The first downhill and 2nd EDR of 2025 take place in Poland this weekend at the Bielsko-Biala venue. Let's get stoked and share the social finds from the week! Schedule and track map are below and here's a link to the race book.
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Saturday will be a big day with DH qualifying 1 and 2 (the first time, they've run the format) and enduro running all day.
Live timing can be found here (official pages aren't yet active for Bielsko-Biala)
Enduro track maps
Weather as of Monday May 12, looks pretty cold and wet! Will be interesting to say the least!
Bernard's vlog with his crash and why he won't be racing (crash around the 34:20 mark)
Ooooooh HECK yeah!
Can't wait to hear Rick announce "Bielsko-Biala" everytime he references the venue hahaha
Looks like a wet race !
Track looks like a real race track, not a bike park track. Stoked on that.
Entries are online HERE. List does include recently injured riders like BK
Below is a full list of riders in the Elite Men and Elite Women downhill categories:
Elite Men – 111 Riders
Name Nation
A'HERN Kye AUS
ARNOLD Nico NZL
BABACIC Maj SLO
BAECHLER Nicolas SUI
BAECHLER Yannick SUI
BANDEIRA Gonçalo POR
BREEDEN Joe GBR
BROSNAN Troy AUS
BRUNI Loic FRA
CAPPELLO Davide ITA
CASTELLANOS LIBERAL Daniel ESP
CHAPELET Simon FRA
COULANGES Benoit FRA
CRAIK George Ethan GBR
CROFTS Callum AUS
CRUZ Lucas CAN
CZERMAK Wojciech POL
DAPRELA Thibaut FRA
DAVIS Braedyn USA
DAVIS Oliver AUS
DICKSON Jacob IRL
DOOLEY Austin USA
DUNNE Ronan IRL
ELO Valtteri FIN
ERLANGSEN Theo RSA
ESTAQUE Thomas FRA
FALQUET Mylann FRA
FAYOLLE Alexandre FRA
FERENCZI Marcell HUN
GARCIA AYORA Ignacio ESP
GARCIN Johan FRA
GOLDSTONE Jackson CAN
GREENLAND Laurie GBR
GRIFFITH Ryan CAN
GRIFFITHS Oscar GBR
GRISEL Léo FRA
HANDL Christoph AUT
HART Danny GBR
HARTENSTERN Max GER
HATTON Charlie GBR
HAUSER Christian ITA
HOLGUIN VILLA Sebastian COL
ILES Finn CAN
INTROZZI Stefano ITA
JEWETT Dane CAN
JEWETT Jakob CAN
JOUVENAL Vincent FRA
KERR Bernard GBR
KERR Henry IRL
KIEFER Henri GER
KIRK Rory RSA
KOCH Julian AUT
KOHUT Denis SVK
KOLB Andreas AUT
KRUKAUSKAS Karolis LTU
KUHN Bodhi CAN
LAGNEAU Lucas FRA
LAMM Nico GER
LEHMANN Hannes GER
LEVESQUE Dylan FRA
LIND Sixten DEN
MAES Martin BEL
MAPLES Dylan USA
MASTERS Wyn NZL
MAUKONEN Eliel FIN
MAURER Simon GER
MEDCALF Evan USA
MEIER-SMITH Luke AUS
MEIER-SMITH Remy AUS
MIKSA Filip POL
MUÑOZ Fernando Juan COL
O'CALLAGHAN Oisin IRL
OLLIER Thomas FRA
OSTFELD Roee ISR
PAJAK Jan POL
PALAZZARI Davide ITA
PARKER Drake USA
PENE Tuhoto-Ariki NZL
PERRAUDIN Marius SUI
PETROVIC Erik SVK
PIERCY Jack GBR
PIERRON Amaury FRA
PIERRON Antoine FRA
PINKERTON Ryan USA
PLATT Dom GBR
PONTVIANNE Nathan FRA
RANOSZ Wojciech POL
REVELLI Loris ITA
ROGGE Antoine FRA
RUDE JR Richard USA
SCHNOELLER Kilian AUT
SHAW Luca USA
SMESTAD Simen NOR
STEINER Julian GER
STEVENS-MCNAB Lachlan NZL
SUAREZ ALONSO Angel ESP
SVIDERSKIS Rokas LTU
THIRION Rémi FRA
THURLOW Luca GBR
TURBA Albertas LTU
TURNER Josh GBR
VELLUTINO Lucio PER
VERGIER Loris FRA
VIEIRA Roger BRA
WALKER Matt GBR
WAYMAN Luke NZL
WILLIAMS Jordan GBR
WILLIAMSON Greg GBR
WILSON Reece GBR
WOOLLEY Kasper CAN
ZWAR Oliver SWE
Elite Women – 34 Riders
Name Nation
BALANCHE Camille SUI
BAUMANN Lisa SUI
BERNARD Mathilde FRA
BLEWITT Jess NZL
BONNAURE Laïs FRA
BOULADOU Lisa FRA
CABIROU Marine FRA
CARRICK-ANDERSON Emily GBR
CLAVEL Vicky FRA
EARNEST Sacha NZL
EMPEY Elise AUS
FARINA Eleonora ITA
FERGUSON Louise-Anna GBR
GALE Phoebe GBR
HARNDEN Harriet GBR
HASTINGS Jenna NZL
HEMSTREET Gracey CAN
HOFFMANN Nina GER
