2nd World Cup in Araxá, Brazil

Another location premiere in Brazil

The second stop of the WHOOP UCI World Cup 2024 will also be held in Brazil. This time the city of Araxá hosted the XCC and XCO. It is famous for it's majestic waterfalls, mountains and rainforests. Over the years many mountainbike events have been staged there, but it is the first time for a UCI World Cup Stop.

The course was technical and diverse. A combination of forest, flat parts alternated with epic breakneck speed descents.

Race Results

XCC

The XCC on Saturday, 20th of April was 1.64km long with an elevation gain of 52 m. It was another scorching weekend weather wise. Nonetheless Nicole Koller came in on a strong 8th place followed by Anne Terpstra on place 18. Caroline Bohé finished as 27th.

XCO

The longer track of the XCO was held on Sunday. The athletes had to tackle 7 rounds of the 3.82km long race course with an elevation gain of 164m. After 1,5h Anne Terpstra was able to celebrate a fantastic 5th place on the podium! Nicole Koller followed on place 7 while Caroline Bohé finished 15th. What a strong start into the new season! Now it's time to maintain and improve the form for the next steps in this year's worldcup!