It’s that time of year again when we start to see riders moving teams, with it being the start of the next Olympic cycle & the WHOOP UCI MTB World Cup team changes we expect to see lots of riders moving around.
2025 XC MTB Team Rumours
Mondraker Factory Racing Team
Sebastian Fini,Nadir Colledani, Tamara Wiedmann, Alex Garciaa & Mona Mitterwallner join the team for 2025
Luca Braidot
Luca will join the Wilier Vittoria team for 2025
Kate Courtney
Kate has announced she will ride under her own program She Sends for 2025
Origine Racing Team
Origine Bikes have announced their new UCI MTB World Cup team. Maxime Marotte is the team manager with riders Mathias Azzaro, Martina Berta, Knut Røhme & Ronja Eibl.
Anton Cooper, Chiara Teocchi, Maximilian Brandl, Nina Benz, Tobias Lillelund & Noëlle Buri
They all join the Lapierre Racing Unity Team for 2025 – Confirmed
Rebecca Henderson, Simon Andreassen & Jennifer Jackson
They all join Pierre de Froidmont on the Orbea Fox Factory Team for 2025. – Confirmed
David List
David joins the Decathlon Ford Racing Team for 2025 & 2026 – Confirmed
Loana Lecomte
Lonana will join Team BMC Factory Racing – confirmed
Jolanda Neff, Cole Punchard, Ana Santos & Luca Martin
They all join Charlie Aldridge on Cannondale Factory Racing for 2025! – confirmed
Jenny Rissveds
Jenny joins the Canyon CLLCTV for 2025 – confirmed
Valentina Corvi & Noa Filippi
Valentina & Noa both join the Canyon CLLCTV for 2025 – Confirmed
Kelsey Urban
Kelsey Urban joins Bart Brentjens KMC Ridley MTB Team – Confirmed
Olivia Onesti & David Campos
Olivia & david join BH Coloma MTB Team for 2025 – confirmed
Candice Lill
Candice will remain a privateer for 2025 as she feels that’s how she’ll perform the best! – confirmed
Yana Belomoina
Yana joins Massi Bikes for 2025 – Confirmed
Ondrej Cink
Ondrej will join the CUBE Factory Racing Team for 2025 – Confirmed
Mathias Azzaro
Mathias leaves Decathlon Ford Racing Team – confirmed
Juri Zanotti
Juri leaves Team BMC Factory Racing – Confirmed
Emeline Detilleux
Emeline leaves Decathlon Ford Racing Team after 2 years on the team – confirmed
Mona Mitterwallner
Moana joins team HPH Cycling for 2025 to combine MTB & road – Confirmed
Primaflor Mondraker
The team will close at the end of 2024 – Confirmed
Annika Langvad
After a few years off from racing Annika is back for 2025 – confirmed
New Team – Origine Racing Division
We’ve seen a new Instagram account which states its a new UCI MTB World Team for 2025 called Origine Racing Division, More info coming 16.01.2025.
Luca Martin , David Campos , Chiara Teocchi & Anne Tauber
They all leave Orbea Factory Racing Team – Confirmed
Malene Degn, Annie Last, Sam Fox & Thomas Litscher
Malene Degn, Annie Last, Sam Fox & Thomas Litscher have all left Lapierre Mavic Unity – Confirmed
Luke Wiedmann
Luke leaves THÖMUS MAXON after 4 years on the team – confirmed
Bjorn Riley and Emilly Johnston
They both join SCOTT-SRAM for 2025 with Nino Schurter, Filippo Colombo and Andri Frischknecht – Confirmed
Mona Mitterwallner & Simon Andreassen
Mona & Simon are both leaving Cannondale Factory racing, it’s not yet known where they are going – Confirmed
Julian Schelb
Julian will join Team KMC RIDLEY MTB Team for 2025 – Confirmed
Loana Lecomte
Loana has left CANYON CLLCTV – earlier this year we saw rumours she could be joining Team BMC?
Kate Courtney
Kate leaves SCOTT-SRAM after 6 years on the team, it is unknown where she will be going for next year yet – Confirmed
TREK Future Racing
Marta Cano, Raphael Chazaly & Katrin Embacher join TREK Future Racing – Confirmed
CUBE Next Generation Team
CUBE has launched a new team aimed at helping up-and-coming riders. Marusa Tereza, Fynn Lanter, Anne Lucas, Cas Timmermans & Daan Bakelaar join the team for 2025 – Confirmed
Lia Schrievers
Lia join Bart Brentjens KMC Ridley MTB Racing Team for 2025 – Confirmed
Tom Pidcock
Tom joins team Q36.5 for 2025 – Confirmed
Jolanda Neff
Jolanda leaves TREK Factory Racing, we’ve seen rumours she could be moving to Cannondale Factory Racing
Anton Cooper
Anton leaves TREK Factory Racing – Confirmed
Gunnar Holmgren
Gunnar joins the Trek Factory Racing team for 2025 – Confirmed
Tom Schellekens
Tom joins Bart Brentjens KMC Ridley MTB Team for 2025, he leaves Team Visma’s road team to concentrate on MTB for 2025 – Confirmed
Thomus Maxon
Thomus Maxon has announced they will continue their partnership for the next Olympic 4-year cycle.
Luca Schaetti
Luca joins the Bixs Performance Race Team for 2025 – Confirmed
Alan Hatherly
Alan will move to team Jayco AlUla to race on the road in 2025 & 2026 – Confirmed
Santa Cruz RockShox
The Santa Cruz RockShox team will no longer exist next year, which means Martina Berta, Luca Braidot, Nadir Colledani will be looking for a new team for 2025.
Jenny Rissveds
Jenny is rumoured to be joining Canyon for 2025, could she be Loana Lecomte’s replacement if she leaves Canyon? – Unconfirmed
Ella Maclean-Howell
Ella joins the Cube Factory Racing XC Team for 2025 after a stellar performance in 2024 including racing for Team GB at the Paris Olympics this is well deserved! – Confirmed
Maxime Marotte & Mathis Azzaro
Maxime could start his own MTB team in 2025 with his first signing rumoured to be Mathis Azzaro – Unconfirmed
Savilia Blunk
Savilia Blunk has extended her contract with Decathlon Ford until 2026 – Confirmed
Trek Future Racing
Bjorn Riley, Emily Johnston & Tobia Lilleund will leave Trek Future Racing as they will be moving upto the Elite ranks – Confirmed
David Valero
Has signed with BH Coloma team for a further 2 years until 2026 – Confirmed
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