Merida is stepping down as sponsor and operator of the Magdstadt-based cross-country team with Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjaa, José Hermida, Ondrej Cink and Thomas Litscher. Merida was present in racing at this level for 16 years and was the most successful and dominant team over a long period of time.

34 individual victories at World Cups have been won by Merida athletes. Sabine Spitz took the first World Cup victory for Taiwan's second-largest bike manufacturer in 2002, while Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjaa has won 24 of the 29 victories on a Merida bike. Jose Antonio Hermida has won five of his six World Cup victories on Merida. From a Swiss perspective, Ralph Näf has also been closely associated with Multivan Merida, with Näf's numerous successes with Merida including the title of Marathon World Champion in 2006.