The XCM World Championships is filled with XCO stars like Koretzky, Blevins, Valero, Rissveds, and Batten

The XCM World Championship 2024 will be held on September 22 in Snowshoe, USA, and due to the proximity in time and distance with the Lake Placid World Cup, there will be a large number of XCO specialists who will participate in this event.

XCO specialists switch to XCM for World Championship

In the men's race, we already knew that the Spanish David Valero has decided to prepare for this XCM World Championship after his great performance in the European Championship where he finished in second place. But alongside him, there will be other top XCO favorites such as the French Victor Koretzky, who after winning the silver medal at the Olympics, the victory in the XCC World Championship, and finishing second in the recent XCO World Championship in Andorra, has decided to take advantage of his great form to try to win in the long distance.

Americans Christopher Blevins and Danish Simon Andreassen will also be on the starting grid in Snowshoe. Blevins could be one of the main contenders to beat considering he is a specialist in long distances and winner of the Cape Epic in 2023.

The women's race will also feature top XCO names, starting with Austrian Mona Mitterwallner who has already won the XCM rainbow jersey twice. Laura Stigger, Mitterwallner's compatriot, will also be in Snowshoe alongside Swiss riders Jolanda Neff and Sina Frei, Olympic champion Haley Batten, Sweden's Jenny Rissveds, and South African Candice Lill who has been one of the surprises of 2024 after her great performances at the Olympics and World Championship.

A "familiar" course for XCO

The course of the XCM World Championship 2024 has a distance of 100km with almost 2300m of positive elevation gain and is located in a familiar environment for XCO cyclists as it is right in Snowshoe where the World Cup has been held in recent seasons.

Dates and schedule of the XCM World Championship 2024

Sunday, September 22

• 08:30 Women's Elite - 14:30 Central European Time
• 08:50 Men's Elite - 14:50 Central European Time

We do not yet know if the World Championship will be broadcast live, but we will update the article in the coming days.