The 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Series felt at times like it was attempting to boast more news stories than the combined efforts of the last decade. The racing was fast and frenetic, right from the off in Nové Město na Moravě in Czechia. In both the Cross-country Olympic and Cross-country short track overall title races bright, new stars tussled with the big named establishment and visiting super-talents.  

Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) battled the previous double overall title holder Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon Swiss Mountain Bike Race Team) right to the final round. Whilst in the elite men’s title stakes, Nino Shurter (Scott SRAM MTB Racing) did battle with just about everyone including Luca Schwarzbauer (Canyon CLLCTV), Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and Mathias Flückiger (Thömus Maxon Swiss Mountain Bike Race Team). 

On the off chance that you missed last season’s racing we’ll not go into details suffice to say that you can now catch up on all of 2023’s unrivalled UCI Mountain Bike World Series season from the comfort of your own sofa. Don’t forget that the first round of this year’s Endurance race schedule gets underway in Mairiporã, Brazil 12-14 April.