HOGIE Abigail USA
HÖLL Valentina AUT
HRASTNIK Monika SLO
JOHNSEN Mille NOR
KADLECOVÁ Karolína CZE
KIENER Jolanda SUI
NEWKIRK Anna USA
NICOLE Myriam FRA
PARTON Mikayla GBR
ROA SANCHEZ Valentina COL
RØNNING Frida Helena NOR
SCARSI Gloria ITA
SEAGRAVE Tahnee GBR
VAN DER VELDEN Siel BEL
VAN LEUVEN Erice NZL
WIDMANN Veronika ITA
Some riders I'm stoked on seeing and how they turn out in Poland
Felix Griffiths - worthy of that Syndicate spot?
Till Allran - can he overtake his brother - will there be double trouble for Asa.
Loris - oh man...
Jackson - IMO, he once again he is the best suited to be the ONLY rider to win more than one title this season.
Benoit and Lucky - They are streaky...is this an on or off
Pinkerton - did he turn a corner
Finn - can he claim a win
Ronan - no explanation required
BK vlog comes from another mountain
just for anyone curious, entry list is different than the actual start lists which is what we use for Fantasy (so you can't add BK to a team since he won't be racing).
orbea fmd big rig and pits!
Mind that BK did not crash in Bielsko, it's a different track (and honestly much better one...)
Nina Hoffmann's race bike
Trek pits looking prepped
Canyon's Big Rig
does anyone have any perspective as to why there are not more elite rides from Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland...some of the smaller countries, I get. But seems like jsut on population and mtns in the area, these countries should have more racers.
Gravity bike disciplines just don't make money and german speaking countries have sometimes very anti-mtb culture with straight up bans of bikes on all fireroads and trails enforced with hefty fines (austria).
Interesting setup with the alloy rim in front and carbon in the rear. Would love to hear the thoughts on this one. I dont know how stiff the reserve wheels are but maybe a more compliant wheel in the front for better tracking and a stouter rim in the rear for smashing into rocks?
poland entry count - 2024 vs 2025 (entry lists, not actual start lists)
Elite Men, 170 vs 111
Elite Women, 37 vs 34
Junior Men, 98 vs 80
Junior Women, 21 vs 17
EDR entry lists - https://chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20250516_edr/entr…
I was just about to put together the same comparison. I'm glad I scrolled the comments before doing so.
The Elite and Junior Men have pretty sharp drops from last year's entry list (35% and 18%, respectively). Junior Women had a percentage drop-off just about the same as the Junior Men. Do you think that's mostly due to the new eligibility rules? Could it also be at least partly attributable to this being the first race of the season? I ask that because last year's first race - at Fort William - had fewer Elite Men (144) and Junior Men (81) and Women (16) entries than the Poland race did.
better education system, ppl can do the math and choose a better paying career
orbea fmd kits
cllctv kits
MS racing Kenny kits
Norco rolling deep with new kits and look
Eddie gives us a tour of the Pivot Factory Racing pits
Are they TLD speed suits ??
No GoPros during qualis or race – is that new?
Man, that Norco team. Think anyone in the pits is spending more than them?
Nope. Been like that for a bit. Most Go pro athletes can run them though.
nah - France ranks well above some of those and dominates the WC. It's likely about culture, heritage and racing infrastructure. The French have a pretty rich racing and cycling history, and it just keeps building.
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