The Stöckli Racing Team doubles its manpower and hires Matthias Stirnemann. He has found a solid basis for his final season in the u23 category with the Wohlhuser bike manufacturer's team, which is now under the management of former marathon specialist Thomas Stoll.
The Giant Swiss team is experiencing a new start. After a year's break, Marc Stutzmann, Daniel Eymann, Lars Hubacher and Mike Hermann form the cross-country team, which is led by Beat Stirnemann. Their Enduro department will be reinforced by Mike Schuler. Martin Gujan will also be making a fresh start of sorts. After a less than happy year in Italy, the Grisons native and the Bianchi team are parting ways. Gujan finds a solution with the British Orange Monkey-Pro Team that allows him to continue riding in the Cross-Country World Cup. The situation is similar for Patrik Gallati. The difficult team situation is driving the Glarus native down the regional path. In future, Gallati will ride in the jersey of his private sponsor "Fischli Bike" and will concentrate on the BMC Racing Cup and the European World Cups.

Like Gallati, Sarah Koba is also choosing the solo path and leaving the JB-Felt team. The 2012 Swiss champion wants to regain her former strength this season as an individual rider on Opencycle bikes and in Assos clothing. After two years, Pascal Meyer is also leaving the JB-Felt team to join the Bergamont Swiss Team, while Joe Broder and his JB-Felt Team are once again focusing more on young talent. Broder has brought Chantal Eheim, Nicolas Fischer and the soon-to-be 17-year-old Swiss cyclo-cross champion Sina Frei on board. Eheim and Fischer are competing in the U23 class for the first time. Sina Frei will be competing in the juniors. The Strüby-BiXS team, which has already helped many a talent progress under the leadership of Andreas Kurmann, is also growing. Sabrina Baumgartner, Franziska Brun and Melanie Tresch are now riding for the Central Swiss team. A completely new experience is Milena Landtwing. The 2011 Swiss marathon champion is switching from the German team Topeak-Ergon to the Wheeler team and is riding for a Swiss team for the first time in her career.

There are also changes to report in the still young discipline of Enduro.
The Norco World Enduro Team is being transformed into a one-man operation and will rely solely on Lukas Anrig in future. However, their former team riders are not out on the street. Ludovic May can easily cope with the departure from Norco, because with the Canyon Factory Racing Team, the Frenchman has found far more than just a replacement. The second former Norco rider Michael Schärer has also been taken care of and will benefit this year from the structures of the team "Rose Vaujany - fueled by Ultrasports" from Germany. Only Lorraine Truong did not find what she was looking for in her search for a team and will probably make her way through the season as a private rider. However, the likeable Romande can count on the support of Fox, Bliss and Norco. As a change from enduro races, the 2011 u23 Swiss cross-country champion also wants to take part in more downhill races.

The downhill scene has also seen some rider changes
. Following the resignations of Martina Brühlmann and Andy Schäfer, the Team iXS-Gravity Union has been reshuffled. Junior Swiss champion from 2011 Jonas Bernet and Janick Lieberherr as well as Remo Heutschi as enduro rider join the team. Lutz Weber, who has left the team, has found new support in the newly founded "Swiss Downhill Syndicate Team" under the leadership of Hanspeter Tinner. Pascal and Dominik Tinner, Manuel Marty, Tim Kälin and Roger Keller complete the team.

The Team Project is focusing more on young talent. With Anna and Bennett Newkirk, the Swiss Devinci importer's team has brought a fast sibling pair on board with plenty of potential. Basil Weber also shares the leader position with the new addition Patrick Deuss.

Foreign riders with Swiss sponsors
One year after his brother Julien, Rémy Absalon is also switching to a Swiss bike. The enduro specialist will be riding Scott bikes for the World Series crown for the next three years. There is definitely no shortage of fast growth at Scott. For example, the Scott-Odlo team is getting beautiful, female support in the form of Swedish mountain bike sprinter Jenny Rissveds.

An interesting sponsorship is also provided by the Swiss company Velosolutions, which has made a name for itself with the construction of pump tracks. The company has signed Adrien Loron, currently the best pump track rider in the world. The Frenchman will present the name "Velosolutions" at various international as well as his own pump track events. As in Pontresina, the 21-year-old will also be used as a video rider for each new Velosolutions pump track.