Nino Schurter

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Titouan Carod also press the action.

Top contender Pidcock derailed by two late-race errors, finishes fourth.

Richards rides to commanding victory after catching and distancing defending champ Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Schurter outsprints Mathias Flueckiger in thrilling final.

Pidcock attacked the field off his wheel while van der Poel crashed heavily in first lap and eventually abandoned. Mathias Flueckiger secured silver.

Haley Batten, Kate Courtney take third and fourth in a promising opening show from U.S. women racers.

After stunning 'cross and road campaigns thus far in 2021, the Dutchman is ready to rip the singletrack all the way to Tokyo.

France's domination at the 2020 UCI MTB world championships continued as Jordan Sarrou won the elite men's cross-country race.

Scott-SRAM and Specialized Racing dominate the five-stage race in the first major event since the COVID stoppage.

The 2019 VeloNews Awards for MTB, cyclocross, and North American racing.

Prior to this past weekend's World Cup finals in Snowshoe, West Virginia, the United States hadn't hosted a stop on off-road cycling's premier series since 2015. The sport's top riders descended on Snowshoe to contest the series finals, and they were greeted by a fast and technical course. American riders shone throughout the weekend, with Kate Courtney winning the elite women's overall. Photographer Don Karle was there to capture the action.

In the absence of Matthieu van der Poel, Schurter had a clear run to add to his record haul in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec

The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup held its fourth round this weekend in Les Gets, France. American Kate Courtney doubled up, while Nino Schurter and Mathieu van der Poel also won

Breck Epic organizes its charitable efforts under banner of new Epic Legacy Foundation. The world's best XC mountain biker Schurter heads to Cape Epic.

Our top off-road riders of 2017 are Nino Schurter, Wout van Aert, Sanne Cant, and Mathieu van der Poel.

The Russian-tied hacking group releases documents it claims are the TUE forms of five Olympic cyclists, including Fabian Cancellara.

Nino Schurter has more than lived up to the hype, with four world championships and four World Cup titles. He heads to Rio seeking gold.

Nino Schurter and Jolanda Neff proved to be the most consistently dominant mountain bike racers of the 2016 season.

Ferrand-Prevot adds to road and cyclocross world titles with XC worlds victory, while Schurter nabs fourth career XC world championship win

In the fifth chapter of Nino Schurter's hunt for glory, Schurter visits Tom Ritchey at his home in northern California.

Chapter 4 takes Nino Schurter back to his hometown in Tersnaus, Switzerland, where he hangs out with some friends on and off the bike

Nino Schurter fights his first big battle at the Nove Mesto XC World Cup in the Czech Republic, going up against rival Jaroslav Kulhavy

Swiss champion Schurter's road to the Rio Olympics runs through South Africa, the Sea Otter Classic in California

Nino Schurter's sleek, 27.5-wheeled race bike is equipped with tubular tires, a new DT Swiss fork, and more one-off parts

Swiss mountain biker Schurter is aiming for gold at the Rio Olympics next year. Here's how he gets fit during the snowy winter months

Three-time world champ Nino Schurter rode away from the field at Bonelli Park, while Emily Batty relied on a crafty sprint to win Saturday

It was Absalon's first world title since 2007, which had been the fourth consecutive title for the French rider, who also took Olympic gold in 2004 and 2008

Nino Schurter (Scott) won the elite men's XC race at the UCI World Cup in Windham, New York, six seconds ahead of World Cup leader Julien Absalon (BMC)

Swiss, Frenchwoman take top honors in our 2013 off-road awards

Schurter, Spitz take the flowers in the Andorra stop of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

World champion drills it from the start and takes the win in World Cup no. 2

World champion Schurter recovers from a poor race in round one as Zakelj wins her first elite World Cup event

Nino Schurter and Julie Bresset are our International MTB man and woman of the Year

The Flückiger brothers, Lucas and Mathias, completed the Swiss podium sweep Saturday

Eurobike isn't just aimed at launching new product. Many exhibitors use the show to display their legacy-building rides

Swiss rider Nino Schurter could not hide his disappointment over missing out on a gold medal

Gould, Davison, Wells and Schultz prepare for their Olympic bids

Absalon says a medal would be 'just a bonus,' Bresset looks to Pendrel as 'the big favorite'

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

When it comes to elite XC racing, Willow and Wells get nod for best North Americans; Pendrel for international rider.

Slideshow: Following a successful season that saw Swiss cross-country racer Nino Schurter win the World Cup overall on his Scott Scale, the bike is making a showing at Ritchey's Interbike booth.

Nino Schurter not only beat Julien Absalon at the line in the 2010 World Cup cross-country opener, he topped the Frenchman one more time by winning the World Cup overall title, which Absalon had won the last four years. And what about last year's MTB worlds?

Full-carbon 29ers just keep getting lighter and are appearing more often atop the podium domestically, and, finally, internationally as well. Want proof? World XC champ Nino Schurter and his Scott Swisspower teammate Florian Vogel are checking out two-niners.

For the third time in less than a year, Nino Schurter and Julien Absalon battled it out to the finish at a World Cup cross-country race, and again Schurter came out victorious. One race remains — Windham Mountain New York.

Replay of 2009 Worlds sees Nino Schurter take Julien Absalon in sprint finish at World Cup #1 in England. Best North American is Todd Wells at 19^th.

An elite crop of European racers lined up Sunday at the second XC race in the XX Maremma Cup, where Marco Aurelio Fontana held off the Swiss duo of Nino Schurter and Florian Vogel.

For the most part, mountain bike racing is a singular sport. But 2009 proves that a strong team can produce results.

Nino Schurter and Swiss teammate Florian Vogel work together to keep Julien Absalon in second place at the mountain bike World Championships in Canberra, Australia. Canada's Geoff Kabush and the USA's Todd Wells finish in top 10. Complete Results