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America’s Haley Batten Wins World Cup Short Track Race at Nove Mesto

Mathieu van der Poel narrowly wins the Elite Men’s event with Thomas Pidcock second in a photo-finish sprint ending

America’s Haley Batten won the World Cup XCC Short Track Race at Nove Mesto in Czech Republic on Friday afternoon; Kate Courtney finished 9th. France’s Pauline Ferrand Prevot (the 2020 Elite Women’s XCO UCI World Champion) crashed hard and…
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Albstadt World Cup Short Track Results, Friday, May 7th

Mathieu van der Poel and Pauline Ferrand Prevot

In the first World Cup race of the year, Albstadt, Germany's XCC short track event, Mathieu van der Poel and Pauline Ferrand Prevot proved that they could  be the favorites for the gold medals in the Olympics this summer. Nino Schurter, the…
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What Would Life Be Like Without Trails?

Dave Wiens invites you to join IMBA

What would I do without trails? I don’t even want to think about it. Trails are my rock, freedom, and escape from a busy, complex world. Trails feed my soul. The more important question is, what would trails do without YOU?…
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Flashback Friday: Test Racing the Olympic Course

If all goes as planned, the Olympic mountain bike races will take place in late July. Here's a video of the pre-running of the course with the world's top racers battling for the win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i113O0Y3Oco Watch Jolanda Neff and Nino Schurter riding the Tokyo Olympic mountain bike course in the official test race from 2019.
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Throwback Thursday: 13 Years Ago at the Sea Otter

Kirt Voreis versus Steve Peat

Kirt Voreis (left) battles Steve Peat in the round of four during the Sea Otter's dual-slalom competition in April of 2008. Kirt rode without a visor in the race, but we don't know if he lost it, broke it, or simply chose to ride that…
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Updated 2021 Mountain Bike World Cup Schedule

Snowshoe, West Virginia will be the site of this year's World Cup Finals, September 18-19, in the USA

Here's the current schedule for the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup events of 2021, for both cross-country and downhill racing, as shown on the USA Cycling website.
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The Sea Otter Classic Is Coming Back to California in October

It looks like things are finally getting back to normal again

In a normal year, we'd probably be at the Sea Otter Classic this weekend. Of course, as we all know,  this is not a normal year. However, it's now looking like things are starting to get back to normal once again, even if that means that…
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CRANKWORX INNSBRUCK RETURNS THIS JUNE

Pros, amateurs and CWNEXT racers can now register to get in on the action going down June 16-20

Registration is now open for Crankworx Innsbruck, June 16-20.  Here's the press release about it: WHISTLER, BC, April 15, 2021 — Riders, ready? Registration for Crankworx Innsbruck is now open. Pro riders, amateurs and CWNEXT competitors…
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Throwback Thursday: Sailing High With Stu Thomsen

Former BMX legend Stu Thomsen was also a great mountain biker

Stu Thomsen was considered one of the greatest BMX racers of all time when he was racing in the 1970s and 1980s. In the late 1980s, he also started racing downhill on rigid mountain bikes and was one of the top racers at Mammoth…
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Full Metal Goat: Graham Agassiz joins the YT Family

Getting to know the new aluminum CAPRA

“We shot the video on the Sunshine Coast of BC. We spent about ten days battling snow and rain, but it made for really dynamic filming opportunities. My favorite trail during the production was Coastal Cruise, one of my all-time favorites.”
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