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Take a look back at the spills and thrills of the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series with this run down of the top 10 moments. There was mad weather, mad crashes and mad victories. What a year! 1 – Belomoina hints at new era in cross-country – Albstadt XCO, May 28 Ukrainian Yana […]

France’s Myriam Nicole and America’s Aaron Gwin have each laid claim to their respective overall UCI World Cup titles in a drama-laced seventh round of the series in Val di Sole, Italy. This has been a year which will long be remembered for its abundance of drama; some has been weather-induced, some has been mechanically-induced […]

Those Athertons don’t mess about do they? Not long after injuries both Gee and Rachel are back and firing on all cylinders ready to rock the pack. Follow Gee over just 10 days between his first ride on a bike since his hip dislocation to his race run at Lenzerheide – via a track walk […]

South African veteran Greg Minnaar and Frenchwoman Myriam Nicole dug deep for wins at the fifth round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup downhill in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. For Nicole it was her second win in as many weekends having tasted victory, her first in six years, last time out in Vallnord, Andorra. The men's […]

Stamina is always a factor in the Swiss resort of Lenzerheide, but coming just a week after another double – the sixth round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Presented by Shimano in Vallnord, Andorra – round seven on July 8-9 will be an especially brutal endurance test for both XCO and DHI riders. […]