The downhill medals will be awarded in Champéry in 2025 - on the course where Danny Hart on the bike and Rob Warner with Nigel Page on the microphone made history. A T-shirt is now calling for the British commentary legend to return.

The Thömus-maxon team recently released the first episode of the six-part video series "Race Back Home". In "Roots. Devotion. Heart", the series starts with a focus on the team's roots. In the interview, team owner Ralph Näf takes a look right down to the roots.

Local Elia Saurer surprises as the new elite champion at the Swiss Downhill Championships on the Wiriehorn. Camille Balanche reclaims the women's title. Luca Schwarzbauer celebrates double title luck at the German Championships in Cross Country and Short Track. The European Championships in these disciplines will take place from July 23 to 27 in Melgaço in the north of Portugal.

Olympic champion Thomas Pidcock starts in Andorra for the first time this season in the men's XCO World Cup. After starting from the fourth row, he rides to the front and solo to victory. In the women's race, New Zealander Samara Maxwell wins ahead of Alessandra Keller and Jenny Rissveds despite a tire defect and two crashes. The Swiss celebrated a triple triumph in the U23 men's race.

Loïc Bruni wins in Pal Arinsal (Andorra) and prevents Jackson Goldstone's historic fifth victory in a row. In the women's race, Tahnée Seagrave takes advantage of a late crash by Gracey Hemstreet to secure her eleventh World Cup victory.

The UCI Cross-Country Short Track (XCC) World Cups have been dominated by two riders this season. Puck Pieterse and Christopher Blevins have won every race in which they have competed. But both winning streaks came to an end in Andorra, where Alessandra Keller and Luca Martin proved that they are the pair to beat. Keller shows why she is the reigning overall winner of the XCC World Cup.

Thömus maxon, together with Thömus and other partners, presents the six-part video series "Race Back Home", which accompanies the team around Ralph Näf on the way to the home World Championships in Valais. Here is the first movie episode.

The duels between Nino Schurter and Julien Absalon were among the most legendary World Cup races the sport of mountain biking has ever seen. Now the two superstars meet again - on film in the video series "N1NO Beyond". Absolutely worth seeing!

At the Swiss Championships in Savognin, Luca Schätti and Sina Frei celebrate their first elite titles in short track. In cross country, Filippo Colombo is the old and new Swiss champion, while Alessandra Keller takes her third national title. The world's top enduro riders, on the other hand, are off, and there is a small Swiss sensation!

Jackson Goldstone and Nina Hoffmann rode the Santa Cruz Syndicate to the top of the UCI Downhill World Cup in La Thuile with double victories. The Italian winter sports resort's debut in the World Cup offered spectacular conditions with the steepest course in the history of the series - 2,000 kilometers long, 641 vertical meters, 28 percent gradient. Goldstone won ahead of Loris Vergier and Loic Bruni, Hoffmann ahead of Vali Höll and Gracey Hemstreet.

On Friday morning, there was a fatal accident during roadworks in eastern Switzerland. It is now known: The casualty is Danilo Cappellari, father of national downhill coach Carina Cappellari and a central figure in the Thömus-Maxon team.

Bikers against the gondola lift: A race against time, against other teams, but first and foremost it's a race against the gondola lift. This only happens in the Bike Kingdom! To be precise: on July 5, 2025.
 

Ella Conolly and Slawomir Lukasik dominate the Enduro World Cup in Val di Fassa in midsummer conditions. Nathalie Schneitter and Maja Wloszczowska start together in the prestigious BC Bike Race and Ramona Forchini wins in Davos and secures overall victory in the Bike Revolution Cup.

The highlight for the whole family on the BikerBerg Flumserberg is on the program on Saturday, 9 August 2025. At the family fun race, part of the BlueSalamander BikerTrail is mastered together - whereby the time ridden is of secondary importance.

Fabio Püntner has made a dream start to the cross-country season and is currently in 5th place in the World Cup rankings. For the small Solothurn bike team and its owner Reto Burki, this brings with it a whole new set of questions and challenges. He is also starting to dream.

Heat, dust, steep climbs and tough descents characterize the World Series race in Val di Sole. Martin Vidaurre Kossmann (CHE) wins his first World Cup race ahead of Mathis Azzaro (FRA) and Fabio Püntener (SUI). Puck Pieterse (NED) rides away from everyone early on. Samara Maxwell (NZL) fights her way up to second place, Laura Stigger (AUT) finishes third.

