The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season in hurtling toward the close, with only this week’s clashes in Lenzerheide (SUI) and a final set of races in Snowshoe, West Virginia in early September left to decide the seasonal titles. The men’s race has four primary challengers and the women’s title is down to two real contenders:
● Men/Cross Country:
1. 1,390 ~ Nino Schurter (SUI) ~ 6-time World Cup Champion
2. 1,274 ~ Mathieu van der Poel (NED) ~ Two wins, one silver this season
3. 1,165 ~ Henrique Avancini (BRA) ~ Two bronzes this season
4. 1,143 ~ Mathias Flueckiger (SUI) ~ One win, two silvers, one bronze this season
5. 813 ~ Jordan Sarrou (FRA)
● Women/Cross Country:
1. 1,415 ~ Jolanda Neff (SUI) ~ Four silvers in five races in 2019
2. 1,382 ~ Kate Courtney (USA) ~ Three wins this season; reigning World Champion
3. 950 ~ Anne Terpstra (NED) ~ One win in 2019
4. 940 ~ Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA) ~ One win this season
5. 805 ~ tie, Anne Tauber (NED) and Sina Frei (SUI)
Scoring in Cross Country includes the Short Track race (worth up to 125 points) and the XCO race, worth up to 250.
● Men/Downhill:
1. 1,132 ~ Loic Bruni (FRA) ~ Three wins, two silvers this season
2. 1,000 ~ Amaury Pierron (FRA) ~ Defending World Cup Champion
3. 939 ~ Troy Brosnan (AUS) ~ One silvers, three bronzes this season
4. 754 ~ Loris Vergier (FRA) ~ One silver, two bronzes this season
5. 723 ~ Danny Hart (GBR)
● Women/Downhill:
1. 1,250 ~ Tracey Hannah (AUS) ~ Only one to win medals in all five XCO races
2. 1,080 ~ Marine Cabirou (FRA) ~ One win, two silvers in last three races
3. 739 ~ Nina Hoffmann (GER) ~ One silver, one bronze in 2019
4. 730 ~ Rachel Atherton (GBR) ~ Two wins, one silver this season
5. 639 ~ Veronika Widmann (ITA)
The Cross Country Short Track race will be held on Friday, the Downhills on Saturday and the Cross Country Olympic race on Sunday. Look for results here.
Lenzerheide last hosted a Mountain Bike World Cup in 2017, when Schurter won the XCO race, along with Annie Last (GBR); the Downhills were won by Greg Minaar (RSA) and Myriam Nicole (FRA).
