Amos makes history for USA with seventh in Olympic men's cross-country mountain bike

'Top 10 is just beyond expectation' says men's U23 World Cup leader

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Inspired by the Olympic XCO mountain bike racing in Paris? Here are the best budget-friendly XC bikes and kit that will give you top performance for less

Fancy becoming the next Tom Pidock or Pauline Ferrand-Prévot? Then here's the best budget XC MTB kit that will give you what you need at a fraction of the price of the pro gear

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Paris Olympics: Men's Mountain Bike Cross Country – Preview

Tom Pidcock and Nino Schurter battle at Elancourt Hill for a second gold medal while Amos, Hatherly, Koretzky challenge

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The hottest Olympic XCO MTBs and pro kit being used in Paris that we mere mortals can buy

Fancy becoming the next Tom Pidcock or Jolanda Neff? Then here's the State-of-the-art XC MTB kit they'll be using at the Paris Olympics

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Paris Olympics: Women's Mountain Bike Cross Country - Preview

French duo Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Loana Lecomte leading contenders for gold

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How to watch live Olympic mountain bike racing for free in the US and UK, plus the riders we're tipping for success

Our pick of the contenders for gold on the Elancourt Hill XCO course – and all the essential info you need to watch live MTB racing at the Paris Olympics

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Peter Sagan draws professional career to a close at Slovak MTB Championships

'Today's XCO at 16:00 will be his last-ever professional UCI race in any discipline' announces his Pierre Baguette team

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UCI MTB World Cup Crans Montana: Loana Lecomte rolls to solo XCO victory

Alessandra Keller moves into series lead with second place at home race

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UCI MTB World Cup Crans Montana: Tom Pidcock doubles up in Switzerland with dominant XCO solo victory

Flückinger a full minute back for second while Braidot pushes ahead of series leader Schurter for third

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