Marine Cabirou (FRA) wins the downhill race of the UCI World Cup in Val di Sole ahead of Vali Höll (AUT) and Monika Hrastnik (SLO). The fastest man for the third time in a row is Jackson Goldstone (CAN), who leaves Troy Brosnan (AUS) and Thibaut Dapréla (FRA) well behind him.

The US Specialized rider Christopher Blevins wins the fifth Short Track World Cup 2025 in a row in Val di Sole. The Swiss riders put five women and five men in the top ten, but were denied a podium finish.

The Swiss Enduro National Team is preparing for the Home World Championships in September with a two-day training camp in Bellwald and the Aletsch Arena. On Sunday, the team met the youngsters from Valais as part of the Kids Flowtrail Race.

The German marathon specialist Andreas Seewald is unstoppable. On Saturday, he won the Hero Marathon World Cup in the Dolomites, and on Sunday he followed it up with the Raid Evolenard. At the penultimate race of the Bike Revolution Series, in Gruyères, famous for its cheese, Marcel Guerrini returns to the winner's podium. His team colleague Ramona Forchini wins the women's race and completes the double victory for the Bixs team.

Lorraine Truong was once one of the best enduro athletes in Switzerland until a serious crash brought her mountain biking career to an abrupt end. For almost ten years, the Romande fought for her sporting life, for a bit of normality and for recognition. Now she has passed away at the age of 35.

Ondřej Cink celebrates his first cross country World Cup victory at the age of 34. Puck Pieterse underlines her good form and also takes victory in cross country after the short track. The U23 women provide a Swiss festival and Finn Treudler also wins the U23 men's race.

For the second weekend in a row, the two Canadians Gracey Hemstreet and Jackson Goldstone dominate the UCI Downhill World Cup. This time at the stop in Leogang. Both not only secured victory on the day, but also took the overall lead in their classifications.

The cross-country short track races at the  Mountain Bike World Cup in Saalfelden Leogang (A) deliver thrilling decisions. Puck Pieterse and Christopher Blevins dominate the elite categories, while the two Swiss riders Elina Benoit and Finn Treudler celebrate their first U23 victories.

In the third race of the Enduro World Cup, Dan Booker proves that he is no one-hit wonder. After his win in Finale Ligure, he now follows up in Loudenvielle, while Ella Conolly takes her first World Cup victory. At the Marathon World Cup, the Colombian Leonardo Hector Paez used his strengths to win the race in the Pyrenees at over 2000 meters above sea level.

Three premieres at the second stop of the Downhill World Cup. Gracey Hemstreet wins for the first time in the elite category and becomes the first Canadian to win an elite World Cup title. In the men's event, Jackson Goldstone spectacularly doubles up, completing the first Canadian double victory. Hemstreet wins ahead of world champion Vali Höll and Tahnee Seagrave, with Camille Balanche in fourth. Goldstone relegated Amaury Pierron and Jordan Williams to second and third place.

Mona Mitterwallner benefits from the bad luck of reigning world champion Puck Pieterse in the elite women's race, who falls far behind after a tire failure. After winning the short track, Christopher Blevins also wins the cross country race with a commanding performance.

At the third UCI XCC World Cup in Nové Město, Christopher Blevins secured a historic hat-trick with a sprint victory despite chain problems. Puck Pieterse is back on the mountain bike. The Holmgren sisters and Heby Gustav Pedersen impress in the U23 races.

The World Championships in Valais are fast approaching. The MTB showdown will take place here in 100 days. The anticipation is palpable at first glance.

The MTB World Cup enters round 3 in Nove Mesto. The new podium rule with only three instead of five riders on the winner's photo will also be discussed in the Czech forest - even if the fourth and fifth-placed riders are now allowed in the photo at the very end of the ceremony.

Mathias Flückiger triumphs in the second race of the Bike Revolution Series in front of a home crowd in Huttwil. Slawomir Lukasik also wins in front of a home crowd. Lukasik also celebrates his first World Cup success at the Enduro World Cup in Poland. Another piece of enduro news comes from Airolo: the bike destination at the foot of the Gotthard is hosting this year's Swiss Championships.

