New Zealand mountain bikers climb to the high altitude of Andorra for the sixth round of the UCI MTB World Series for both downhill and cross-country this weekend.

Auckland gravity rider Sacha Earnest grabbed the second elite podium of her career with third place in the latest round of the UCI MTB World Series in La Thuile, Italy .

New Zealand’s growing list of MTB racers take on arguably the steepest terrain on the circuit at La Thuile in Italy near the French border for the latest round of the UCI World Series for downhill, cross-country and enduro this weekend.

Thirty-four New Zealand mountain bikers will line up for opening European leg of UCI World Series downhill and enduro at the popular venue of Loudenvielle-Peyragudes in the French Pyrenees this weekend.

Palmerston North 17-year-old Jonty Williamson produced a top finish to claim his first junior men’s UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the opening round of the world series in South Korea.

Ten kiwi gravity riders have won through to the finals of the new UCI MTB World Cup season which has ventured to South Korea for the first time in 25 years.

New Zealand gravity riders bagged three podium placings across three finals in the penultimate round of the 2025 UCI MTB World Series at Lake Placid, in upstate New York.

New Zealand’s Samara Maxwell had to settle for sixth place but still maintains a significant lead after the final European leg of the UCI MTB Cross-country World Series in Switzerland.