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How to watch the 2024 UCI MTB World Championships: What you need to know


How to watch the 2024 UCI MTB World Championships: What you need to know

The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships begin on August 28th in the country of Andorra, which lies between Spain and France, in the heart of the Pyrenees. The event will see some of the best cyclists in the world compete for this year’s championships, including the Olympic cross-country races.

The elite women’s and men’s short track and downhill competitions will take place on August 30 and 31, and the competition will culminate with the elite women’s and men’s Olympic cross country (XCO) races on September 1.

The action on the last three days of the MTB World Championship will be streamed live. Find out everything you need to know here.

How to watch the UCI MTB World Championships stream

The final three days of competition will be streamed by FloBikes and the FloSports apps beginning at 11:20 a.m. EST on August 30 in the U.S. and Canada. Replays, highlights and breaking news will be available on both platforms.

Schedule of the 2024 UCI MTB World Championships

Before the elite races finish the week in Pal Arinsal, qualifying races and junior races dominate the schedule on days 1 to 3. Here is the full schedule.

Start times are EST and are subject to change.

MTB World Championships schedule on day 1: Tuesday, August 27, 2024

  • 04:30: Women U23 Cross-Country Short Track – Qualification – Run 1
  • 04:30: Women U23 Cross-Country Short Track – Qualification – Run 2
  • 05:30: Men U23 Cross-Country Short Track – Qualification – Run 1
  • 05:30: Men U23 Cross-Country Short Track – Qualification – Run 2
  • 06:30: Women’s Elite Cross-Country Short Track – Qualification – Run 1
  • 06:30: Women’s Elite Cross-Country Short Track – Qualification – Run 2
  • 07:30: Men’s Elite Cross-Country Short Track – Qualification – Run 1
  • 07:30: Men’s Elite Cross-Country Short Track – Qualification – Run 2

MTB World Championships Day 2 Schedule: Wednesday, August 28, 2024

  • 05:00: Men’s Junior Downhill – Qualification
  • 05:00: Women’s Junior Downhill – Qualification
  • 07:30 am: Women’s Elite E-MTB Cross-Country
  • 09:00 a.m.: Men’s Elite E-MTB Cross-Country
  • 11:00 am: Mixed team relay

MTB World Championships Day 3 Schedule: Thursday, August 29, 2024

  • 05:00: Women’s Junior Downhill – Final
  • 05:45: Downhill Junior Men – Final
  • 09:45: Men’s Elite Downhill – Qualification
  • 09:45 am: Women’s Elite Downhill – Qualification

MTB World Championships Day 4 Schedule: Friday, August 30, 2024

  • 04:00: Junior Olympic Cross Country
  • 06:00: Junior Olympic Cross Country
  • 10:00 am: Women U23 Cross-Country Short Track – Final
  • 10:45 a.m.: Men’s U23 Cross-Country Short Track – Final
  • 11:30 am: Women’s Elite Cross-Country Short Track – Final
  • 12:15 p.m.: Men’s Elite Cross-Country Short Track – Final
  • MTB World Championships Day 5 Schedule: Saturday, August 31, 2024
  • 06:30 am: Women’s Elite Downhill – Final
  • 08:00: Men’s Elite Downhill – Final

MTB World Championships Day 6 Schedule: Sunday, September 1, 2024

  • 03:00: Women under 23 Olympic Cross Country
  • 05:00: Men under 23 Olympic Cross Country
  • 07:30 am: Women’s Elite Cross Country Olympic
  • 09:30: Men’s Elite Cross-Country Olympic

UCI Mountain Bike World Championships USA riders

Here are the American drivers:

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, Mass.; Competitive Advantage)
  • 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)

Canadian riders at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Here are the Canadian drivers:

Cross country

Juniors

  • Rafaëlle Carrier – Lac-Beauport, QC
  • Julien Desjardins – Gatineau, QC
  • Nicolas Gauthier – Gatineau, QC
  • Aislin Hallahan – Peterborough, ON
  • Felix-Antoine Leclair – St-Denis-de-Brampton, QC
  • Lily-Rose Marois – Lac-Beauport, QC
  • Jacob Roy – Ste-Gertrude-Manneville, QC
  • Maude Ruelland – Lac Beauport, QC
  • Tristan Taillefer – Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, QC
  • Eleanor Winchell – Powell River, B.C

U23

  • Ian Ackert – Severn, ON
  • Owen Clark – King City, ON
  • Isabella Holmgren – Orillia, ON
  • Ava Holmgren – Orillia, ON
  • Emilly Johnston – Comox, BC
  • Marin Lowe – Squamish, BC
  • Ella MacPhee – Squamish, BC
  • Zorak Paillé – St-Sauveur, QC
  • Cole Punchard – Huntsville, ON
  • Noah Ramsay – Toronto, ON

Elites

  • Léandre Bouchard – Alma, QC
  • Gunnar Holmgren – Orillia, ON
  • Jenn Jackson – Barrie, ON
  • Tyler Orschel – Uxbridge, ON
  • Roxane Vermette – St-Férréol-les-Neiges, QC
  • Sandra Walter – Coquitlam, BC
  • Carter Woods – Cumberland, B.C

Downhill

Juniors

  • Geza Rodgers – Port Moody, B.C
  • Megan Bedard – Whistler, BC
  • Rebecca Beaton – Pemberton, B.C
  • Dane Jewett – Squamish, BC
  • Jon Mozell – North Vancouver, BC
  • Michael De La Salle – Vancouver, BC
  • Griffin Tulk – Squamish, BC
  • Ryan Griffith – Squamish, B.C
  • Dylan Marino – Whistler, BC
  • Jack MacLeod – Squamish, BC

Elites

  • Gracey Hemstreet – Sechelt, BC
  • Emmy Lan – Comox, BC
  • Sophi Lawrence – Whistler, BC
  • Jacob Jewett – Squamish, BC
  • Bodhi Kuhn – Rossland, BC
  • Finn Iles – Pemberton, BC
  • Mark Wallace – Duncan, BC
  • Kasper Woolley – Squamish, BC
  • Johnathan Helly – Kamloops, BC
  • Kirk McDowall – Port Moody, B.C

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