The first weekend of action in Haute-Savoie will see the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series return to Morillon on August 14-16 after the venue’s successful UCI Enduro World Cup debut in 2025.

The Grand Massif commune hosted the Enduro season finale last year and will conclude the six-round series once more, with overall placings on the line at the Enduro Bike Park. Just five days after the dust has settled in Morillon, it will be the turn of Les Gets, which is hosting the final European round of the UCI Cross-country Olympic, Cross-country Short Track and Downhill World Cups between August 21-23.

A staple of the UCI World Cup circuit since the 90s, when Nicolas Vouilloz, Steve Peat and Anna-Caroline Chausson dominated the Downhill course, it has been an annual location for the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series’ Endurance and Gravity athletes since 2019.

Last year, Luca Martin (Cannondale Factory Racing) and Max Alran (Commencal/Muc-Off by Riding Addiction) gave the partisan French crowd something to cheer about in both formats, and the passionate local fan base will be hoping for more red, white and blue victors in 2026.

The two back-to-back weekends of off-road riding will see the world of mountain bike converge on Haute-Savoie, with live music, entertainment, an expo and fan activations also at the event villages throughout. Last year’s event attracted more than 100,000 fans across the quadruple-format fun, and big crowds will be expected once again. Located in the heart of the French Alps and serving as a gateway between France, Switzerland and Italy, the Haute-Savoie region is a major partner for these two rounds of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series.

Deeply committed to mountain bike and to sport more broadly, the Département has consistently championed sport as a driver of regional vitality and as a way to showcase its remarkable natural assets on the global stage.

The 2026 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series double-header in Haute-Savoie is also a great preview of what the region has in store when it hosts the 2027 UCI Cycling World Championships.

First held in Glasgow in 2023, the competition combines multiple UCI World Championships for cycling’s different disciplines into a two-week celebration of bike-based brilliance.