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this is a couple days old, USA Worlds team rosters below
USA Cycling Announces Cross-Country Marathon, Downhill, Enduro, and E-MTB Teams for the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
Sixty-one riders round out the American roster for the Mountain Bike World Championships in Valais, Switzerland
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – August 14, 2025 – The historic 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will take on Valais, Switzerland, from August 30 to September 14. For the first time ever, eight mountain bike disciplines will come together at a single World Championship venue.
Earlier this week, USA Cycling unveiled its Cross-Country Mountain Bike Team. Today, another 61 riders join the roster, representing the U.S. in Cross-Country Marathon, Downhill, Enduro, E-Enduro, and E-MTB.
The action kicks off with the opening ceremonies on Saturday, August 30, followed by the Enduro as the first championship event. E-MTB takes the spotlight next, with Cross-Country Marathon and Downhill closing out the first week of racing.
With so many disciplines on display, there’s no shortage of American talent to cheer for. In Marathon, recent Leadville Trail 100 champions and course record holders Keegan Swenson (Midway, Utah) and Kate Courtney (Kentfield, Calif.; She Sends Racing) will tackle the grueling 78-mile route from Verbier to Val D’Anniviers. They’ll be joined by Marathon National Champions Cole Paton (Cashmere, Wash.; Giant Bicycles) and Hannah Otto (Salt Lake City, Utah; Scott Bicycles), both eager to make their mark on the world stage.
American downhillers have been in top form throughout the UCI World Cup season. Anna Newkirk (Riehen, Switzerland; Frameworks Racing 5DEV) has claimed two elite podiums, while National Champion Ryan Pinkerton (Alisa Viejo, Calif.; Mondraker Factory Racing), Luca Shaw (Pisgah Forest, N.C.; Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team), Dylan Maples (Orangevale, Calif.; Commencal Muc-Off), Dakotah Norton (Clinton, Tenn.; Mondraker Factory Racing), and Richie Rude (Redding, Conn.; Yeti/ FOX Factory Team) have all landed in the top 10 for the Elite Men. Not only will Rude compete in Downhill, but also the Enduro earlier in the week. Last year, he scored a bronze medal in the Enduro World Championship event, and won his second straight World Cup Overall title.
The future of U.S. downhill looks just as promising. Reigning Junior World Champion Asa Vermette (Durango, Colo.; Frameworks Racing 5DEV) will aim to defend his rainbow jersey, while first-year junior Aletha Ostgaard (Selah, Wash.; Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team), currently sitting second in the World Cup overall, will be one to watch after multiple podium finishes this season.
The team roster is as follows:
Cross-Country Marathon
Elite Men
Noah Warren (Birmingham, Ala.)
Cole Paton (Cashmere, Wash.; Giant Bicycles)
Bradyn Lange (Fairfax, Calif.; Pinarello / Orange Seal)
Danny Van Wagoner (Fruit Heights, Utah)
Keegan Swenson (Midway, Utah)
Alex Wild (San Jose, Calif.; CycleSport.com)
Cody Iverson (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; Team Baghouse)
Patrick Collins (Worchester, Maine)
Quentin Loxtercamp (Edina, Minn.)
Elite Women
Chelsea Bolton (Park City, Utah)
Hannah Otto (Salt Lake City, Utah; Scott Bicycles)
Kate Courtney (Kentfield, Calif.; She Sends Racing)
Abigail Snyder (Roanoke, Va.; Ride Fierce Racing)
Lauren Zimmer (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Starla Teddergreen (Longmont, Colo.)
Michaela Thompson (Durango, Colo.)
Downhill
Elite Men
Richie Rude (Redding, Conn; Yeti/ FOX Factory Team)
Dylan Maples (Orangevale, Calif.; Commencal Muc-Off)
Luca Shaw (Pisgah Forest, N.C.; Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team)
Ryan Pinkerton (Alisa Viejo, Calif.; Mondraker Factory Racing)
Aaron Gwin (Nolensville, Tenn.; Gwin Racing)
Austin Dooley (Yucaipa, Calif.; Commencal-Schwalbe By Les Orres)
Dakotah Norton (Clinton, Tenn.; Mondraker Factory Racing)
Elite Women
Anna Newkirk (Riehen, Switzerland; Frameworks Racing 5DEV)
Abby Hogie (Heidelberg, Germany; Beyond Racing MT
Maylei Leaneagh (Longmont, Colo.; Zerode, The Ride Guru, TRP, Hand Up)
Kailey Skelton (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; Ari Factory Racing)
Julia Lofqvist Traum (Issaquah, Wash.; Sweet Lines)
Taylor Ostgaard (Selah, Wash.; SRAM/Rockshox, Schwalbe, Monster Army, TLD)
Junior Men
Asa Vermette (Durango, Colo.; Frameworks Racing 5DEV)
Bode Burke (Rhododendron, Ore.; Commencal-Schwalbe By Les Orres)
Luke Mallen (Sandy, Utah; Outlaw Commencal Factory Development)
Lucas DeDora (Huntington Station, N.Y.; Future Frameworks)
Alex Mallen (Sandy, Utah; Outlaw Commencal Factory Development)
Cohen Bundy (Fort Collins, Colo.; Outlaw Commencal Factory Development)
Junior Women
Aletha Ostgaard (Selah, Wash.; Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team)
Matilda Melton (Bellinghma, Wash.; Commencal-Schwalbe By Les Orres)
Zanna Logar (Davis, W.Va.; Future Frameworks)
Mary McLarnon (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Gravity Collective MT
Enduro
Elite Men
Richie Rude (Redding, Conn.; Yeti/ FOX Factory Team)
Marco Osborne (Verdi, Nev.)
