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.

New Zealand rider Winni Goldsbury has earned her third straight podium after wild weather disrupted the final day of the third round in the UCI Enduro MTB World Series in Trentino, northern Italy.

Experience proved decisive whether a short-track sprint or full-day enduro on the final day of the UCI Mountain Bike Championships in Rotorua.

Two 30-something mountain bike legends showed that class is permanent as they dominated the Cycling New Zealand Cross-country Championships in Rotorua.

The king of cross-country mountain bike, Anton Cooper is set to extend his extraordinary run in the Cycling New Zealand XCO National Championships at the spiritual home of the sport in Rotorua this weekend.

Anton Cooper on his way to the title at the UCI Oceania MTB elite cross-country PHOTO: CYCLING NZ

New Zealand world mountain bike champion Samara (Sammie) Maxwell is taking a year-long break from competitive sport to safeguard her wellbeing and longevity.

New Zealand mountain biker Samara Maxwell has become the first kiwi to win the UCI MTB Cross-Country World Series title after the final round in Canada today.

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.

Cambridge professional Sam Gaze produced remarkable effort to pass more than 50 riders to 12th place in the elite men’s cross-country on the final day of the UCI MTB World Championships in Switzerland.

Sammie Maxwell had to work hard for an important podium placing to maintain her overall lead after round seven of the UCI MTB cross-country world series in France.

The UCI Mountain Bike World Series is back in action following the summer break in Europe with no time for Kiwi riders to ease their way back into the competition scene.

Kiwi mountain biker Sammie Maxwell produced an outstanding performance to finish runner-up in the latest round of the UCI MTB Cross-country World Series in Italy.

New Zealand mountain bikers, led by Sammie Maxwell, have revelled in the cold and muddy conditions to bag a handful of podium performances in the latest round of the UCI MTB World Series in Leogang.

Kiwi mountain bikers converge on Austria’s iconic Leogang Bikepark for a UCI World Series triple-header comprising downhill, cross-country, and enduro competition this weekend

New Zealand’s flying teens made their mark in the latest rounds of the UCI MTB World Series for Enduro and Downhill in the French Pyrenees

New Zealand mountain bikers return to a favoured stop in the French Pyrenees for the next rounds in the UCI World Series for both downhill and enduro competition this weekend.