Rising New Zealand teenage gravity riders Tyler Waite and Eliana Hulsebosch have secured season-ending podium placings in at the junior downhill event, at the UCI MTB World Series finale in Monte-Sainte-Anne in Canada today.

Samara Maxwell managed a solid fifth placing in the short track women’s race on the opening day of the UCI MTB World Cup finale in Mont-Sainte-Anne in Canada.

Paris Olympian Samara Maxwell has an opportunity to become the first New Zealand female to win a UCI MTB Elite World Series title at the final round in Canada over the weekend.