{"id":2116476,"date":"2026-08-27T06:47:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2116476"},"modified":"2026-08-27T06:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:47:22","slug":"how-to-watch-the-2026-mountain-bike-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2116476","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch the 2026 Mountain Bike World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2235379514-scaled-e1787812845488.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-wrap fp-contentTarget\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\">\n<div class=\"fp-remove flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">Jim Cotton<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Updated August 27, 2026 12:56AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Road racing aces take on mountain bike specialists for coveted rainbow jerseys at the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships\u00a0on Thursday and Sunday in Val di Sole.<\/p>\n<p>Mathieu van der Poel, Puck Pieterse, and Tom Pidcock will be in action in short track and cross country events alongside the likes of Victor Koretzky, Alessandra Keller, and defending XCO world champions Alan Hatherly and Renny Rissveds.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Blevins and Hayley Hatten give the USA strong hopes for MTB medals.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian Val di Sole course they\u2019ll be shredding this week is one of the OGs of the European circuit.<\/p>\n<p>The loop features two huge climbs, technical rocky descents, and tight singletrack. It\u2019s a course with something for everybody, but one that leaves no room for mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Elite women\u2019s and men\u2019s short track races blast off late afternoon on Thursday, August 27. The marquee cross country races follow on Sunday, August 30.<\/p>\n<p>A total of seven U.S. athletes will be chasing medals across the four events.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placeholder-wrapper relative w-full border-t border-b border-border-light col-span-full my-3 md:col-span-10 md:col-start-2\">\n<div class=\"mb-[30px] min-h-[30px] text-center\"><span class=\"font-utility-4 font-medium tracking-[1px] text-neutral-500 uppercase\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The full Val di Sole world championship program also includes downhill, relay, and E-mountain bike racing.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the start lists for the cross country races and check out more information on the course here.<\/p>\n<h2>How to watch the 2026 MTB world championships<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1004306\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1004306\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2291712848.jpg?width=2048&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">Former XCO world champion and all-terrain sensation Pieterse is chasing more gold in Val di Sole. (Photo: Billy Ceusters\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>USA:<\/strong> FloBikes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canada:<\/strong> FloBikes<\/li>\n<li><strong>UK:<\/strong> TNT Sports \/ HBO Max<\/li>\n<li><strong>Australia:<\/strong> Stan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Worldwide:<\/strong> Eurosport, L\u2019Equipe, VRT, RTBF, TV2, RAI, NOS, TVE, SuperSport, DirectTV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The racing will also be available to watch live on the UCI YouTube channel, subject to geo-blocking.<\/p>\n<h2>Race schedule<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thursday August 27:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Elite women\u2019s short track:<\/strong> 17:45 CET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elite men\u2019s short track:<\/strong> 18:30 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunday August 30:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Elite women\u2019s cross country:<\/strong> 13:00 CET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Men\u2019s elite cross country:<\/strong> 15:15 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\">\n<div class=\"fp-remove flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">Jim Cotton<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Updated August 27, 2026 12:56AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/mountain\/mountain-racing\/how-to-watch-the-2026-mtb-world-championships\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2235379514-scaled-e1787812845488.jpg&#8221;] Jim Cotton Updated August 27, 2026 12:56AM Road racing aces take on mountain bike specialists for coveted rainbow jerseys at the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships\u00a0on Thursday and Sunday in Val di Sole. Mathieu van der Poel, Puck Pieterse, and Tom Pidcock will be in action in short track and cross [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-2116476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2116476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2116476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2116476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2116476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}