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How do you know what US racers can try to qualify for the WhiteFace World Cup DH?
I glanced at USAC’s website & I don’t even see the Monster Energy Cup racers results.
Figured that those races would have a link or indication of which racers got UCI points.
What is the criteria to qualify for it?
A little calendar reminder for you - just after this coming weekend's World Cup in Les Gets, we're heading over the border to Champery in Switzerland for DH World Champs, and Aletsch Arena for EDR World Champs. Here's the schedule that awaits:
Entry lists for DH World Champs
2025 UCI MTB Downhill World Championships Entry List - Elite Men
2025 UCI MTB Downhill World Championships Entry List - Elite Women
2025 UCI MTB Downhill World Championships Entry List - Junior Men
2025 UCI MTB Downhill World Championships Entry List - Junior Women
Start lists for EDR World Champs:
2025 UCI MTB Enduro World Championships Entry List - Elite Men
2025 UCI MTB Enduro World Championships Entry List - Elite Women
2025 UCI MTB Enduro World Championships Entry List - Junior Men
2025 UCI MTB Enduro World Championships Entry List - Junior Women
Hot off the press: RockShox reaffirms its commitment to racing by becoming the "Official Suspension Partner of the WHOOP UCI MTB World Series":
https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/rockshox-announced-official-partner-whoop-uci-mountain-bike-world-series
ORDA is looking for marshals for the Whiteface World Cup DH and Mt Van Hoevenburg XC from October 2nd to 5th. To become a volunteer, first create an account using this link. Then sign up for marshal/parking attendant/corral attendant/etc roles with this link.
In exchange for volunteering, you can receive vouchers that are good for lift passes at Whiteface, Gore, etc, and other things, and some unspecified free merch. I signed up to marshal to be close to the racing because it seems interesting. hcromie@orda.org (Hanna Cromie) is the workforce coordinator, and she was helpful in answering any questions I had.
This seems like the most up to date schedule if you want to see what training/qualifying/finals you would be signing up to marshal. (scroll down and click on schedule)
homepaged your post, @dantecusolito 👊
i put this in 2026 team rumors too, but 2026 world cup calendar is out
WHOOP UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD SERIES 2026 CALENDAR UNVEILED
Round 1 / May 1-3: Race of South Korea, South Korea (UCI Cross-country and Downhill World Cups)
Round 2 / May 22-24: Nové Město Na Moravě, Czechia (UCI Cross-country World Cup)
Round 3 / May 28-31: Loudenvielle-Peyragudes, France (UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro World Cups)
Round 4 / June 11-14: Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland, Austria (UCI Cross-country, UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro World Cups)
Round 5 / June 19-21: Lenzerheide, Switzerland (UCI Cross-country and Downhill World Cups)
Round 6 / June 26-28: Val di Fassa - Trentino, Italy (UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 7 / July 3-5: La Thuile – Valle d’Aosta, Italy (UCI Cross-country, UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro World Cups)
Round 8 / July 8-12: Pal Arinsal, Andorra (UCI Cross-country and Downhill World Cups)
Round 9 / July 17-19: Aletsch Arena - Bellwald, Valais, Switzerland (UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 10 / August 14-16: Haute-Savoie, France (UCI Cross-country and UCI Downhill World Cups) Round 11 / August 21-23: Haute-Savoie, France (UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 12 / September 19-20: Soldier Hollow, Midway, Utah, USA (UCI Cross-country World Cup)
Round 13 / September 25-27: Whistler Mountain Bike Park, British Columbia, Canada (UCI Downhill World Cup)
Round 14 / October 2-4: Lake Placid Olympic Sites, New York, USA (UCI Cross-country and UCI Downhill World Cups)
The dates, venues and rounds of next year’s WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series have been announced, featuring 14 race weekends over six months with stops at four Olympic venues, Downhill’s spiritual home in Whistler, and the return of fan favourites.
26th August 2025 - The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports confirm the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series calendar for the 2026 season. The fourth year of the revamped format for mountain bike’s different UCI World Cups - launched in 2023 to unite almost all of mountain bike’s major formats under a single brand for the first time - will visit three continents and nine countries across 14 events between May and October and will feature the best athletes in the sport’s Endurance (Cross-country Olympic, XCO and Cross-country Short Track, XCC) and Gravity (Downhill, DHI and Enduro, EDR) formats.
