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AMERICAN WINS MARATHON XC RACE AT SNOWSHOE WORLD CUP

Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia

America's Hannah Otto (riding for Pivot Cycles and DT Swiss) took the win in the Women's Marathon event at Snowshoe, West Virginia. After several days of drizzle and fog, the ground was muddy, slippery, and technical. The course was…
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JUNIOR DOWNHILL WORLD CUP VIDEO FROM LES GETS

Check out the video of today's Junior Finals in the Downhill World Cup race in France

The Junior Downhill Finals were held in Les Gets, France today (Friday, September 8th). Check out the action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-w-ilW3pt0
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JACKSON GOLDSTONE’S GOPRO PREVIEW OF THE LES GETS WORLD CUP DOWNHILL

Watch how fast Jackson goes and hear what he says as he talks us through his third practice run down the Les Gets course.

Check out the Les Gets World Cup course from Jackson Goldstone's point of view as he tells us what he's thinking during his blazing-fast, third practice run of the course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr2w6z7eWXA
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CRASH CARNAGE FROM LOUDENVIELLE—YOUTUBE VIDEOS

See what it looks like when things went wrong racing downhill on the World Cup course

Check out these point-of-view YouTube videos of racers crashing at the World Cup in Loudenvielle, France this past weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY1Ukkrl80s
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LOUDENVIELLE WORLD CUP—TOP DOWNHILL QUALIFIERS

The French riders dominate the Elite Men's qualifiers. American Ryan Pinkerton sets fastest time in the Junior Men's division. Vali Höll sets the best time among the women.

The Elite Men's World Cup Downhill Qualifiers took place today in Loudenvielle, France. Three French riders were the top qualifiers in the Elite Men's division, with two Americans in the top 10. American Ryan Pinkerton was the fastest rider…
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AMERICAN MAN WIN’S THE ANDORRA XCO WORLD CUP RACE

Check out the repot on the Elite Me's XCO Finals and the highlights video of the race

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD SERIES There was another shake-up in the Elite Men's ranks as both Nino Schurter and Tom Pidcock failed to win the World Cup XCO race in Andorra. In the men’s race, Mathias…
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ANDORRA WORLD CUP ELITE WOMEN’S XCO VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

Check out the action in Sunday's rain-soaked cross-country race

"The temperature dropped and the rain came down in Andorra as the elite women took to the start line for the UCI Cross-country World Cup! Familiar faces took the lead early but a resurgence of determined riders looking to prove their worth…
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AMERICANS DOMINATE ANDORRA JR. MEN’S DOWNHILL WORLD CUP

Check out this video replay of today's World Cup downhill action

This is one to watch. If you don't have time to sit through the whole video, make sure you take time to watch the rider who's riding at 1 hour, 16 minutes, 44 seconds into this video. This young American racer looks like he'll be up there…
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WORLD CUP RACING HEATS UP IN EUROPE THIS WEEKEND

The action resumes in Andorra later this week

News Release The UCI Mountain Bike World Series is back, as the second half of the race season kicks off this weekend (August 24-27) in Pal Arinsal, Andorra. This storied venue makes its ninth appearance on the UCI International…
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN MARY GRIGSON

The Australian racer won two World Cup races in the U.S. before moving here

Mary's racing career had begun as a descender. She was the New Zealand National DH Champion in 1993. In 1995, she moved to Australia and concentrated more on pedaling up hills, winning multiple cross-country national championships in…
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LEOGANG WORLD CUP XCO RACE REPORT

Puck Pieterse and Lars Forster take the wins

Report courtesy of Red Bull Laura Stigger secured her second top-three finish of the UCI MTB World Cup season but was unable to prevent Dutch ace Puck Pieterse from claiming the XCO victory. After that, in the men’s race,  Lars Forster…
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