Olympic cross-country champion Jolanda Neff is the new ambassador of Crans-Montana and the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Valais 2025. In view of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Valais 2025, whose cross-country competitions will take place in Crans-Montana, the host destination and the organizing committee of the World Championships have been able to win Jolanda Neff as a prominent ambassador, who will hold this function from today until 2025.

At the beginning of August, over 200 sets of medals will be awarded at the first Combined Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. Competitions will be held in almost all cycling disciplines and the Swiss team will comprise over 130 athletes, including 57 mountain bikers in the cross-country, short track, downhill, e-MTB and marathon disciplines.

The Belgian Frans Claes wins the Austrian marathon classic M3 in Montafon ahead of the Germans Markus Kaufmann and Caleb Kieninger. Claes distanced Kaufmann by over seven minutes. Although second in the overall classification, the Austrian Daniel Geismayr is classified separately as the new national champion in the marathon. Silver and bronze go to Alban Lakata and Manuel Pliem. Tanja Priller (GER) won the women's race ahead of Milena Kalašová (CZE) and Violette Irakoze from Rwanda.

The Absolute Downhill in Illmenau is one of the great classics and is Germany's second oldest downhill race. It is part of the iXS Downhill Cup. For the 25th anniversary, the course builders rebuilt parts of the first course. Belgium's Gilles Franck and Germany's Justine Welzel were the fastest on the 1.5-kilometre-long but spectacular downhill course.