Jenny Rissveds, Ondrej Cink, Pier de Froidmont and Kelsey Urban: new batch of National XCO Champions 2024

With just a few days left until the start of the Paris Olympics, many cycling federations, such as Italy, USA, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and Belgium, have scheduled their XCO Championships for this weekend. Events that, following Switzerland's or Spain's last week, have crowned a new batch of national champions.

New National XCO Champions 2024 in Italy, USA, Czech Republic, Sweden, Canada, Estonia, and Belgium

Countries prominent in the international XCO scene have awarded their most important jerseys this weekend, those that will identify the champions of their discipline until next year.

Among them are standout cyclists who have defended their title, such as Swiss Jenny Rissveds, Czech Ondrej Cink, Italians Martina Berta and Luca Braidot, Belgian Pier de Froidmont, and Estonian Janika Loiv. But also new promises like Americans Bjorm Riley and Kelsey Urban, both elite champions for the first time after having achieved it in the U23 category in 2022 and 2019 respectively.

 

Here is a list of the new champions decided this weekend from the most prominent countries in the UCI ranking.

 

• Italy: Luca Braidot - Martina Berta
• USA: Bjorm Riley - Kelsey Urban
• Belgium: Pierre de Froidmont - Emeline Detilleux
• United Kingdom: Cameron Orr - Annie Last
• Canada: Cole Punchard - Jennifer Jackson
• Czech Republic: Ondrej Cink - Jitka Cabelicka
• Sweden: Oscar Lind - Jenny Rissveds

Now, the next important event in the World XCO will be the most anticipated in recent years. The Paris Olympics will host the mountain bike events on the weekend of July 28-29, and here you have all the schedules and details to follow it.