The dates of the provisional UCI MTB 2025 calendar are revealed

The 2025 season is starting to take shape with the announcement of the dates that the UCI is considering for scheduling the most important MTB events. The first conclusions are that the governing body plans a year with twelve XCO World Cup events, four of them outside of Europe.

The provisional MTB 2025 calendar: this is the outline of the upcoming season

Although the most important goals of this season are yet to be achieved - five XCO World Cups, the Olympics, and the World Championships - the UCI is already working on organizing the next competitive year. In general, it maintains a continuity in terms of dates and race planning, although it also introduces some novelties such as an increase in XCO and DH World Cups.

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According to the provisional calendar, the 2025 MTB season would start with the Snow Bike World Championship. This is the second edition of this innovative format which was first held in February of this year. The UCI currently sets it on an undetermined date - given the snow requirements of the specialty, it is likely to be around the same time as the 2024 edition. As for the location, it has only been revealed that it will be in Europe.

The MTB World Cup will kick off in the first two weeks of April with a double dose of XCO races and, just like this season, they will be held outside of Europe. The competition will take a break before returning to Europe in the second half of May, continue in June with three races, proceed in July and August, and leave the continent to hold the last two events of the year in October.

Provisional XCO World Cup 2025 Calendar

1. April 4-6 - Outside of Europe
2. April 11-13 - Outside of Europe
3. May 23-25 - Europe
4. June 6-8 - Europe
5. June 13-15 - Europe
6. June 20-22 - Europe
7. July 25-27 - Europe
8. August 1-3 - Europe
9. August 22-24 - Europe
10. August 29-31 - Europe
11. October 3-5 - Outside of Europe
12. October 10-12 - Outside of Europe

Another notable date is the already announced MTB World Championship -XCO, XCR XCC, XCM, E-MTB, DHI, and EDR- from September 2 to 14 in Valais (Switzerland).

On the other hand, the European Continental Championship would take place between July 9 and 13, while the National XCO Championships would be held on the weekend of July 19-20.

Below are the provisional events of the EDR, XCM, and DH MTB World Cup.

• DH World Cup - May 3-4
• EDR World Cup - May 10-11
• DH and EDR World Cup - May 17-18
• XCM World Cup - May 23-25*
• EDR World Cup - May 31-June 1
• DH and EDR World Cup - June 6-8*
• DH World Cup - June 13-15*
• DH World Cup - June 20-22*
• EDR World Cup - June 28-29
• DH and EDR World Cup - July 5-6
• DH and EDR World Cup - July 19-20
• DH World Cup - July 25-27*
• DH World Cup - August 1-3
• EDR and XCM World Cup - August 16-17
• DH, EDR, and XCM World Cup - August 22-24*
• DH World Cup - August 29-31*
• DH World Cup - September 27-28
• DH World Cup - October 3-5*
• DH and XCM World Cup - October 10-12*

*Weekends with XCO World Cup

In addition, the Masters MTB World Championship -XCO and DHI- would take place from May 15-18 in Cairns, Austria.

The season would end with the Masters Marathon World Championship and the Eliminator World Championship, although in both cases the dates and locations of the events are not yet known.