UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2021

For the first time since 2019, a full UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will take place this week in Val di Sole, in the northeast of Italy.

Last year, the UCI managed to squeeze in a World Championship for the elite categories in October. This year, the full complement of categories – junior, under-23 and elite – will race in every event.

Val di Sole, in the Trentino region, is no newcomer to the top level of the sport, having hosted both the World Championships and multiple World Cups over the past two decades. Usually it is hot and dusty but weather forecasts call for temperatures in the high-teens and rain for the entire week.