Tahnée Seagrave (Orbea / FMD Racing) and Loïc Bruni (Specialized Gravity) defied the adverse conditions at Szczyrk Mountain Resort (Poland) to win the first round of the UCI Downhill World Cup in sensational style. Seagrave wins ahead of Anna Newkirk and Nina Hoffmann. In the men's race, Bruni prevailed against Oisin O'Callaghan and Amaury Pierron.

Ramona Forchini triumphs at the Škoda Swiss Bike Cup in Schaan after a thrilling duel with Sina Frei and confirms her strong form. In Haiming, Thomas Litscher, Fabio Püntener and Luke Wiedmann celebrate an impressive Swiss one-two-three at the Ötztal Mountain Bike Festival. Wout Alleman (BEL) and Roas van Doorn (NED) secure the opening victory of the new HERO UCI Marathon World Cup series on Elba. And in Pietra Ligure (IT), Daniel Booker and Harriet Harnden make a perfect start to the Enduro World Cup season.

At the start of the Bike Revolution Series in Engelberg, the Bixs Perforcmance Race Team claimed five elite victories and podium places. In Riva del Garda, Andrea Siffredi and his Scott team colleagues cleaned up in the marathon. And no, he is not related to an actor of the same name in adult films. Jolanda Neff and Thomas Litscher won in nearby Dornbin, while a number of well-known mountain bikers rode to the podium at the Traka Gravel race in Girona.

Mathias Flückiger has been wrongly suspected of doping and banned. Those responsible made so many mistakes in his trial that the former head of Anti-Doping Switzerland, Matthias Kamber, is now calling for the resignation of the current management. The organization should also hand over the testing of top athletes to another organization.

The downhill season gets underway with the second race of the iXS Downhill Cup in Fort William (Scotland) and the Homberg Race in the Bern region, which is part of the Hot Trail Series. The MTB Race Series for young and old in Schwändi also kicks off the 2025 mountain bike season in cross-country.

The 2025 downhill spectacle begins on May 18 with the World Cup kick-off in Bielsko-Biała. Spectacle was already guaranteed 30 years ago when the world's best downhill skiers plunged down the infamous Kamikaze Downhill in Mammoth Mountain. The tools for mastering the high-speed gravel track at over 90 km/h back then were chainrings with up to 62 teeth, aero suits and bikes that we would hardly dare to ride downhill today.

At the GP Osterhas as part of the Škoda Swiss Bike Cup, track rider Aline Seitz beat the mountain bikers to victory. The men's race was entirely in the hands of the road specialists. Cross-country was also ridden at bike races in Arbon, which welcomed riders from Germany and France, among others, with UCI C3 status. Scott, meanwhile, welcomes a new figurehead to its ranks. It is the Canadian freerider Vaea Verbeeck.

Team Specialized has dominated the four men's World Cup races in Brazil so mercilessly that some are wondering what's left for the other riders in the next races. Ralph Näf, owner of the Thömus Maxon Team, is also impressed. But not discouraged.

At the Marlene Sunshine Race in Nals, Switzerland's Luca Schätti and Ramona Forchini triumphed in the elite category, while at the World Cup in Araxá (BRA), Great Britain's Evie Richards and the USA's Christopher Blevins presented themselves in top form with their second short track victories in a row.

Christopher Blevins triumphed in the second World Cup race ahead of his two teammates Martin Vidaurre Kossmann and Adrien Boichis. Sweden's Jenny Rissveds secured victory in the women's race ahead of Samara Maxwell and Evie Richards. In the U23 class, the Canadian Isabella Holmgren also won the fourth World Cup race in Araxá in the U23 women's race, while the Swiss Finn Treudler took victory in the U23 men's race.

The mountain bikers put up a fight for their five-man podium. Lars Forster and Nino Schurter, who finished fourth and fifth on the podium, did so with particular determination. The UCI fined them for this. However, this does not impress them at all.

At the World Cup opener in Araxá (Brazil), Samara Maxwell takes her first World Cup victory in cross country, the first for a New Zealander. Behind her, Nicole Koller sprints to her first World Cup podium place. In the men's race, it was a total Specialized triumph. The day before, Evie Richards and Christopher Blevins won the short track races with impressive attacks in the final laps.

From this year's World Cup season, there will only be three places on the podium for mountain bikers instead of the previous five. There is now resistance to this in the paddock. The Ride editorial team is divided in its opinion.