The series kicks off with a landmark weekend of Cross-country and Downhill racing at the Race of South Korea in MONA YongPyong – the first-ever Asian UCI XCO and XCC World Cup rounds and first UCI Downhill World Cup round on the continent in 25 years. After this, the action moves to Europe for the summer, with Nové Město Na Moravě (Czechia) welcoming the Endurance formats and Loudenvielle-Peyragudes (France) welcoming the Gravity formats – the UCI Enduro World Cup starting outside of Italy for the first time since 2023.
The following weekend sees the first of two XCO/XCC/DHI/EDR quadruple-headers at long-term partner venue Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland (Austria), before riders get a week’s break leading into the start of five back-to-back WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series race weekends.
Lenzerheide (Switzerland) and Pal Arinsal (Andorra) welcome both the Cross-country and Downhill contingent, while Val di Fassa - Trentino (Italy) and the 2025 UCI Enduro World Championships venue Aletsch Arena-Bellwald, Valais (Switzerland) are the proving grounds for Enduro. In the middle of the five-week run is La Thuile – Valle d’Aosta (Italy), which hosts the second quadruple header of the series. Cross-country has also been added to the schedule following a successful debut for the venue in 2025 which saw the steepest Downhill track in the series’ history as well as the world’s first Enduro night stage.
After a summer break, the European leg of the season concludes with back-to-back race weekends in Haute-Savoie (France) – one Cross-country and Downhill, the other the Enduro finale – before the Series jets off to North America for three rounds and two new venues. The first will see Cross-country contested on the trails of Soldier Hollow, Midway, Utah (USA) – a venue hosted by the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation, home to the USA Olympic biathlon team training centre and a regular on the IBU Biathlon World Cup circuit. With the region preparing to co-host the Olympic Winter Games in 2034, Soldier Hollow brings Olympic pedigree and world-class credentials to the closing stages of the season.
Downhill will then take to its spiritual home in Whistler Mountain Bike Park, British Columbia (Canada), delivering on decades of anticipation with a stage set for unforgettable racing. The iconic venue, which hosted the Olympic Winter Games 15 years ago, will welcome the world’s best downhill riders for a UCI World Cup for the first time. The final weekend will see both the UCI Cross-country and Downhill World Cups decided in Lake Placid Olympic Sites, New York (USA).
Chris Ball, Vice President of Cycling Events at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, said: “The 2025 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series was always going to be about bedding in the major reforms that we introduced at the start of this year, and the competitiveness and excitement of each format shows that the changes are working. For 2026, we’re doubling down on our successes and pushing the sport even further into new territories.
“The 2026 calendar will witness 14 gripping events that take in the world’s best destinations, including four proven Olympic venues, with half returning under multi-year agreements reflecting our sustained investment in the sport’s growth. Every venue we've introduced since 2023 has quickly become a favourite among athletes, highlighting WBD’s commitment to pushing the limits of performance while prioritising safety and expanding a world-class, global calendar. We’re continuing to expand the reach of the sport by bringing Cross-country Olympic racing to Asia for the first time, growing our footprint in the USA, and will fulfil a long-term wish from fans, teams and athletes alike by adding Whistler – one of the world’s most iconic mountain bike destinations - to the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series calendar from next year.”
UCI President David Lappartient said: “Bringing together three different UCI World Cups, the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series will see many stories unfold in 2026 as the weekends of competition progress. The succession of races throughout the season means athletes must strive for consistency, and logically there will be ups and downs along the way. The experience of seasoned riders and the sheer audacity of younger athletes always makes for thrilling competition across the different rounds.
“In 2026, the UCI World Cups for cross-country Olympic, cross-country short track, downhill and enduro will span 14 weekends in the space of six months with exciting new hosts joining some of the series’ favourite venues. I am particularly pleased that the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series will expand into Asia in 2026, adding a new dimension to the series and providing a prestigious opening to the season.”
WHOOP UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD SERIES 2026 CALENDAR:
Round 1 / May 1-3: Race of South Korea, South Korea (UCI Cross-country and Downhill World Cups)
Round 2 / May 22-24: Nové Město Na Moravě, Czechia (UCI Cross-country World Cup)
Round 3 / May 28-31: Loudenvielle-Peyragudes, France (UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro World Cups)
Round 4 / June 11-14: Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland, Austria (UCI Cross-country, UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro World Cups)
Round 5 / June 19-21: Lenzerheide, Switzerland (UCI Cross-country and Downhill World Cups)
Round 6 / June 26-28: Val di Fassa - Trentino, Italy (UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 7 / July 3-5: La Thuile – Valle d’Aosta, Italy (UCI Cross-country, UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro World Cups)
Round 8 / July 8-12: Pal Arinsal, Andorra (UCI Cross-country and Downhill World Cups)
Round 9 / July 17-19: Aletsch Arena - Bellwald, Valais, Switzerland (UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 10 / August 14-16: Haute-Savoie, France (UCI Cross-country and UCI Downhill World Cups) Round 11 / August 21-23: Haute-Savoie, France (UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 12 / September 19-20: Soldier Hollow, Midway, Utah, USA (UCI Cross-country World Cup)
Round 13 / September 25-27: Whistler Mountain Bike Park, British Columbia, Canada (UCI Downhill World Cup)
Round 14 / October 2-4: Lake Placid Olympic Sites, New York, USA (UCI Cross-country and UCI Downhill World Cups)
Whistler will be interesting. I wouldn't want to be going to that race on the sea to sky when every mountain bike bro in the area is trying to get parking and a spot to watch. Someone trying to ghost ride a Lambo for tictok will likely shut it all down at 8am. And It'll be booked up from whistler to east van for rooms.