JT Fisher (Bellingham, Wash.)
Nikolas Nestoroff (San Marcos, Calif.; Ari Factory Racing)
Colton Peterson (Buena Vista, Colo.; Specialized)
Jakob Snow (Carlsbad, Calif.; Ari Factory Racing)
Tanner Wescott (Bend, Ore.)
Charlie Connell (Portland, Ore.; The Cannondale Farm)
Canyon Wilcox (Bend, Ore.; The Cannondale Farm)
Elite Women
Amy Morrison (Carson City, Nev.; Transition, Shimano, Fox, WT
Kailey Skelton (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; Ari Factory Racing)
Kate Lawrence (Boulder, Colo.)
Porsha Murdock (Bend, Ore.; Specialized)
Abigail Snyder (Roanoke, Va.; Ride Fierce Racing)
Junior Men
Ivan Williams (Durango, Colo.)
Hutch Jehle (Missoula, Mont.; Commencal, Fox, Race Face)
Finn McDermott (Los Angeles, Calif.; Outlaw, Yeti, 7IDP)
Junior Women
Chloe Bear (North Bend, Wash.)
Daisy James (Incline Village, Nev.; Leatt, FOX Suspension)
E-Enduro
Elite Men
Max Beaupre (Sutton, Mass.; Ari Factory Racing)
Robert Soprano (Vero Beach, Fla.)
David Harrison (Sun Valley, Idaho)
Elite Women
Christine Soprano (Vero Beach, Fla.)
E-MTB Cross-Country
Elite Men
Max Beaupre (Sutton, Mass.; Ari Factory Racing)
David Harrison (Sun Valley, Idaho)
Nat Ross (Golden, Colo.)
Gerald White (Tampa, Fla.)
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Super competitive to get on the US Elite Men's DH team right now. Here's a list off the top of my head of fast US dudes who've been showing serious pace this year who didn't make the cut:
Dante Silva, Evan Medcalf, Alden Pate, Gavin Tomlinson, Cole Suetos
Hah...butthurt everywhere.
You each read something random into my post & didn't counter a single point with anything legit & took everything to the extreme.
180's with hard pedaling make it a combo skills sport.
WIndsuits do work.
Bruni ran tiny sized Dyneema one off suits in finals ignoring the "2 fingers" rule for kit for multiple years.
Pretty sure he & other Frenchies trim their visors when possible.
Forget the past & what Palmer brought to the sport in terms of relevance & interest & outside money.
Tuck in.
Put pegs on the bikes instead of pedals if you love your giant slalom so much.
Neko's the only guy with a legitimate outside the sport helmet sponsor.
Nobody circles downhill skiing on their virtual TV calendar.
You're reaching. Hill's a badass. He wouldn't want to tuck & skinsuit it either if he didn't have to. He also badass as a pedaler.
Don't know what "The Streif" is. It ain't downhill MTB.
How does one qualify to race worlds in e-mtb xc or e-mtb enduro for that matter? Asking for...ahem...a friend?
Any more updates? It seems like everybody scrubbed everything off their instagrams.
A new crew will be starting on the DH.
I had the same question, I looked up the single Gal for E-Enduro and she has two races to her name on roots and rain...ever? I would have thought Kera Linn would have gotten the invite as the National Champ (and maybe she did but couldn't go?).
These two are confusing whait there are US team? Yes I know they are citizens but still confusing at first glance when every other person has a US city and state.
Anna Newkirk (Riehen, Switzerland; Frameworks Racing 5DEV)
Abby Hogie (Heidelberg, Germany; Beyond Racing MT
Newkirk is from SLC, Utah.
Hogie is from Sioux City, Iowa.
im guessing both of them moved very early? and maybe identify with their 'new' home more, even though they race for the US.
would you rather have athletes representing your country who train on real tracks or shitty us tracks?
Wild card teams announced for the Lenzerheide World Cup in September:
19th August 2025 – The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports can confirm that 14 wildcard teams (eight cross-country and six downhill) have been selected for round 14 of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Bike Kingdom - Lenzerheide (Switzerland), presented by Le Gruyère, on September 18-21.
While all six teams that applied for a downhill spot secured a wildcard, it was another competitive selection process in cross-country, with only eight of the 19 applicants selected.
The majority of qualifying teams have already featured in the 2025 series, but there will be a first appearance for Swiss Endurance outfit Thömus Akros - Youngstars.
