The first World Championships for all mountain bike disciplines will officially begin on August 30th (but the first titles will be awarded on September 1st) in a single venue, the Canton of Valais, in southern Switzerland. Over two weeks of competition, from August 30th to September 14th 2025, the titles will be awarded. cross country, downhill, e-bike, enduro, e-enduro, marathon, pump track and short track, in eight different locations and which will see over 1.500 athletes involved.
Source: press release
The intense yet 14-day program includes the awarding of the Enduro and E-enduro titles for the Elite and Junior (m/f) categories on Monday, September 1st. The final day of racing, Sunday, September 14th, will be dedicated to the XCO Women U23 and Men Elite events.
Last year the Azzurri won a silver medal with Andrea Garibbo (also competing next Monday) in the E-enduro and the two bronze medals with Martina Berta (XCO Women Elite) and in the Mix Team Realy.
Below are the Azzurri called up by CT Fabbri and Celestino for the first scheduled events, in particular the Enduro/E-Enduro World Championships, Downhill and Marathon.
Enduro / E-Enduro World Championship – Aletsch Arena (September 1st)
Tommaso Calonaci – Otto Racing Bike
Lorenzo Cesari – AB Santacruz Vittoria Team
Andrea Colombo – Beltrami TSA
Nadine Ellecosta – Abetone Gravity Team ASD
Matteo Falcini – Abetone Gravity Team ASD
Tommaso Francardo – Abetone Gravity Team ASD
Andrea Garibbo – Team Haibike
Ignazio Gravina – Etna BFL Valverde
Simone Leo – Team Bike O'Clock
Matteo Melloni – AB Santacruz Vittoria Team
Lorenzo Noferini – Appenninico CC 1907
Sophie Riva – Black Arrows ASD
Daniel Tortora – AB Santacruz Vittoria Team
CT: Simone Fabbri
World Championship Downhill – Champery (6 and 7 September)
Gregorio Arnoul – Black Crew
Tommaso Calonaci – Otto Racing Bike
Davide Cappello – Ridewill-Bike Center Cimone
Eleonora Farina – MS Racing
Christian Hauser – Trek Factory Racing Gravity
Stefano Introzzi – Ridewill-Bike Center Cimone
Marco Morini – Team Bike O'Clock
Davide Palazzari – ASD After Skull – Rogue Racing
Loris Revelli – Ridewill-Bike Center Cimone
Gloria Scarsi – MS Racing
Filippo Turatti – Santa Cruz BMT
Veronika Widmann – BMX DH Team Alto Adige Südtirol
CT: Simone Fabbri
World Marathon (6 September)
Gioele De Cosmo – Torpado Kenda FSA
Mara Fumagalli – KTM Spada powered by Brenta Brakes
Stefano Goria – Scott Racing Team
Sandra Mairhofer – Soudal Lee Cougan International Team
Claudia Peretti – Olympia Factory Team
Debora Piana – FOL MTB Racing Team
Samuele Porro – Klimatiza – Orbea
Fabian Rabensteiner – Torpado Kenda FSA
Lorenzo Samparisi – KTM Spada powered by Brenta Brakes
Andrea Siffredi – Scott Racing Team
CT: Mirko Celestino
Events calendar
1 ° September
08:00 AM – Men Elite Enduro
08:00 – Men Elite E-MTB Enduro
08:00 AM – Men's Junior Enduro
08:00 AM – Women Elite Enduro
08:00 – Women Elite E-MTB Enduro
08:00 AM – Women Junior Enduro
4 September
16:00 PM – Women Elite E-MTB Cross-country
17:30 PM – Men Elite E-MTB Cross-country
5 September
17pm – Men Elite Pump Track – Final
17pm – Women Elite Pump Track – Final
6 September
06:40 – Men Elite Cross-country Marathon
06:45 AM – Women Elite Cross-country Marathon
11:00 – Women Junior Downhill - Final
11:45 – Men Junior Downhill - Final
16:30 AM – Women Elite Downhill – Qualification
16:30 – Men Elite Downhill – Qualification
7 September
11:00 AM – Women Elite Downhill - Final
12:30 – Men Elite Downhill - Final
9 September
15:30 PM – Women U23 Cross-country Short Track – Final
16:15 PM – Men U23 Cross-country Short Track – Final
17:15 AM – Women Elite Cross-country Short Track – Final
18:00 – Men Elite Cross-country Short Track – Final
11 September
17: 00 - Cross-country Mixed Team Relay
12 September
15:00 – Women Junior Cross-country Olympic
17:00 – Men Junior Cross-country Olympic
13 September
11:00 PM – Men U23 Cross-country Olympic
14:00 AM – Women Elite Cross-country Olympic
14 September
10:30 PM – Women U23 Cross-country Olympic
13:30 – Men Elite Cross-country Olympic