I wonder if they'd be running 1199 or another course. 1199 seems out of frame for what the UCI is trying to run at other hills but I hope I'm wrong.
8 downhill rounds and new venues?!? Awesome!
Time for a 2026 Race Talk thread. 😎
Edit: 9!!!!!
World champs is aug 26 -30 in Val di sole to add in. 1 WC and world champs in the 2.5 months between Andorra and Whistler. But they would have also just done 6 races in 7 or so weeks.
1199 would make the better race but creekside is logistically challenging.
I think I count 9 - 1. Korea 2. Loudenville 3. Leogang 4 .Lenzerheide 5. La thule 6.Andorra 7. Huate-Savoie 8. Whister 9. Whiteface(lake Placid)
oh sick! lift passes to a ski resort. 👎 great venue choice.
No MSA anymore sadly, but damn Whistler! Seems to be only a couple weeks after crankworx too.
there was a fair amount buzz at crankworx this year that there won't be another crankworx, and that red bull pulled out of joyride for 2026. put the WC there instead? hoping it's not true.
RockShox (SRAM) announcing the World Cup sponsorship this morning gives that rumor a bit more juice.
That sounds sad but logical.
Disappointing to see that Enduro won’t make it to North America. You’d think an Utah and Whistler round would make sense.
Did hear a rumor that the Olympic Park in PC was building a DH track off the new lift. Not sure about the terrain there though.
I find it pretty surprising to be honest. I didn't think Vail Resorts would be interested in hosting a WCDH. Shows how much I know. 🤣
it's going to be the 1199 course.
The Olympic park in PC isn’t owned by Vail. So that might be why. Not sure if there is enough vert though to pull off a WC DH track but it would be cool to pull the whole thing together with XC not far away.
Are they going to not allow women juniors to hit the big drops?
Snark aside, I hope UCI doesn't force them to make it easier for the race.
Well well well, better dust off the old passport.
Tough choice, Korea for the experience, or add another Aussie to the millions in Whistler?
Very cool news none the less.
Korea for sure!
Hotels and lodges in Whistler are like "WTF just happened, we just sold out bookings for late Sept next year."
Stoked to have it coming to Whistler. Sad to see MSA no longer on the list, but 30 years was a good run.
Meh, if someone doesn't know how to beat the S2S traffic game they deserve to be stuck in it. But yeah it's going to be busy.
This is such a fantastic race held in the Rockies! The hype is high at this one. Easy access off of I-70 and a couple of hours away from the Denver International Airport.This seems to be a constant on the schedule, so come on out next year and experience some great DH racing!
Is there a thread about how US racers obtain(ed) points to attend WhiteFace World Cup?
Are the US Monster Cup DH's giving UCI points?
What's the smallest US race that gives UCI points to get to qualify for that World Cup?
How does a racer get points for getting into a World Cup if there's some sort of "teams keep the points" thing?
How did Pivot put Vierra on the squad for World CUp & pull him back off?
I've tried the google & no help.
US SX/MX Pro & occasional DH racer Cade Clason was on the PulpMX pod & mentioned how World Cup DH constricted when the host told the MotoSport & Feld reps to constrict everything and cut out the privateers. It made me wonder how is Roczen or Hill or Clason supposed to even GET INTO a US World Cup?
TLDR - You're not qualifying for the world cup.
Long version -
Satisfy one of the conditions below
1. Top 50 UCI ranked in elite
2. Be in one of the 20 Elite teams (top 15 + 5 season long wildcards)
3. Be in one of the 8 single round wildcard teams
4. Be on the USA federation entry list (capped at 3 riders)
5. Be top 5 at one of the Continental races and get a golden ticket.
6. Be current National/Continental/World champion.
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