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 the various UCI Mountain Bike World Cups, launched in 2023 to unite almost all major mountain bike formats under one brand for the first time, will touch three continents e nine countries in 14 events between May and October and will see the participation of the best athletes in the Endurance formats (Cross-country Olympic, XCO and Cross-country Short Track (XCC) and Gravity (Downhill, DHI and Enduro, EDR).
2026 MTB WORLD CUP CALENDAR
WHOOP UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD SERIES 2026 CALENDAR:
Round 1 / 1-3 May: Race of South Korea, South Korea (World Cup cross-country and UCI downhill)
Round 2 / 22-24 May: Nové Město Na Moravě, Czech Republic (UCI Cross-Country Skiing World Cup)
Round 3 / May 28-31: Loudenvielle-Peyragudes, France (UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 4 / June 11-14: Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburg, Austria (UCI Cross-Country Skiing World Cup, UCI Downhill, and UCI Enduro)
Round 5 / June 19-21: Lenzerheide, Switzerland (UCI Cross-Country and Downhill Skiing World Cup)
Round 6 / June 26-28: Val di Fassa – Trentino, Italy (UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 7 / July 3-5: La Thuile – Aosta Valley, Italy (UCI World Cup Cross-country, UCI Downhill and UCI Enduro)
Round 8 / 8-12 July: Pal Arinsal, Andorra (UCI World Cup cross-country and downhill)
Round 9 / July 17-19: Aletsch Arena – Bellwald, Valais, Switzerland (UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 10 / 14-16 August: Haute-Savoie, France (UCI Cross-Country Skiing World Cup and UCI Downhill World Cup)
Round 11 / August 21-23: Haute-Savoie, France (UCI Enduro World Cup)
Round 12 / September 19-20: Soldier Hollow, Midway, Utah, USA (World Cup cross-country UCI)
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 World Cup and UCI Downhill World Cup)
The series kicks off with an epochal weekend of racing Cross-country e Downhill to the Race of South Korea a MONA Yong Pyong , the first Asian stage of the UCI XCO and XCC World Cup and the first stage of the UCI World Cup Downhill on the continent in 25 years. Next, the action moves to Europe for the summer, with Nové Město Na Moravě (Czech Republic) which welcomes the Endurance and Loudenvielle-Peyragudes (France) welcomes Gravity formats: the UCI Enduro World Cup will start outside Italy for the first time since 2023.
The following weekend will see the first of two XCO/XCC/DHI/EDR quad races at long-time partner venue of Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland (Austria), before riders take a week off ahead of the start of five consecutive weekends of WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series racing.
Lenzerheide (Switzerland) e Pal Arinsal (Andorra) welcome both the contingent Cross-country than that Downhill, while the Val di Fassa – Trentino (Italy) and the Aletsch Arena-Bellwald, The 2025 UCI Enduro World Championships, held in Valais (Switzerland), are the testing grounds for Enduro. Halfway through the five-week race, there is La Thuile - Valle d'Aosta (Italy), which hosts the second quadruple stage of the series. Also the Cross-country was added to the schedule following the location's successful debut in 2025, which saw the track Downhill steepest in the history of the series and the first night Enduro stage in the world.
After the summer break, the European leg of the season concludes with two consecutive race weekends in Haute-Savoie (France) – one Cross-country e Downhill, the other the Enduro finale – before the series moves to North America for three rounds and two new locations The first will see the Cross-country to compete on the paths of Soldier Hollow, Midway, Utah (USA), a location hosted by the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation, home to the U.S. Olympic Biathlon Team's training center and a regular stop on the IBU Biathlon World Cup circuit. As the region prepares to co-host the 2034 Winter Olympics, Soldier Hollow brings its Olympic pedigree and world-class credentials to the final stages of the season.
Il downhill he will then return to his spiritual home, the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, British Columbia (Canada), where a decade-long wait will be fulfilled with a stage ready for unforgettable competitions. The iconic venue, which hosted the Winter Olympic Games 15 years ago, will welcome the world's top athletes for the first time. downhill of the world for a UCI World Cup. The final weekend will see the UCI World Cups of cross-country e downhill decided in Olympic sites of Lake Placid , New York (USA).
