UCI MTB World Cup (All forms!)

[Axel Hangleck]

Lapierre will keep a team. Lapierre PXR Racing

Bohe, Cooper, Koller, Terpstra, Lillelund https://www.uci.org/team-details/21269


Unno is a new XC team https://www.uci.org/team-details/21316

Merged both Ghost & Lapierre into a slimmed down team....(they have the same parent company).


Looks like Gaze has stayed at Alpecin, as a MTB rider - and not left. Should have known not to trust a Dutch/Belgian website who only know about Road/ CX.........

 

[pastronef]

KTM Factory misses out on the guaranteed full season wild card, but I think they'll get full invitations in any case

 

[Axel Hangleck]

More stability, less renewal: how have the UCI World Cup XCO teams changed?

There is only one entrance and one exit, and a team that could be considered the most affected by this new system.

en.brujulabike.com

It hasn't even been released yet, and it's already among the best in the world. What is the Lapierre PXR Racing?

There is no official statement from the French manufacturer or the German structure, but the recorded data allows for some conclusions to be drawn.

en.brujulabike.com

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Alessandra Keller will make her debut at the Cape Epic 2026 partnering with Candice Lill

Keller will join the group of big names in XCO who have decided to make the leap to long distance in the most iconic race on the calendar.

en.brujulabike.com

Big news - and Lill swaps to Thoemas bikes as a 'Privateer'.........

Gobik equipará al Cannondale Factory Racing, uno de los equipos referencia del MTB mundial

Gobik se convierte en el proveedor de equipaciones del Cannondale Factory Racing, uno de los equipos más exitosos y con mejor imagen del MTB actual, con estrellas como Jolanda Neff, Charlie Aldridge y Luca Martin.

esmtb.com

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Monster Energy becomes the main sponsor of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

This news represents a definitive break with Red Bull, which was the main partner of the UCI in the World Cup until 2023.

en.brujulabike.com

Interesting, and quite obviously a deliberate attempt to move away from the Red Bull era……….

 

[Wyndbrook]

Monster Energy becomes the main sponsor of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

This news represents a definitive break with Red Bull, which was the main partner of the UCI in the World Cup until 2023.

en.brujulabike.com

Interesting, and quite obviously a deliberate attempt to move away from the Red Bull era……….

Be interesting if any xc riders become sponsored.
Personally I smelt Red Bull once, that was close enough, and the moto gp and motocross riders seem to be weight training carrying Monster Energy around with them all the time, enough said.