The fifth episode of "N1NO Beyond" gives an exclusive look behind the scenes of the Scott-Sram team. The film shows the central role that technology plays in an athlete's performance - and how Nino Schurter is certainly changing the rules of the game with his obsession for always being one step ahead.

The Brazilian venue Araxá will host the first UCI Cross-Country World Cup of the season on April 5 and 6 and also the second on April 11 and 12. The races will be ridden on two different courses. There are no clear favorites yet, only tendencies. No one has really been able to put their cards on the table at the races so far.

Luke Wiedmann secured victory in the opening race of the Vittoria-Fischer MTB Cup in Langendorf, while the Fullgaz Race in Obergessertshausen DE ended with a Swiss one-two-three in the elite men's race.

Nino Schurter wins the Cape Epic for the third time, this time with teammate Filippo Colombo. Annika Langvad wins the women's race for the sixth time. Jolanda Neff also celebrates another victory, this time at the Swiss Cup opener on Monte Tamaro. Timon Rüegg does the same for the men. Andri Frischknecht and Emilly Johnston dominate in Tuscany, in the second race of the Italian race series.

The Cape Epic is currently making headlines in more than just sporting terms. With temperatures of over 40 degrees, the legendary stage race is turning into a real heat battle. According to a report in the Kleine Zeitung newspaper, three participants are said to have died in the scorching heat. However, this information could not be confirmed at first. Now the all-clear has been given.

Jolanda Neff celebrates twice: the Swiss rider wins the first race of the Internazionali d'Italia Series in San Zeno and presents a new bike event with "Jolandaland". Meanwhile, Nino Schurter and Filippo Colombo start with a second place in the prologue of the Cape Epic in South Africa. In addition, the film "The World on My Stoep" sheds light on the global success story of the Pump Track World Championships.

From June 25 to 29, 2025, "Aventyr", the first multi-day enduro race in Switzerland, will take place in the Lower Engadine, Samnaun and Val Müstair. Or rather: on the trails. Now it's getting concrete, as the package prices have been set and registration is open for the five-day event, which is not just aimed at racers.

The Thömus-Maxon mountain bike team is taking a groundbreaking step in its history and for the first time is taking part in an international road program with several appearances in the UCI Europe Tour. An innovative project designed to prepare the riders for the increasingly fast and tactical mountain bike races and at the same time stimulate their physical fitness.

The legendary mountain bike cult race celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2025 with a two-day bike event. The headliner on August 9 is the Ischgl Ironbike Marathon, now one of the most traditional MTB marathons in the Alps.

The Bike Kingdom Kids Cup is back and once again promises exciting downhill action for young mountain bike fans aged 6 to 16. Registration is now open for the first race on June 29, 2025 in the Bike Kingdom Park Lenzerheide and the entire race series.

At the second race of the Italia Bike Cup in Albegna, Martina Berta and Nino Schurter climb to the top step of the podium. The Marathon World Cup is no longer in Warner Bros/Discovery hands and now has five new races. Introducing them now.

On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Pump for Peace Racing Team proudly presents the story of Faranak Partoazar, an Iranian mountain biker who didn't let traditions or expectations define her. The eight-minute documentary is absolutely worth watching.

Thomas Litscher is a racing driver who can decide many things in the final meters. This also applies to the search for a new team. After a scandalous withdrawal, the Swiss suddenly found himself alone. The Czech Cabtech Racing Team seized the opportunity to sign the experienced rider.

Ramona Forchini was one of the victims of the team debacle surrounding Pirmin Lang. Virtually overnight, the multiple world champion found herself without a team. In other words: without a salary and without a starting license. Now the tide has turned. The BiXS team has included her in the squad at short notice.

Cerro Abajo Valparaíso is the mother of all city downhill races. In the Chilean city, the racers not only hurtle through the narrowest alleyways and tightest corners, but also ride right through a family's living room. Only one person can do this faster than the Latinos: 37-year-old Czech Tomáš Slavík.

The mountain bike season is riding at full speed: The Specialized Factory Racing Team and Canyon are relying on a mix of proven stars and fresh impetus for the 2025 season. Fabian Rabensteiner and Casey South dominated the six-day Andalucía Bike Race and secured overall victory. The course is set for an exciting season!

Just over a month to go until the Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series 2025 begins. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports and the UCI have now announced the official list of official World Series teams. A total of 40 endurance and gravity teams have secured Premier Division status. This guarantees them participation in every World Cup race in their respective formats.

