World Cup

For many riders, the race in Leukerbad serves as the unofficial season opener to the 2021 World Cup season.

The UCI will shake up elite track cycling with new reforms for 2021. The World Cup is seeing a makeover along with introduction of a new TV-friendly series backed by Eurosport.

American Chloe Woodruff won the Short Track Cross-Country World Cup in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic

Mathieu van der Poel and Sanne Cant earned World Cup wins on the same circuit that will host the January world championships

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Rain alters the course and forces organizers to remove a jump from the men's race

Be transported to the Fort William course as Aaron Gwin's helmet cam shows you what it really feels like to be a World Cup downhiller

Judy Freeman's Olympic bid was a hard dream to let go of — and the battle cost her a tooth — but the other side isn't too bad

I think it's a whole different gig to prep mentally for a World Cup. There's just more calamity to cut through to keep the focus on the race

1. Nino SCHURTER, (SUI) +1:30:38 2. Burry STANDER, (RSA) +1:30:49 3. Manuel FUMIC, (GER) +1:31:37 1. Maja WLOSZCZOWSKA, (POL) +1:34:01 2. Emily BATTY, (CAN) +1:34:05 3. Catharine PENDREL, (CAN) +1:34:24

Check out the sights and sounds from Gwin's win at Windham.

Specialized's Jaroslav Kulhavy rides a 29er — full suspension, no less — to a World Cup win — the first ever for a big-wheeled bike.

Brian Lopes to race UCI's new Sprint Eliminator; Jeremiah Bishop back racing XCO.

The Race the World XC and DH races take place on the same course as the World Cup

Photographer Frank Bodenmüller has a laser-like lens wielded by an artful eye. Now his MTB work can find a home on your coffee table in is his book

The rivalry between Nino Schurter and Julien Absalon grows larger in South Africa; Todd Wells scores top-10 ride.

Just like last year New York event was in question, but the show will go on

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?

Fifteen cross-country and 15 gravity teams will contest the 2011 World Cup season.

Windham, New York was the high-noon showdown between the top two downhill gunslingers in the world — Santa Cruz Syndicate's Greg Minnaar and Gee Atherton of Commencal.

Singletrack.com runs down five of the 10 most intriguing stories from the last 365 days. Check in Friday for the top five.

From the competition, to the course and even registration, Singletrack.com columnist Judy Freeman says what's different about racing a World Cup or the world championships versus a national event is, well, pretty much everything.

VIDEO: Windham World Cup wrap-up in moving pixels...

SLIDESHOW: The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is officially in the books as racing wrapped up on Windham Mountain in New York's Catskills on Sunday with the men's and women's downhill contests.

SLIDESHOW: Catch the elite men and women's cross-country action at the Windham World Cup final.

VIDEO: Two-time Olympian Julien Absalon had some bad luck at the Windham World Cup race, which meant he was out of contention for the overall series title for 2010.

VIDEO: Canada's Catherine Pendrel wins Windham World Cup and the overall 2010 World Cup overall. Marie-Helene Premont finishes second with her eye on hometown victory at next week's Worlds at Mont Saint Anne.

VIDEO: Canada's Catharine Pendrel leads the overall World Cup points battle, but Eva Lechner of Italy and American Willow Koerber are right on her wheel. How will Pendrel come out in the battle for the title?

VIDEO: Adam Craig's season was late to start due to knee rehab. How does the Maine native view the Windham, New York World Cup course and having the "Euros" invade the U.S.? Watch on...

Of the six season titles up for grabs, only one — four-cross — has been mathematically won. Prendrel, Lechner and Koerber all aiming for women's XC overall honors.

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.

Although Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team) lost the victory on the last lap Saturday in Val di Sole, Italy, the Canadian is back in the World Cup overall leader's jersey as the series heads to the final round Aug. 28 in Windham, New York.

Willow Koerber takes a third at the Champéry World Cup, but now sits in second place in the series overall, just 15 points behind Italy's Eva Lechner.

Greg Minnaar, from South Africa, and Great Britan's Gee Atherton have dominated all four speed events so far this season, each with two wins.

Luna's Catharine Pendrel goes into Champéry, Switzerland wearing the World Cup cross-country series leader jersey as well as Canada's national champion jersey.

The 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will stop at a new venue in the Czech Republic, while three other host venues make a comeback after a break in 2010.

A drought of world-class mountain biking in the States won't happen again, as Windham Mountain, New York has signed a contract with the UCI to host a World Cup over the next three years.

The UK's Gee Atherton takes first place at World Cup downhill stop in Scotland while sister Rachel just misses first in women's event.

Round 3 of the World Cup cross-country sees Catharine Pendrel and Georgia Gould dominate the women's race in Offenburg Germany while Julien Absalon takes his first win of the season.

Willow Koerber, Georgia Gould, Heather Irmiger, Catharine Pendrel and other North American women all have a legitimate chance of finishing on the podium at World Cup 3 in Germany on Sunday.

Canada's Geoff Kabush and Catharine Pendrel have World Cup victories under their belts. With the Mountain Bike World Championships set for their country this fall, they are extra motivated.

For almost eight years now, two-time Olympian Mary McConneloug and teammate Michael Broderick have found a home on wheels from which to race their bikes, and they like how it feels — goin' mobile.

Cyclo-cross queen Compton will hit the World Cup and domestic mountain bike circuits on her new Stevens Scope 26-inch race rig that weighs in at about 17.5 pounds.

World Champion and defending World Cup champ Jared Graves kept up his winning ways over the weekend at the first World Cup 4-cross competition of the year in Houffalize, Belgium.

After her second-place finish over the weekend in Belgium and her second place last weekend in England, American Willow Koerber leads the 2010 World Cup, making her the first American since Alison Dunlap eight years ago to wear the leader's jersey.