2025 UCI Mountain Bike
World Championships

Destinations and disciplines.

A total of eight Valais destinations will participate in the World Championships, each hosting a discipline, from 30 August to 14 September 2025. The opening ceremony will take place in Sion.

Pumptrack

Opening ceremony

Cross-Country (XCO)

Enduro (END)

Downhill (DHI)

Marathon (XCM)

Short Track (XCC)

E-Mountain Bike

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Mountain Bike - MTB

World Championships

UCI - Swiss Cycling

An avant-garde/forward-thinking project.

The 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will bring together seven World Championships within a single event lasting two weeks.

Prestigious destinations

Unparalleled visibility

Media coverage

Popular appeal

Sustainability

Legacy

A project for the long term.

The World Championships offer a unique opportunity to further develop cycling and MTB in Valais and the whole of Switzerland.

Events 2024.

A unique opportunity from 2024 onwards to organize large-scale events that will increase popular enthusiasm and communication.

Cross Country

Downhill

Pumptrack

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Legacy

Youth

Cycling for all
• Clubs
• Schools
• Families

Legacy projects.

It is planned, from the very beginning of the organization, to integrate "legacy" projects that will leave a lasting impression on future generations.

Youth-1

Women's participation

Increase women's participation
• Identify and support talent
• Strengthen equality
• Increase female representation at all levels

Sport

Youth

Forge the champions of tomorrow
• Creation of specific training sites
• Detecting talent
• Sustaining development

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Key Figures.

Excellent visibility is guaranteed thanks to a large audience and influential partners as well as quality content production and distribution.

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9

live productions

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50

mio

cumulative TV audience (SUI 4.6 million)

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7

mio

followers on social networks

115

countries reached

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1500

athletes and accompanying persons

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250

k

spectators on site

News.

Press release

A new organisation for mentoring the next generation of Valais cyclists.

Press release partners

Valais 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships – Renowned partners join forces with the Mountain Bike World Championships in Valais.

Press release

UCI MTB World Championships Valais 2025 - A springboard for the implementation of sustainable projects.

Testimonials.

«A combination of seven World Championships, as planned at the MTB Championships, will put the spotlight on this sport like never before.»

Jolanda Neff (Olympic Champion Cross-Country)

«The geographical and temporal concentration of the various competitions will create a real MTB festival over two weeks, bringing together elite sport and sport for all.»

Patrick Hunger (Co-President Swiss Cycling)

«Valais/Wallis Promotion has made MTB one of its strategic priorities to promote the Valais in the future.»

Damian Constantin (Director Valais/Wallis Promotions)

«The Valais is renowned for its mountainous topography, which allows it to compete with the world's greatest spots.»

Frédéric Favre (State Councillor Canton Valais)

Destinations.

Partners.