cross-country

On October 15, 100 pro mountain bikers will duke it out for $62,000 on Bentonville's famed singletrack.

Expect a showdown from Team France and Team USA, as Pauline Ferrand Prevot, Loana Lecomte, and Kate Courtney position themselves for gold.

Christopher Blevins won both men's elite races, while Mexican national champ Diana Campuzano and Erin Huck went 1-2 for the women.

The XTC SLR's aluminum frame is Giant's lightest and is fabricated using a proprietary hydroforming process to create a race-worthy and affordable bike.

Results from the cross country at the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round in Vallnord, Andorra

Results from the cross country at the 2013 Missoula XC

A glimpse of the XC course at the 2011 World Cup season opener in in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Julien Absalon is the torch-bearer for a generation of racers. Is he ready to pass the flame to Nino Schurter?

XC world champ Jose Antonio Hermida set for Andalucía Bike Race in Spain

2011 MTB worlds and 2012 World Cup season results biggest factors

UCI deems 2012 London Olympic MTB course "stunning, challenging."

Sun Valley, Idaho, will host the cross-country mountain bike nationals for the next two years; gravity events to be at own venue, which has not been announced.

VIDEO: The 20th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships at Mont Sainte Anne, Canada, started Wednesday with the team relay. Switzerland wins gold; U.S. finishes in ninth.

Kelli Emmett wins Sunday's cross-country race at the Massanutten Triple Crown; takes series overall. Jeremiah Bishop is victorious on his home turf. Check out the slideshow.

Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Georgia Gould win Teva Mountain Games cross-country MTB race.

Singletrack.com Bike Test: With a one-inch difference, are there four-inch XC bikes that can hang on the trail or five-inch trail rigs that can go out and race? We tested a bunch of bikes in search of a few cross-over rigs.

Singletrack.com Bike Test: If you — and your bank account — choke on the phrase "quiver of bikes" when it comes to deciding on one or more rigs for cross-country racing and heavy trail ripping, well then, Singletrack.com's first-ever bike review just might be what you're looking for.

SEA OTTER: Reigning U-23 world champ Burry Stander out-kicks Geoff Kabush for the win at the Sea Otter Classic cross-country race.

SEA OTTER: After winning the short-track race on Saturday at the Sea Otter Classic, Luna's Georgia Gould repeats in the cross-country.

SEA OTTER: Todd Wells and Georgia Gould take impressive wins in the Pro XCT short-track race at the Sea Otter Classic.

Giant's Kelli Emmett rules small women's field while Sho-Air-Specialized rider Max Plaxton fends off withering attacks from Sam Schultz and Geoff Kabush to win at Bonelli Park in Southern California.

New Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team and expanded Giant Factory Off-Road Team will feature top cross-country and downhill athletes.

From downhill and endurance to cross-country, 21 events will make up USA Cycling's Mountain Bike National Calendars.

Trek Dirt Series looking to help riders, particularly women, refine their XC, DH and freeride chops at 16 clinics this spring and summer.

After split with national cross-country series management company, number of UCI-sanctioned races goes from six to three.

In the wake of each World Cup season, riders, teams, journalists, sponsors and UCI officials vote for the best event venues of the year.

Cycling Australia will end its high performance mountain bike cross country program at the end of the year.

Collegiate categories added to the 19-mile mountain bike cross-country race during Sea Otter on April 17.

Classic East Coast singletrack gets even better with the unveiling of new cross country courses August 7-9 at the US Kenda Cup East, USA Cycling's Pro XCT Tour in Vermont.

Katie Compton has the legs. Heather Irmiger has the lungs. Mary McConneloug owns the technical skills and Georgia Gould has the speed.

Less than one month after taking the marathon cross-country national championship race, held at the Firecracker 50 race in Breckenridge, Colorado, Horgan-Kobelski comes into this weekend's USA Cycling mountain bike national championships in nearby Granby as the odds-on favorite to win.