After the iconic season opener of the UCI Enduro World Cup in Pietra Ligure, Finale Outdoor Region (Italy), the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series continues Gravity action this weekend, with downhill also joining the fray in the Enduro Trails in Bielsko-Biała , in Poland.
Find out everything you need to know about the Bielsko-Biała stage of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series, including when the enduro and downhill, who will compete and how to watch it.
WHEN?
UCI Enduro World Cup at 8:00 (UTC+2) on Saturday 17 May and will conclude with the UCI Enduro World Cup Downhill Men's Elite at 14:00 (UTC+2) on Sunday 18 May. Below are the main times for the race weekend.
Saturday May 17th
- 08:00 – UCI Enduro World Cup
- 12:30 – UCI DH World Cup | Qualification 1 Women Elite
- 13:00 – UCI DH World Cup | Qualification 1 Men Elite
- 14:15 – UCI DH World Cup | Women's Junior Qualifications
- 14pm – UCI DH World Cup | Men's Junior Qualifications
- 15:30 – UCI DH World Cup | Qualification 2 Women Elite
- 15:50 – UCI DH World Cup | Qualification 2 Men Elite
Sunday May 18th
- 11:30 – UCI DH World Cup | Junior Women Finals
- 12:00 – UCI DH World Cup | Junior Men Finals
- 13:00 – UCI DH World Cup | Elite Women Finals
- 14:00 PM – UCI DH World Cup | Elite Men Finals
WHERE CAN I WATCH?
There will be several ways to follow the adrenaline-filled action of Gravity in Poland.
For the UCI Enduro World Cup, there will be a route preview with the track and its main sections, videos of the highlights of the training and racing days on the official YouTube channel, key moments of the race on social media and real time timing on official website of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series .
For the first UCI World Cup Downhill of the season, you can follow the finals live from anywhere in the world. Both the UCI World Cup Downhill both the men's and women's Junior finals will be broadcast live on the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series YouTube channel, while the Elite finals will be broadcast on one of the channels or streaming services listed below. The pre-show starts at 12:45 UTC+2, so set a reminder to join Ric McLaughlin Live from Poland:
North America
- Canada – Flobikes
- United States - Max
South and Central America
- All territories of Central and South America - MTBWS TV
- Caraibi – Rushsports 2
Asia
- Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand – Eurosport
- China – Zhibo.tv
- All other Asian territories - MTBWS TV
Oceania
- Australia – Stan Sport
- New Zealand - MTBWS TV
Africa
All African territories - MTBWS TV
Europe *
- Andorra – MAX, Eurosport
- Austria – discovery+, Eurosport
- Belgium – HBO Max, Eurosport
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Max, Eurosport
- Bulgaria – Max, Eurosport
- Croatia – Max, Eurosport
- Czech Republic – Max, Eurosport
- Denmark – Max, Eurosport
- Isole Faroe – Max, Eurosport
- France – Max, Eurosport, L'Équipe Live 2 (OTT)
- Germany – discovery+, Eurosport
- Hungary – Max, Eurosport
- Ireland – TNT Sports
- Italy – discovery+, Eurosport
- Moldova – Max, Eurosport
- Montenegro – Max, Eurosport
- Netherlands – HBO Max, Eurosport
- Northern Macedonia – Max, Eurosport
- Norway – Max, Eurosport
- Poland – Max, Eurosport
- Portugal – Max, Eurosport
- Romania – Max, Eurosport
- Serbia – Max, Eurosport
- Slovakia – Max, Eurosport
- Slovenia – Max, Eurosport
- Spain – Max, Eurosport
- Sweden – Max, Eurosport
- Switzerland - MTBWS TV
- Turkey – Max, Eurosport
- UK – discovery+, TNT Sports
- All other European territories - MTBWS TV
RUNNERS TO WATCH
The Bielsko-Biała circuit made its UCI World Cup debut last year, quickly becoming a favourite among riders and fans alike. Ronan Dunne (Mondraker Factory Racing), Marine Cabirou (Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team), Charles Murray (Specialized Gravity) and Isabeau Courdurier (Lapierre Zipp Collective) won their respective events in 2024, but few would have predicted an exact repeat in Poland this weekend.
In the men's enduro race, Slawomir Lukasik (Yeti/Fox Factory Race Team) is the rider to watch. The 32-year-old Pole led Pietra Ligure, Finale Outdoor Region, last weekend until the final stage, when the last, searing run by Daniel Booker saw the Australian overtake him at the last minute, causing Lukasik missed his first UCI World Cup win by less than a second A similar story also occurred in Bielsko-Biała last year, and Lukasik hopes to be able to exploit home support to his advantage to cross the finish line.
Lukasik, however, will not have an easy life. While his teammate and winner of the 2024 UCI Enduro World Cup, Richard Rude (Yeti/Fox Factory Race Team), will focus on downhill this weekend, the reigning UCI Enduro World Champion Alex Rudeu, Jack Moir (YT Mob) and the winner of the 2024 UCI E-Enduro World Cup, Ryan Gilchrist (Yeti/Fox Factory Race Team), will all be in contention.
The women's Enduro race is also very open, with last year's winner Isabeau Courdurier who will not compete and the fastest of Pietra Ligure, Harriet Harnden (AON Racing – Tourne Campervans), focused on downhill. Morgan Charre (Pivot Factory Racing) has the necessary experience, but also Ella Conolly started 2025 off to a flying start with a second place finish in Italy.
In DH, the reigning overall winners of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series, Valentina Hell (YT Mob) e Loïc Bruni (Specialized Gravity), will try to defend their title on the right foot, while hoping to make up for the loss of first place in Poland last year.
Harnden is the most interesting competition for Höll and it will be interesting to see how the enduro rider will handle a different format, while Nina Hoffman (Santa Cruz Syndicate), Cabirou e Tahnee Seagrave (Orbea/FMD Racing) can all string together victories.
In the men's Elite category, Rude is another multi-format rider to keep an eye on, while downhill purists Troy Brosnan (Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team), Finn Iles (Specialized Gravity) and Amaury Pierron (Commencal/Muc-Off by Racing Addiction) ensure that victory is not a foregone conclusion for Super Bruni.
The competitions will start on Saturday, May 17th in Bielsko-Biała.
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