In the MTB World Cup, there are only a few big hits like the Hahnenkamm or the Lauberhorn. But Lenzerheide has achieved this status. A World Cup race was held here for the first time 31 years ago, and a certain Thomas Frischknecht came second.

Jolanda Neff and Lars Forster impressively proved that they are the kings of mud at the Supercup in Banyoles (ESP). Filippo Colombo and Nino Schurter, on the other hand, are hoping for dry conditions when they attack the Cape Epic together in March. The new French e-mountain bike team from Moustache wants to attack, but in the e-enduro circuit. Mondraker's newly formed cross-country team, which also includes Mona Mitterwallner, is riding without any auxiliary drive at all.

Erice van Leuven is one of two women who could have ridden the whole course at Red Bull Hardline. In her final training run, she doesn't quite make it over the longest jump, crashes heavily and breaks several vertebrae in her neck and chest. In her hospital bed, she explains what happened.

Mathias Flückiger has gone through the worst crisis of his life due to a doping sample that was wrongly classified as positive. This week, the parties involved in the proceedings met at a round table to discuss measures to prevent this from happening in future. But Flückiger is not getting his way with all his demands.

The US American Matt Opperman did not return from a bike tour on January 25. After a search lasting more than three weeks, the Yeti Race Team mechanic, who lived in Málaga, was found dead. The cause of death is still unknown.

Camille Balanche joins the Yeti FOX Factory Downhill Team in 2025 to continue her success story. Swatch Nines has unveiled its line-up for 2025, with an expanded bike event. Qualifiers for the Velosolutions UCI Pump Track World Championships start with new stops. The WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series is secured until 2030 in Saalfelden Leogang and Jolanda Neff rides to fourth place at the XCO in Chelva (HC) 

In 2025, Ramona Forchini, Thomas Litscher and three other cross-country riders were supposed to start a new chapter with a new international mountain bike team. However, the supposed main sponsor never gave a commitment and the team was dissolved overnight. Now the riders are trying to get through the season on their own.

If there's one race that's badass, it's the Red Bull Hardline. Winning this race after a twelve-month injury break like Jackson Goldstone is even more awesome. Lisa Baumman won, twice over, at the Snowbike World Championships in France. Rosa van Doorn and Wout Alleman won the Mediterranean Epic, but in the warm south. The Marathon World Cup goes into the hands of the Hero makers and the 2027 European Championships to Sweden.

Jumps for which a pilot's license is an advantage, and speeds like in motorsport. The second edition of the Red Bull Hardline takes place in Tasmania on Saturday. The track already took its toll during training and many a professional backed out of the race out of self-protection.

Aventyr is the name of the first enduro multi-day race in Switzerland and will take place at the end of June 2025 in the Lower Engadine and Val Müstair. The stage race offers more than just five days of alpine trail and racing fun. Camaraderie, picturesque landscapes and panoramas as well as local specialties will also make this premiere a unique experience.

The 2025 MTB season is just around the corner. Thömus maxon is aiming for world championship gold in Valais with new partners. Wilier-Vittoria is strengthening its ranks with new additions such as Luca Braidot. Janis Baumann brings a breath of fresh air to the BIXS Performance Race Team. And at Canyon Factory Racing, Marine Cabirou and talented youngsters bring new dynamism to the downhill squad. The teams are ready and looking forward to the new season.

Schneefräsn is the world's only downhill racing series on snow and has been held every winter in Austria since 2016. The first race in 2025 was won by a Swiss rider, Andreas Kolp, while the women's classification went to Elke Rabeder.

German downhill and enduro champion Raphaela Richter is taking a sustainable approach and relying on sponsors who produce bikes and parts locally. The reigning downhill world champion, Loris Vergier, is strengthening the Commencal-Muc-Off team, while Orbea and Lapierre are almost completely reorganizing their cross-country teams.

On January 24, Austria's tireless pioneer of mountain biking, Tyrolean Kurt Exenberger, passed away. He not only shaped the sport itself, but also a generation of athletes as a coach.

With the Frenchman Benoît Coulanges, Scott is strengthening its downhill team and keeping its chances of World Cup victories alive. The Cube action team is also getting reinforcements and has picked up a lightning-fast young enduro athlete. Origine Cycles from France is launching a team with a melodious name for the first time. The brand is sending a team to the World Cup for the first time.

