The Spanish bike brand MMR announces a very young and all-female team: Polish rider Matylda Szczecinska will join existing team riders Raquel Queirós from Portugal and Spaniard Lucía Gómez. The team will be managed by Poland's Kornel Osicki, the former manager of the Kross Orlen team, which ceased operations at the end of 2022.

Four years after riding for the Mondraker team, Czech rider Ondrej Cink returns to the Spanish UCI elite team to bring his experience and proven level to the most demanding races. At the age of 32, Cink has secured himself a place among the big names in mountain bike racing. In 2021, he finished third in the overall World Cup, having finished on the podium in Leogang, Les Gets and Snowshoe respectively.

With his infectious enthusiasm and a long list of successes, Sam Pilgrim is one of the best-known faces on the international freeride scene. From 2023, he will be joining forces with Canyon.

As part of the tourism cooperation between the BORA - hansgrohe cycling team and Ötztal Tourismus, the young riders of the German top team set up their training tents in Niederthai last week. They were also accompanied by mountain bike and road junior world champion Laura Stigger on cross-country skis.

Giant announces the new line-up for its 2023 World Cup team. Jens Schuermanns (BEL), Carter Woods (CAN) and the Swiss Alexandre Balmer, who is also involved in the professional road cycling circuit in addition to the World Cup, have joined the cross-country team. Antoine Philipp (FRA) is the only athlete from the old Giant squad.

After two successful years under the Santa Cruz flag, the Frenchman is moving to a domestic team, the Rockrider UCI Mountain Bike Team. Marotte immediately takes his team colleague Greta Seiwald (ITA) with him from Santa Cruz. The third spectacular newcomer is the amitating US champion Savilia Blunk. The team is managed by former top rider Stéphane Tempier.