Time to give it another look. Two days of racing starts Saturday morning.
Whilst there is still no live stream video of the racing – because enduro race format really doesn’t lend itself to such – there are now some decent ways to follow the action that don’t involve the tiresome haphazard refreshfest social media melée (TFFT).
Before
A detailed course preview highlighting the route and its key sections and video highlights from both practice and race days on the official YouTube channel (embedded above).
During
The pros are racing Saturday and Sunday. From 9.30am (UK time) through to 4.30pm.
As ever there’ll be live timing on the official WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series website but by far the more engaging and interesting method of checking up on what’s happening is the new live feed blogging with key updates throughout the event. It’s currently available via the free World Series MTB app as opposed to via the website.
MTB World Series app for Android.
After
A highlights programme will be on the YouTube channel a few days after the event. This season, former Enduro racer and Enduro World Series Under 21 Champion Elliott Heap has joined the team as a presenter, bringing first-hand race experience along with worthwhile insight and analysis.
Previous round’s highlights programme:
A recap of the sason so far
Get yourself up to speed with the current standings and stories of the season so far (via Warner Bros Discovery+)…
ŁUKASIK PLAYING CATCH UP WHILE CONOLLY HAS COMPETITION IN COURDURIER
The return of Slawomir Łukasik (Yeti/Fox Factory Race Team) to the top step of the podium in Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland (Austria) confirmed that the reigning UCI Enduro World Cup overall winner has put the disappointment of finishing outside the points in Loudenvielle-Peyragudes (France) behind him.
However, despite taking maximum points two weeks ago, the Pole still has ground to make up in the overall standings and remains 125 points back from series leader, round one winner and 2024 UCI Enduro World Champion Alex Rudeau.
The pair have one win each from the format’s last two visits to the Val di Fassa Bike Park District – Łukasik most recently in 2025, and the Frenchman when he clinched the rainbow bands in 2024 – making them the clear favourites. Whoever comes out on top this weekend will head into the series’ midway point in the ascendancy, carrying valuable momentum into the final three rounds.
Another rider to keep an eye on is privateer Lief Rodgers. The young Canadian secured his best-ever finish and second UCI Enduro World Cup podium with second place in Austria and was within five seconds of a debut UCI World Cup win.
In the women’s competition, Ella Conolly’s second place in Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland kept her title defence on track. However, New Zealand’s Winnifred Goldsbury, fresh from claiming her first UCI Enduro World Cup victory and now racing with career number 73, has added her name to the growing list of riders capable of challenging the British rider on any given day.
Conolly starts in Canazei as a favourite having won in the Dolomites in 2025, but she will face her sternest test yet with Isabeau Courdurier set to make her long-awaited return to the UCI Enduro World Cup.
The multi-time UCI Enduro World Cup overall winner and 2024 UCI Enduro World Champion took the 2025 season off to start a family, but has returned to racing sooner than expected, proving that motherhood and elite-level mountain biking can go hand in hand.
While the Frenchwoman is prioritising downhill this season, she is still lining up in UCI Enduro World Cup rounds when her schedule allows. Although she has yet to qualify for a Women Elite final after her two UCI Downhill World Cup appearances this season, Courdurier is a very different force on an enduro bike, one capable of pushing Conolly all the way on the Italian trails.
UCI EDR World Cup Women Elite Overall Standings
| # | Rider / Team | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella CONOLLY (GBR) | 460 |
| 2 | Winnifred GOLDSBURY (NZL) | 400 |
| 3 | Mélanie PUGIN (FRA)SPEED PROJECT | 390 |
| 4 | Raphaela RICHTER (GER) | 330 |
| 5 | Nadine ELLECOSTA (ITA)ABETONE VITTORIA NENCINI SPORT FACTORY TEAM | 200 |
| 6 | Elly HOSKIN (CAN) | 190 |
| 7 | George SWIFT (NZL) | 130 |
| 8 | Geza RODGERS (CAN) | 120 |
| 9 | Julie DUVERT (FRA)SPEED PROJECT | 90 |
| 10 | Simona KUCHYňKOVA (SVK)CUBE ACTION TEAM | 90 |
UCI EDR World Cup Men Elite Overall Standings
| # | Rider / Team | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex RUDEAU (FRA) | 375 |
| 2 | Lief RODGERS (CAN) | 290 |
| 3 | Ryan GILCHRIST (AUS)YETI / FOX FACTORY RACE TEAM | 290 |
| 4 | Adrien DAILLY (FRA)SPEED PROJECT | 280 |
| 5 | Marius TENET BERRAT (FRA) | 275 |
| 6 | Raphaël GIAMBI (FRA)SPEED PROJECT | 266 |
| 7 | Slawomir LUKASIK (POL)YETI / FOX FACTORY RACE TEAM | 250 |
| 8 | Tommaso FRANCARDO (ITA)ABETONE VITTORIA NENCINI SPORT FACTORY TEAM | 212 |
| 9 | William BRODIE (GBR) | 200 |
| 10 | Jt FISHER (USA)YETI / FOX FACTORY RACE TEAM | 160 |
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Ooh, it’s like going back to the 1980’s and dinghy race reports in Yachts and Yachting – always a week after the fact, trying to make something that is a participation sport a viewer sport, and generally rather odd…
Hm, I’m not sure.
If only the bike media gave it the support and coverage it deserves. This years coverage by Elliot has been the best of a while
Is it just me that struggles with it being called EDR now? It’s such a weird abbreviation for an Enduro World Series or Enduro World Cup…
Whilst I still follow along a bit, my interest has reduced because it has lost a lot of the personalities that would post their own content (MoiMoiTV in particular). This makes it harder to follow and harder to find the personalities, so I’m less bothered who wins.
Give ’em a motor and roll DH, Enduro and e-sports into one. A DH course with a couple of link climbs to extend the descend. Have a race series that reflects where MTBs are going. Race a bike with TC forks and just enough battery to handle the climbs. Sell a big battery version with 38s. Could make a DH-oriented course work in more places, easier to cover.
I’d watch it, would be a great flipside to XC.
Don’t start messing with DH, it’s the only racing I enjoy watching
I have to say that the Enduro series/sport/World Cup or whatever appeals to me much more than XC or DH, it seems much more orientated to the riding I aspire to. But trying to do a tv edit of 7 stages must be really difficult. It must be much easier to film 50 riders coming down the same 2-3 minute DH track. Like DH ski racing.
I wish here was a solution, because I still much prefer the idea of Enduro more than the others. Those guys climb something like 1000m+ in each race! But still race like downhillers. Wow!