The BMC Factory Racing Team has signed Loana Lecomte and now has an all-French rider line-up. Canyon is getting a Frenchwoman and a Swede: Marine Cabirou joins the downhill team, while Jenny Rissveds joins Canyon's cross-country team. YT's downhill team is now half Austrian, with European champion Andreas Kolb moving to the team.

Jolanda Neff is starting a new chapter. Her new team is called Cannondale Factory Racing. Neff is  not the only reinforcement to the previous Charlie Aldridge. Frenchman Luca Martin, Portuguese rider Ana Santos and Canadian Cole Punchard will also be chasing success on the bikes with the Lefty suspension forks.

Filippo Colombo's 2024 season was like a rollercoaster ride. In "No smooth rides", the Swiss champion looks back on his eventful season. Mathias Flückiger looks back, but above all looks forward. He reveals his goals in a radio interview. Norco's downhill team is also looking ahead with a new line-up. At Swiss level, the Swiss Enduro Series will have a race beyond the national border.

Kate Courtney will no longer be riding for Scott-Sram in 2025. Instead, the Swiss racing team has signed two young athletes from the USA and Canada. Almost everything remains the same at Thömus-Maxon, where only Luke Wiedmann is leaving the team. The UCI provides broader support for mountain bike racing and launches the Continental Series, which offers qualification opportunities for the World Cup, among other things. The iXS European Downhill Cup, which will feature six races in 2025, is also an important precursor to the World Cup. The downhill counterpart for young riders is the Propain Rookies Cup, which will offer five races next season.

Tom Pidcock rides Scott in 2025, but only on the road. As soon as he switches to off-road, he stays on Pinarello. Rising star Simone Avondetto also remains loyal to his bike brand and signs with Wilier for another four years. The Swiss Cup is delighted to have a new title sponsor. It is the car manufacturer Skoda. And the legendary "Mondraker Enduro Team" in Davos opens the registration portal shortly before Christmas.

The two-time Olympic mountain bike champion is switching to the Swiss road team Q36.5, which rides on Scott. Now some are wondering whether he will also ride his cross-country races for a Swiss team with a Scott fleet. Everything is still open.

In summer, Camille Rast is passionate about riding her mountain bike fast, and in winter she skis fast - so fast that she wins her first World Cup in Killington. Team Thömus-Maxon continues the cooperation with the main and several co-partners, thus securing the racing operation for another four years. The ÖKK Bike Revolution announces its race dates for the coming year. With Engelberg, Huttwil, Gruyère and Davos, there will be four stops in the 2025 season. The exact race dates are now also confirmed for the 2025 World Championships, as well as the Aletsch Arena as the venue for the e-mountain bike competitions.

The fourth episode of N1NO BEYOND shows the Greatest Mountain Biker Of All Time looking back on one of the toughest racing seasons of his career. It looks back once again, but also forward: what's next for the GOAT- the Greatest Of All Time and how he plans to come back stronger?

Nathalie Schneitter, multiple E-MTB world champion and one of the organizers of Cycle Week, is taking part in the Badlands bikepacking race in Spain. While her ego melts away in the brutal heat, the organizer tries to revive the Spanish desert with the event. The documentary is worth seeing and shows both of them up close.

The Bixs Performance Race Team led by team boss Lukas Flückiger has been strengthened by Luca Schätti. Meanwhile, kids' bike brand Vpace is extending its contract with the Kids Cup, the European junior downhill series. The Epic Series is also on the lookout for "young talent" and is presenting the two-day "Solo Explore Series".

Mountain bike world champion Alan Hatherly is switching to the road, but will not be turning his back on the Mountain Bike World Cup entirely. After the premiere of the pump track world championships in Bern, a mountain biker is once again riding away from the BMXers at this year's world championship race.

The European cyclocross champion and the European champion were crowned in Pontevedra. Meanwhile, Alessandra has had surgery on the cruciate ligament she tore six years ago (yes, in 2018). Kathrin Stirnemann is the new national coach of the Swiss female bikers and Mathias Flückiger's acquittal is still being misunderstood by many.

The cyclocross athletes rode their European Championships in Pontevedra, Spain. Fem van Empel NED defends her title. The only athlete from the DACH region at the start was Nadja Heigl (AUT), who finished 20th. Thibau Nys BEL, son of cyclocross legend Sven Nys, takes the European title.