Thirty-six New Zealand riders have headed to the Haute Savoie of the French Alps for the last round of the UCI MTB World Cup before a break for the Paris Olympic Games.

Seventeen-year-old Christchurch rider, Winni Goldsbury has made it two wins from two in the UCI MTB Enduro World Series in France.

After a debut victory in Leogang, Austria, the super talented tyro added an impressive win in the under-21 Enduro World Cup in Combloux, in the Haute Savoie region in south-east France.

Goldsbury showed her spirit on and off the bike, stopping to check on close friend Xanthe Robb from Nelson who had crashed on stage two. Robb had been fastest on the opening stage, but crashed on the next stage, with Goldsbury briefly stopping to ensure his friend was not seriously injured.
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Goldsbury, who continued on, finishing second fastest on the stage, and after the win has moved to second overall on the World Cup points standing for under-21 women.

New Zealand’s cross-country mountain bikers will be heading to rarified airs for the fifth round of the UCI MTB Cross-Country World Cup in Switzerland this weekend.

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.

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.

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