It’s almost here – the most important race in any athlete’s calendar, the Olympics.
72 riders will take to the start line, 36 women & 36 men.
The Venue
Elan Court on the outskirts of Paris will host the MTB XC race.
Schedule
The two races will take place on the 28th & 29th July.
Sunday 28th July
14:10 (13:10 BST) Women’s Olympic MTB XC Race
Monday 29th July
14:10 (13:10 BST) Men’s Olympic MTB XC Race
Who To Watch
Women’s Race
Frances Pauline Ferrand Prevot is the favourite to win the 2024 Olympics, with the reigning Olympic Champion Jolanda Neff not taking part due to breathing problems.
Netherlands Puck Pieterse & Switzerlands Alessandra Keller will be up there fighting for the remaining podium places.
Men’s Race
Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock, the reigning Olympic Champion is the favourite to win the Men’s race but 2 time Olympic champion Nino Schurter is hungry for win to add to his Olympic medal collection. Could this be the final Olympics for Nino Schurter?
If Tom Pidcock wins he will become the second ever male rider to have 2 Olympic gold medals – tied with Julian Absalon who won in 2004 & 2008.
The 20 year old American Riley Amos is having a great year in the U23 World Cups how will he do racing against the worlds best elite riders during the Olympics.
How To Watch
It depends where you are in the world, here’s the rights holders in most countries:
Nine in Australia
Globo in Brazil
CBC in Canada
CCTV in People’s Republic of China
Fuji TV/NHK/Nippon TV/TBS/TV Asahi/TV Tokyo in Japan
SKY NZ in New Zealand
SuperSport in South Africa
NBC in the United States
Discovery Eurosport across Europe
France Télévisions in France
ARD/ZDF in Germany
BBC Sport in the United Kingdom
