The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will take place from August 28 to September 1 in Pal Arinsal, Andorra.
PAL ARINSAL, Andorra (July 21, 2024) – The 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will take place in Pal Arinsal, Andorra, where riders will compete in the Cross-Country Olympic (XCO), Short Track (XCC), Downhill (DHI) and E-MTB Cross-Country disciplines. Team USA is in a strong position after a successful season at the Olympic Games and in the World Cup.
On the XCO side, 20 riders will compete in the Elite, U23 and Junior categories. Haley Batten (Park City, Utah; Specialized Factory Racing) just won a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Savilia Blunk (Inverness, California; Decathlon Ford Racing Team) finished 12th. Riley Amos (Durango, Colorado; Trek Factory Racing) had nothing to lose in Paris racing with the elite, posting the USA’s best male result – 7th place. Christopher Blevins (Durango, Colorado; Specialized Factory Racing) finished in the top 15.
In the downhill races, the American team has never been better. Podium chasers Dakotah Norton (Clinton, Tennessee; Mondraker Factory Racing) and Luca Shaw (Pisgah Forest, North Carolina; Canyon Collective) are both in the top ten of the overall World Cup standings after each finishing on the podium three times this season. Anna Newkirk (Riehen, Switzerland; Beyond Racing MTB) found her speed again this year, landing her first Elite World Cup podium with her second place in Leogang earlier this year. Young rider Asa Vermette (Durango, Colorado; Frameworks Racing) has taken his first year on the World Cup by storm, winning three of the five Junior World Cups and currently leading the overall standings.
The Team USA lineup is as follows:
Cross country
Elite Women
Haley Batten (Park City, Utah; Specialized Factory Racing)
Savilia Blunk (Inverness, California; Decathlon Ford Racing Team)
Kate Courtney (Kentfield, California; SCOTT-SRAM Factory Racing)
Gwendalyn Gibson (Ramona, California; Trek Factory Racing)
Kelsey Urban (Kentfield, Calif.; Team 31)
Elite Men
Christopher Blevins (Durango, Colorado; Specialized Factory Racing)
U23 Women
Madigan Munro (Boulder, Colo.; Trek Factory Racing)
Sofia Waite (Littleton, Colo.; BH Coloma Team)
U23 Men
Riley Amos (Durango, Colo.; Trek Factory Racing)
Carson Hampton (Boise, Idaho; Bear National Team)
Brayden Johnson (Littleton, Colo.; Santa Cruz Rock Shox)
Björn Riley (Boulder, Colorado; Trek Future Racing)
Juniors
Alice Hoskins (Charlottesville, Virginia; Gravity Collective)
Vida Lopez de San Roman (Sebastopol, California; Bear National Team)
Ingrid McElroy (Danville, Pennsylvania; Bear National Team)
Juniors
Ezra Caudell (Acworth, Georgia; Gravity Collective)
Henry Coote (Manchester, Massachusetts; Bear National Team)
Nicholas Konecny (Breckenridge, Colorado; Bear National Team)
Luke Mosteller (Tunnell Hill, Georgia; Bear National Team)
River Valdez (Sedona, Arizona; Bear National Team)
Downhill
Elite Men
Austin Dooley (Yucaipa, California; Commencal Schwalbe)
Dylan Maples (Orangevale, California; Commencal Muc-Off)
Dakotah Norton (Clinton, Tenn.; Mondraker Factory Racing)
Ryan Pinkerton (Alisa Viejo, California; Mondraker Factory Racing)
Richie Rude (Redding, Conn.; Yeti/FOX Factory Team)
Luca Shaw (Pisgah Forest, NC; Canyon Collective)
Dante Silva (Chula Vista, California; Canyon Collective Pirelli Team)
Elite Women
Abby Hogie (Heidelberg, Germany; Beyond Racing MTB)
Anna Newkirk (Riehen, Switzerland; Beyond Racing MTB)
Abby Ronca (Bethlehem, Pa.; Evolve Racing)
Juniors
Bode Burke (Rhododendron, Oregon; Outlaw Bike Team)
Lucas DeDora (Huntington Station, NY; Transition Factory Racing)
Ryder Lawrence (Menifee, Calif.; Intense Factory Racing)
Gavin Tomlinson (Burbank, California; Gravity Collective)
Asa Vermette (Durango, Colorado; Frameworks Racing)
Juniors
Kale Cushman (Old Town, Maine)
Teagan Heap (Boulder City, Nevada; Pivot Cycles)
Julia Lofqvist Dream (Issaquah, Washington)
Matilda Melton (Bellingham, Wash.; Transition Factory Racing)
E-MTB Cross-Country Men
David Harrison (Sun Valley, Idaho)
*Carson Beard and Taylor Ostgaard were nominated for the team but declined their nomination.
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