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Red Bull Genova Cerro Abajo returns to Italy for its third consecutive year, once again turning the historic port city into the flagship European stop of the world’s premier urban downhill series. Set in the heart of Genova’s old town, the race is defined less by a simple route than by the city itself: steep stairways, narrow caruggi, tight corners, abrupt surface changes, and the constant rise and drop of a course built into the fabric of the streets.
Watch the race live on June 28 at 17h20 CET (8h20am PST, 11h20am EST), we'll post up the video feed in the thread.
Event Information
- The 2.2-kilometre track drops 279 meters from Monte Peralto to Largo della Zecca, creating a high-speed test that rewards precision, commitment, and the ability to read the city in real time. With qualifying on Saturday and finals on Sunday, riders face one of the most demanding urban downhill tracks in the series — a course where mistakes are punished quickly and flow is never guaranteed.
- Genova is not just the backdrop to Red Bull Cerro Abajo; it is part of the challenge. Ancient architecture, natural obstacles, man-made features, and the compact layout of the old city combine to make this race instantly recognizable and uniquely unpredictable, with every sector demanding total focus.
- This year’s event arrives at a crucial point in the 2025–26 season, as Genova becomes the second-last stop before the championship finale in Stuttgart, Germany. The final round will crown the overall champion and marks a historic moment for the series, with Stuttgart hosting the first-ever championship showdown on a new European stage.
- The women’s progression session adds another important layer to the weekend, offering a first look at the next step in the series’ evolution. In Genova, the progression continues, giving female riders the chance to ride, test the course, and help shape the future of Red Bull Cerro Abajo.
Rider List
- Ed Masters 🇳🇿
- Alberto Nicolas 🇨🇱
- Lucas Vega 🇮🇹
- Josh Lowe 🇬🇧
- Alex Storr 🇬🇧
- Marius Perraudin 🇨🇭
- Brook Macdonald 🇳🇿
- Francesco Colombo 🇮🇹
- Davide Cappello 🇮🇹
- Felipe Benavides 🇨🇱
- Gaetan Vige 🇫🇷
- Theo Erlangsen 🇿🇦
- Bruno da Silva 🇧🇷
- Kaito Roldan 🇲🇽
- Julian Steiner 🇩🇪
- Stefano Introzzi 🇮🇹
- Tuhoto Ariki-Pene 🇳🇿
- Sam Blenkinsop 🇳🇿
- Gonzalo Gajdosech 🇦🇷
- Pedro Ferreira 🇨🇱
- Harry Molloy 🇬🇧
- Jeronimo Paez 🇦🇷
- Lucas Borba 🇧🇷
- Alex Marin 🇪🇸
- Pedro Burns 🇨🇱
- Gabriel Giovannini 🇧🇷
- Felipe Agurto 🇨🇱
- Johannes Fischbach 🇩🇪
- Adrien Loron 🇫🇷
- Roger Vieira 🇧🇷
2026 Red Bull Cerro Abajo Genova LIVE race on June 28 at 17h20 CET (8h20am PST, 11h20am EST):
First hits with Eddie - you can feel the jitters! One of the challenges of urban DH racing is the very limited practice time, as the course can only be shut down for so long. No time for speed check roll-ins.
(the camera angle isn't great for the first run, but Eddie fixed for the second...).
Two women, Mikayla Parton and Vero Widmann, are taking part in a "progression session" (not racing, but practicing on the course in the leadup to the main event) again here in Genova. Here's a look at how their first day of practice went:
Thanks for posting. Wish these seemed more popular with the general mountain bike audience as I have always found them to be a blast to watch.
The level of commitment (and fitness!) required to win one of these is incredible:
POV: you break your collarbone in Italy, and absolutely nobody bats an eyelid. Heal up Eddie!
Man...the last name Masters in this era of speed is just taking hit after hit. Hope he's able to make enough from his channel & contracts to cover until he can get back on his feet physically. Don't know how any of these guys stay in the red financially.
"Nobody lifts a finger." is a bit of an overstatement. Plenty of people who were there did what they could, which wasn't much since they had other jobs to do and he wasn't gushing blood. They told him it sit down and called the ambulance. He kept standing and waited. Were they supposed to shut down practice and kiss it and make it better? He didn't seem to have any complaints about how it was handled.
Hey pal...we're shooting for clicks and views here. No spoilers.
I may have taken certain liberties with my word selection, in the name of sensationalism, but their general level of indifference was nothing if not remarkable… 🙃
Brutal. Heal up Ed!
Those wood wall rides / berm things always look like the sketchiest part of those tracks. They always seem way too tight of a radius and slippery as all hell.
That shorter wall ride in general has always seemed like a bit of a joke
Your above that Johan.
“You’re” - yes but not above correcting grammar 🤣🤣🤣
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