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 secured an impressive podium in the opening round of the UCI World Series in Finale Ligure on the Italian Riviera.
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The Specialized Factory rider started conservatively but finished strongly to claim second place behind world no 1 American Rich Rude Jnr.

Twenty kiwi mountain bikers are expected on the start line at the picturesque Italian Riviera this weekend for the opening round of the UCI MTB Enduro World Series. It is the first of back-to-back enduro world cups, with the second round in Poland next weekend.

There were mixed fortunes for young kiwi gravity riders at the opening round of the UCI MTB Downhill World Series in Scotland.
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Three New Zealand junior riders – Sacha Earnest, Eliana Hulsebosch and Luke Wayman - earned podium placings to cap an outstanding start to the downhill round of the world series.

New Zealand’s talented trio of mountain bike gravity riders return to the scene of their triple triumph for the opening round of the UCI MTB downhill World Cup in Scotland this weekend.

Kiwi mountain biker Sam Gaze dug deep to finish third overall on combined points for the opening round of the UCI MTB World Cup in Mairiporā, Brazil.

​Canterbury’s  Anton Cooper bagged his ninth elite cross-country title with an emphatic performance at the Torpedo7 MTB National Championships in Queenstown.

The 29-year-old Trek Factory professional was in a class of his own, opening a 22 second gap on the opening lap of six at Coronet Peak, going on to win by a minute after buttoning off over the final lap.
Meanwhile Under-23 World champion Sammie Maxwell from Taupo claimed her fourth straight elite women’s crown in equally dominant fashion, winning by nearly five minutes in a display of power and precision.

Van Leuven will compete against fellow kiwis Poppy Lane and Sacha Earnest, who joined her on the world championship podium in Glasgow last year.

It is the second straight year that the championships have ventured south, with the Queenstown MTB Club providing support for the Coronet Peak organisation and the Cycling New Zealand events team.