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Bike Perfect
Bike Perfect
Lifestyle
Paul Brett

Schurter takes his 34th World Cup win in a record-breaking UCI MTB weekend that seen a fairytale return and young guns laying down markers

Rachel Atherton riding to the win at Lenzerheide 2023

The legendary Swiss MTB venue delivered what surely had to be one of the best mountain bike racing weekends ever. There was breathtaking results across the board that saw Rachel Atherton return to downhill World Cup racing with an unsurprising yet also unexpected win. Fellow British rider Jordan Williamson delivering another incredible result, taking the win in his first-ever men's Elite World Cup downhill mountain bike race. In the Olympic cross country reigning World Champion Nino Shurter would take a record-breaking 34th World Cup victory, with European Champion Loana Lecomte winning the women's XC in a similarly emphatic style. As the dust settles and before it all happens next weekend in Leogang, here are all the details of a breathtaking weekend in Switzerland.

Women's Downhill

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