Around 250 drivers will be present for this opening round of the UCI calendar. Among them world champions, stars and real “legends” of the discipline, are going to fight to try to win the first round in Lourdes and become the leader of the UCI MTB World Cup ranking ! Below are listed the 2014 Champions of the discipline, that will be obviously present in Lourdes :

2014 UCI MTB World Championships(DHI) Hafjell (NOR)

Men

1 ATHERTON Gee – GBR

2 BRYCELAND Josh – GBR

3 BROSNAN Troy – AUS

4 MULALLY Neko – USA

5 MACDONALD Brook – NZL

Women

1 CARPENTER Manon – GBR

2 ATHERTON Rachel – GBR

3 SEAGRAVE Tahnee – GBR

4 HANNAH Tracey – AUS

5 KINTNER Jill – USA

Junior Men

1 VERGIER Loris – FRA

2 GREENLAND Laurie – GBR

3 DICKSON Jacob – IRL

4 WARSHAWSKY Max – AUS

5 HAMILTON Connor – NZL

Junior Women

1 MOLLOY Tegan – AUS

2 GIMENEZ Viktoria – FRA

3 CABIROU Marine – FRA

4 RICHTER Raphaela – GER

2014 UCI MTB World Cup (DHI) overal ranking

Men

1 BRYCELANDJosh – GBR

2 BROSNANTroy – AUS

3 ATHERTONGee – GBR

4 GWINAaron – USA

5 BLENKINSOPSamuel – NZL

Women

1 CARPENTERManon – GBR

2 ATHERTONRachel – GBR

3 RAGOTEmmeline – FRA

4 HANNAH Tracey – AUS

5 SEAGRAVETahnee – GBR

The French stars

France has always excelled in MTB Downhill. Many French riders have already won medals at the world championships, and they still continue to stand on the podium at World Cups, and sometimes on the first step !