UCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, VAL DI SOLE, ITALY

Another season highlight took place at the MTB World Championships in Val di Sole. After competing at the Tokyo Olympics, 21-year-old Lexware Mountainbike Team rider Martin Vidaurre Kossmann rode in his Chilean national team kit and won GOLD in the U23 Men’s XC category! In the Elite Men's category, Germany’s Max Brandl, also of the Lexware Mountainbike Team, took bronze in the XC Short Track, then secured a 5th place finish in the XCO race.

UCI WORLD CUP, LENZERHEIDE, SWITZERLAND

Just one week later, newly crowned U23 Men’s XC World Champion Martin Vidaurre Kossmann competed in the rainbow jersey at the World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. He rode a smart, tactical race and decisively took his first World Cup victory. In the Elite Men’s XCO there was a tight battle for ranking within the top-10 positions. After 6 laps of racing, teammates Max Brandl and Luca Schwarzbauer finished 9th and 10th respectively, finishing off a very successful race weekend for the Lexware Mountainbike Team.