Three young Kiwi gravity riders – Lachie Stevens-McNab, Erice van Leuven and Eliana Hulsebosch – grabbed podium placings in the latest round of the UCI MTB Downhill World Cup in Austria today.

Rising young kiwi gravity riders Eliana Hulsebosch and Lachie Stevens-McNab turned heads with outstanding qualifying rides at the UCI MTB World Cup downhill in Austria.

A massive crash on the final stage proved costly for kiwi star Charles Murray in the latest stop on the UCI MTB Enduro World Cup in Austria. While the crash dropped him to eighth at Leogang-Saalfelden, the Specialized rider remains in second place on the world cup standings for elite men.
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The New Zealand flag got to fly high with Christchurch teenager Winni Goldsbury winning the junior women’s title in her World Cup debut.

​An in-form experienced performer and some shining young riders are set to carry the kiwi hopes into the latest round of the UCI MTB World Cup for enduro and downhill in Austria this weekend.
National champion Charles Murray returns for the third round of the Enduro World Cup after his outstanding victory in the last event in Poland, while a gang of young kiwi chargers were outstanding in the downhill.

Cambridge professional Sam Gaze claimed another strong performance in the UCI Mountain Bike XCO World Cup, finishing 11th in the third round at Nove Mesto na Morave in the Czech Republic.

​Seven New Zealand riders have entered the third round of the UCI MTB World Cup for cross-country as it moves back to home-base in Europe and the popular venue of Nové Mĕsto na Moravĕ in Czechia.

​New Zealand riders earned mountain bike podiums and turned heads at UCI World Cups across Asia
and Europe over the weekend.

Rotorua’s Lachie Stevens-McNab has produced a breakthrough performance in the semifinals of the elite men’s downhill at the UCI MTB World Cup in Poland.

New Zealand enduro star, Charles Murray has claimed the narrowest of wins in the second round of the Whoop UCI MTB Enduro World Cup in Poland.
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The Specialized Enduro Team rider managed to hold on through a wet and slippery downhill final stage to claim his first UCI World Cup victory by just 0.095 seconds from local Polish rider Lukasik Slawomir at Bielsko-Biala.

Kiwi mountain bikers are out in force around the globe this weekend, with over 50 riders competing in UCI World Series events in Poland and Malaysia.
The UCI World Series for enduro racing started last weekend in Italy, and backs up on Saturday (NZ time) with the second round in the southern Polish city of Bielsko-Biala.
The region also hosts the second round of the UCI Downhill World Series in the Beskidy Mountains with both facilities used for the first time at this level.