UCI Mountain Bike World Series: How to watch, TV and live stream details, what is the schedule? Key dates

ByEurosport

Updated 09/04/2024 at 15:49 GMT

The inaugural UCI Mountain Bike World Series is live on Eurosport. For the first time, the biggest mountain bike disciplines have been assembled in a collection – with cross-country, short track, marathon, downhill, enduro and E-enduro united in 2023. So how can you watch all the action? Read on to have all your questions answered, including the schedule and key dates for the exciting series…

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Don't miss a moment of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series, with the biggest MTB World Cup events having been put together in a collection to form a special new competition.

The series features the biggest disciplines in the sport – cross-country Olympic, cross-country short track, cross-country marathon, downhill, enduro and E-enduro – with 13 meetings slated on a packed calendar for 2023.

For the first time ever, all the disciplines will feature at a single event in Les Portes du Soleil from September 7-17, with France set to host a festival of mountain biking.

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Ineos Grenadiers' Tom Pidcock will be competing at the first World Cup event of the season in Nove Mesto Na Morave, Czech Republic.

Keen to join us on this exciting adventure? Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the inaugural series, particularly around following all the action...

How can I watch the UCI Mountain Bike World Series in 2023?

The UCI World Cup cross-country Olympic, cross-country short track and downhill events from the UCI Mountain Bike World Series will be available live and on-demand on discovery+, GCN+ and the Eurosport App.

The UCI World Cup cross-country marathon, enduro and E-enduro will benefit from in-depth highlights shows at every round.

Over 20 cameras will be accompanied by state-of-the-art FPV (first-person view) drones at each event venue, ensuring fans don’t miss any of the major moments during each adrenaline-filled race.

Cutting-edge biometric data will also be integrated into coverage of the series for the first time, bringing a new dimension to the broadcasting of downhill and cross-country events as part of a new partnership with wearable health and fitness coach WHOOP.

Key dates and schedule for 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Series

Dates	Venue	Disciplines
March 25-26	Maydena, Tasmania	Enduro
March 31 - April 1	Derby, Australia	Enduro
May 11-14	Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic	Cross-Country, Short-Track, Marathon
June 2-4	Finale Outdoor Region, Italy	Marathon, Enduro
June 8-11	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Cross-Country, Short-Track, Downhill
June 15-18	Leogang-SalzburgerLand, Austria	Cross-Country, Short-Track, Downhill, Enduro
June 24-25	Val di Fassa Trentino, Italy	Enduro
June 29 - July 2	Val di Sole Trentino, Italy	Cross-Country, Short-Track, Downhill
August 24-27	Pal Arinsal, Andorra	Cross-Country, Short-Track, Downhill
September 1-3	Loudenvielle - Peyragudes, France	Downhill, Enduro
September 7-17	Les Portes du Soleil, France	Cross-Country, Short-Track, Marathon, Downhill, Enduro
September 27 - October 1	Snowshoe, United States	Cross-Country, Short-Track, Marathon, Downhill
October 5-8	Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada	Cross-Country, Short-Track, Downhill

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Recap of different disciplines at the UCI Mountain Bike World Series?

CROSS-COUNTRY OLYMPIC

Remember when Tom Pidcock ripped away to win Britain's first ever gold medal in the mountain bike at the Tokyo Olympics? That was in the cross-country event, the only MTB race currently on the Olympic programme.

The cross-country Olympic discipline is a mass start race over a set amount of laps, testing riders climbing and descending prowess.

CROSS-COUNTRY SHORT TRACK

The short track race takes place at the start of the weekend, on a smaller course and over a reduced distance.

It also decides the starting grid for the Olympic distance race, so expect plenty of fast-paced action!

CROSS-COUNTRY MARATHON

As the name suggests, it's a big one. A lung-busting race takes place over 100km, testing riders' abilities on different terrains and their mental strength.

DOWNHILL

Fancy hurling yourself down mountain pistes at insane speeds, flying off ramps, navigating twisty turns and avoiding obstacles? Then the downhill, undoubtedly MTB's most thrilling event, might be for you.

Riders make death-defying charges down steep courses one by one in a race against the clock. Fastest wins!

ENDURO

Mountain bike's answer to a rally. The race is split into stages, with riders tackling multiple downhill runs. The twist is they have to pedal back up the mountain before their scheduled start time for the next stage.

The lowest time wins after all stage times are added together.

E-ENDURO

Taking place on e-bikes, the event encourages riders to push the limits riding downhill stages, with additional specially designed climbing special stages making it a unique proposition.

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Stream the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Series live and on-demand on discovery+, the Eurosport app and via eurosport.com

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