Hopes for New Zealand's leading cross-country mountain bikers were dealt a blow with crashes thwarting efforts in the latest stop in the UCI MTB World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy.
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After winning his second short-track race mid-week, Sam Gaze injured his knee in a crash during final training. He was able to start but ultimately finished mid-pack in the elite men's race, while compatriot Anton Cooper (Trek Factory) elected not to start.

Tauranga teenager Eliana Hulsebosch produced a stunning display to lead a kiwi shut-out of the junior women’s podium at the UCI MTB Downhill World Cup in Trentino, Italy today.

World champion Sam Gaze led a remarkable day for New Zealand mountain bikers on the first day of racing at the UCI MTB World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy. Gaze won the short track men’s cross-country, his second win of the series, to get prime spot for Monday’s world cup race (NZT).

However the extraordinary scenes came on the fearsome downhill course, where national champion Jess Blewitt was fastest in the elite women’s semifinal.

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.