
Sina Frei (Specialized Factory Racing) and Dario Lillo (Giant Factory Off-Road) took out their first elite cross-country Olympic races in the opening round of the 2026 Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series, held in South Korea for the first time.
The racing at MONA YongPyong was charged, with wet and muddy conditions on the new course delivering a whole different set of challenges beyond what riders usually face through the World Cup season.