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- 1Mairiporã, Brazil
- 2Araxá, Brazil
- 3Fort William
The UCI have released the calendar for the 2024 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 2024 calendar features six stops for the enduro racers, seven stops for the downhillers and eight for the cross-country elite. There is one new venue for downhill in Bielsko-Biała in Poland, while there are four for the cross-country men and women: Mairiporã and Araxá, both in Brazil; Crans-Montana in Switzerland; and Lake Placid in the United States.
Scroll on down below to see the full calendar while this is the place where you can watch highlights from all the downhill and cross-country racing at each round of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series (not EDR).
2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Series and World Championship calendar
April 12-14: Mairiporã, Brazil (XCO/XCC)
April 19-21: Araxá, Brazil (XCO/XCC)
May 3-5: Fort William, Scotland (DH)
May 10-12: Finale Outdoor Region, Italy (EDR)
May 17-19: Bielsko Biala, Poland (DH/EDR)
May 24-26: Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic (XCO/XCC)
June 7-9: Leogang, Austria (DH/EDR)
June 14-16: Val di Sole, Italy (DH/XCO/XCC)
June 21-23: Crans-Montana, Switzerland (XCO/XCC)
June 25-July 7: Haute-Savoie, France (DH/EDR/XCO/XCC)
July 12-14: Valais, Switzerland (EDR)
August 28-September 1: UCI Mountain Bike World Championships – Pal Arinsal/Vallnord, Andorra (DH/XCO/XCC)
September 6-8: Loudenvielle, France (DH/EDR)
September 27-29: Lake Placid, United States (XCO/XCC)
October 4-6: Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada (DH/XCO/XCC)
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. RedBull 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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Mairiporã, Brazil
24 min
Cross-country highlights – Mairiporã
Watch the XC highlights from Mairiporã, the first stop of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season.
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The Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season kicked-off with a cross-country-only round at a new venue for the series in Mairiporã. Britain's Evie Richards enjoyed a winning start in the Women's XCC short track race. She won by seven seconds from Australian Rebecca Henderson with Swiss rider Alessandra Keller taking third. In the men's race, New Zealander Sam Gaze edged out German Luca Schwarzbauer and Chilean Martín Vidaurre for the win.
Former U23 World Champion Vidaurre also put in a strong performance in the Men's XCO race, finishing fifth. American Christopher Blevins took the win, with Victor Koretzky in second and Filippo Colombo finishing third. In the Women's XCO, Sweden's Jenny Rissveds got the better of American's Savilia Blunk and Haley Batten in the last lap of that race.
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Araxá, Brazil
24 min
Cross-country highlights – Araxá
Watch the highlights from Stop 2 of the 2024 season with all the XCO action from Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Danish rider Simon Andreassen scored his second-ever Whoop UCI XCO Mountain Bike World Cup victory by out-sprinting his rivals in a thrilling four-man race to the line at round two of the men's series in Araxá. Andreassen took advantage of Victor Koretzky unfortunately dropping his chain up a climb on the final lap to move into the lead that he never lost. The Frenchman finished second however with Alan Hatherly in third place.
Koretzky did have something to celebrate as he won the men's XCC race. American Christopher Blevins finished second with Hatherly in third again.
The women's XCC and XCO events were dominated by American Hayley Batten, who took the win in both events. Joining Batten on the XCC podium were Switzerland's Linda Indergand in second and American Savilia Blunk in third. In the XCO, Batten had Swedish athlete Jenny Rissveds and Blunk for company on the podium, with Blunk finishing third in this race as well.
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Fort William
24 min
Downhill highlights – Fort William
See the pack tame the UCI MTB World Cup's longest track and catch up on the downhill highlights from the Fort William stop in Scotland
The downhill racers got their Whoop UCI XCO Mountain Bike World Cup season underway in Scotland. Reigning Downhill World Champions, Valentina Höll and Loïc Bruni ran out winners in Fort William. Höll came out top on the challenging Scottish track – the longest on the calendar – edging out German racer Nina Hoffmann and Britain's Tahnée Seagrave to take victory in the women's race. In the men's Elite race, Bruni took the win by a commanding 1.8 seconds from Australian Troy Brosnan. Bruni's teammate, Finn Iles, rounded off the podium in third.
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