On the heels of an extremely fun weekend in Mairiporã, the second round of the 2024 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series took place in Brazil, in the city of Araxá in the western region of Minas Gerais, and marked the 40th UCI Mountain Bike Short Track World Cup race. On an exciting and varied route, the runners put on a great show.
Source: press release
FEMALE ELITE
The World Cup cross-country The women’s short track (XCC) saw Italy’s Chiara Teocchi (Orbea Factory Team) and Switzerland’s Jolanda Neff (Trek Factory Racing-Pirelli) get off to a fast start to battle it out on the short opening lap, before US native Batten showed her intentions with a quick move into the lead, following her strong showing in last week’s Olympic XCO World Cup in Mairiporã.

Batten crossed the line to take his first win of the season, four seconds ahead of Indergand. Blunk outsprinted Keller to take third place, with Richards crashing just before the finish line, only managing ninth place.
After the race, Batten took the overall lead, with Richards second and Keller third.

ELITE WOMEN'S RANKING XCC ARAXA
1. | ![]() | BATTEN Haley (SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING) | 22:01 |
2. | ![]() | INDERGAND Linda (LIV FACTORY RACING) | 22:05 +4 |
3. | ![]() | BLUNK Savilia (DECATHLON FORD RACING TEAM) | 22:07 +6 |
4. | ![]() | KELLER Alexandra (THOMUS MAXON) | 22:07 +6 |
5. | ![]() | JACKSONJennifer (LIV FACTORY RACING) | 22:12 +11 |
6. | ![]() | STIGGER Laura (SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING) | 22:13 +12 |
7. | ![]() | HABERLIN Steffi (TEAM BMC) | 22:13 +12 |
8. | ![]() | KOLLER Nicole (GHOST FACTORY RACING) | 22:15 +14 |
9. | ![]() | RICHARDS Evie (TREK FACTORY RACING – PIRELLI) | 22:23 +22 |
10 | ![]() | LILL Candice | 22:23 +22 |
MALE ELITE
It was another fast and furious battle between a huge field of contenders in the Men's Olympic XCO World Cup. Chilean Martín Vidaurre (Specialized Factory Racing), who played a major role in last week's race, led the pack at the front, but it was Britain's Charlie Aldridge (Cannondale Factory Racing) who really powered the race. However, as soon as Aldridge opened a small gap, he crashed, losing the lead, and about 16 riders pushed for him in a group led by Jordan Sarrou (Team BMC).

On the final lap, Koretzky and Sarrou both looked ready to make a move, but it was Mairiporã XCO winner Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing) who struck, surprising his teammate Koretzky and the others as he made a push up the climb.
The two teammates went head-to-head for the win, and coming into the final straight Koretzky won comfortably over an exhausted Blevins. South African Alan Hatherly (Cannondale Factory Racing) finishes third.
With this victory, Koretzky takes the lead in the general classification, with Gaze in second place and Schwarzbauer in third after two races.

XCC ARAXA MEN'S ELITE RANKING
1. | ![]() | KORETZKY Victor (SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING) | 19:26 |
2. | ![]() | BLEVINS Christopher (SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING) | 19:29 +3 |
3. | ![]() | HATHERLY Alan (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING) | 19:30 +4 |
4. | ![]() | SARROU Jordan (TEAM BMC) | 19:31 +5 |
5. | ![]() | SCHWARZBAUER Luke (CANYON CLLCTV XCO) | 19:31 +5 |
6. | ![]() | COLUMBUS Philip (SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING TEAM) | 19:33 +7 |
7. | ![]() | LITSCHER Thomas (LAPIERRE MAVIC UNITY) | 19:35 +9 |
8. | ![]() | GAZE Samuel (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK) | 19:35 +9 |
9. | ![]() | * BOICHIS Adrien (TRINITY RACING MTB) | 19:36 +10 |
10 | ![]() | FOIDL Maximilian (KTM FACTORY MTB TEAM) | 19:40 +14 |
BÖHM AND AMOS UNBEATEN IN THE U23
Kira Böhm (Cube Factory Racing) and Riley Amos (Trek Factory Racing-Pirelli) both continued to dominate the U23 results in the UCI World Cup Cross-country Short Track (XCC) U23.
The German launched an initial attack and took with her Canadian Emily Johnston (Trek Factory Racing) and another German, Carla Hahn (Lexware Mountainbike Team), but once again showed her strength to win, with Johnston second and Hahn third.


In the men’s race, American Amos beat fellow countryman Bjorn Riley (Trek Future Racing), giving Trek teams a one-two on the podium. Like Böhm, Amos put in another superior performance after winning both the UCI XCC and XCO World Cups in Mairiporã last weekend. Third was Switzerland’s Luke Wiedmann (Thömus maxon).
U23 MEN'S RANKING XCC ARAXA
1. | ![]() | AMOS Riley (TREK FACTORY RACING – PIRELLI) | 19:30 |
2. | ![]() | RILEY Bjorn (TREK FUTURE RACING) | 19:33 +3 |
3. | ![]() | WIEDMANN Luke (THOMUS MAXON) | 19:33 +3 |
4. | ![]() | MARTIN Luke (ORBEA FACTORY TEAM) | 19:36 +6 |
5. | ![]() | ROKKE Sondre | 19:38 +8 |
U23 WOMEN'S RANKING XCC ARAXA
1. | ![]() | BÖHM Kira (CUBE FACTORY RACING) | 19:08 |
2. | ![]() | JOHNSTON Emily (TREK FUTURE RACING) | 19:12 +4 |
3. | ![]() | HAHN Carla (LEXWARE MOUNTAINBIKE TEAM) | 19:22 +14 |
4. | ![]() | Santos Ana | 19:24 +16 |
5. | ![]() | SALVINI MORGEN Giuliana (TREK FUTURE RACING) | 19:27 +19 |