The nine-strong cross-country team is the development arm of WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series Team Thömus Maxon and has a strong focus on supporting the future stars of Swiss cross-country mountain biking. A number of its riders have already lit up this year’s WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series too, having qualified based on their UCI ranking points. Monique Halter has recorded two second place finishes in the Under 23 UCI Cross-country Olympic (XCO) World Cup, most recently in Pal Arinsal (Andorra), and sits in 10th place in the overall series standings, while her younger brother Nicolas Halter has also recorded two podium finishes this year to find himself in eighth.
Elsewhere, Lexware Mountainbike Team is the only Endurance team to continue its 100% wildcard qualification record, while Goodman Santacruz, Rogue Racing - SR Suntour, Team High Country and Kenda NS Bikes UR Team do the same in downhill.
As we enter the final three rounds of the 2025 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series, there will start to be greater focus on teams’ UCI points (a combination of the four highest scoring team riders’ points) which determine whether a team is offered UCI Mountain Bike World Series Team status for two years (teams ranked 1-10) or one year (teams ranked 11-15). At the time of writing, BIXS Performance Race Team occupies 12th place in the Endurance teams rankings and would therefore earn itself UCI Mountain Bike World Series Team status for 2026.
The 14 wildcard teams for round 14 of the 2025 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Bike Kingdom - Lenzerheide are:
UCI Downhill World Cup:
Kenda NS Bikes UR Team
Rogue Racing - SR Suntour
Goodman Santacruz
Team High Country
Future Frameworks
The Alliance
UCI Cross-country World Cup:
BIXS Performance Race Team
Bike Team Solothurn
Lexware Mountainbike Team
KTM Factory MTB Team
Thömus Akros - Youngstars
Cabtech Racing Team
Trek Future Racing
Massi
It's based on where you currently live or what USA Cycling has as your current home address.
Blevins is from California, not Colorado. Out of date info according to Google and Blevins himself
Gwin is from California, not Tennessee
Courtney is listing a different town from where she's from/lived etc...
There's nothing wrong with living abroad while representing your native country. There is a small contingent of people who think you should compete for the country you train/live in when it's to their advantage, but oddly enough, don't think it should be a two-way street.
Imagine having SailGP or the America's Cup's rules where all you need is to meet some residency requirements to get a ride on another country's boat. Next thing you know, the Andorran national team features Bruni, Vergier, Nicole along with Minnaar in Masters.
By that logic Gwin should have never won a race. I was never saying that hey should live in the US but seeing Germany and Switzerland when taking about a US team is kind if weird even knowing why.
Yeah...fast is as fast is! But people gotta take stuff out of context.
A guy from Florida used to drive up to Nationals & East Coast races & whip everyone's butts in DH.
And I remember the East Coast contingent going out to Big Bear & Mammoth in ye olden days & just getting decimated in the silt by Cali kids. They'd talk smack about them just being XC guys on DH bikes then Nationals would swing to the East Coast & results would stay the same. :D
In Anna's positiion, her parents moved to Switzerland years ago. Not sure abou the other.
Also, reardless of where you are from, you should train where ever is best for you. When someone asks what your address is for one of these forms, the only time lying is allowed is in high school football and AAU basketball.
Got some screenshots from the insta story of somebody there, so it looks like the build is continuing and they’re even getting the UCI poles installed.
I really really hope the build turns out good. We really need a World Class DH course if want World Cup DH racing in the states. Hopefully we get a really sick STEEP AF track and they open Whiteface backup to DH riding.
someone go push up and give us a POV
Never forget 2007 Champerey. Where the most talented bike riders almost all switched to FLATS for a single race BEFORE it rained.
Vouilloz
Peaty
Gracia
Atherton
...and so many more.
I barely recognize the course in that preview video.
https://youtu.be/TmvDk8fcheI?si=cuTMOhPyeK0yl4jb&t=131
Lol, Lawlor would rate the craic as minus that day...
I really want the dirt on what went down to lead to this change. Seems like the whole project is pretty last minute. No test event is pretty wild.
Four WC Downhill races plus World Championships between now and October 12.
Psyched.
^^ Same, what’s the qualification for e-duro?
And the US Open. That's a crazy packed schedule
I completely forgot about that one. Thanks for the reminder!
(I'm pretty sure the US Open is also the last race in the Monster Energy Pro series.)
The top #USDH junior parents are about to spend a whole heck of a lot of money.
😆 When the camera zoomed in on him and then back out, I had to chuckle. No one knows the dedication & love of the sport more than him. That moment encapsulates barely ANY of the suffering he & the fellas behind the lens go through for 18hrs in a day of DH documentation.
I'd watch a movie length documentary about Lawlor if someone was even half as tough enough to follow him & the media squids like JackRice, SilverBack, etc around & show what they really go through to give us the almighty "content".
Yeow! Here's the thread for all things Les Gets World Cup, figured we'd post that one up now to start building up for this epic run: https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2025-world-cup-downhill-les-gets-france
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