With wins already banked and the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup on the horizon, the Giant Factory Off-Road Team is primed for the new race season. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Wins already banked. The Giant Factory Off-Road Team is carrying a wave of momentum into 2026—and the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is next. | | WINNING WAYS From Luke Meier-Smith’s fourth consecutive Australian downhill title aboard the Glory Advanced, to world champion Alan Hatherly setting a new course record at South Africa’s Big-5 MTB Challenge on his Anthem Advanced SL—GFORT riders kicked off the new year with victories across disciplines, countries, and continents. | | | | FOURTEEN ROUNDS. NINE COUNTRIES. THREE CONTINENTS. The 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup kicks off with a landmark combined XC/DH round at an all-new venue in South Korea—the first-ever Asian UCI XCO and XCC World Cup. | | | | | | |
On the gravity side, Meier-Smith arrives as one of DH’s most on-form riders, joined by 18-year pro veteran Rémi Thirion and brothers Dane and Jakob Jewett. On the XC side, reigning world champion Hatherly will begin his World Cup campaign at Leogang or Lenzerheide in June, with eyes set on defending his rainbow jersey at the World Championships in Val di Sole this August. | | | | |
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