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Haley Batten raises a hand off the bars to celebrate her silver medal at the Paris Olympics.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The resilient mind of Haley Batten

Tom Pidcock raises a hand to signal his victory in the men's XC at the 2023 Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup round. He's crossing the finish line transitioning from sunlight to shadow. Behind, afternoon light glows in the fall color and on the crowd of fans lining the finish with banners that read Quebec.

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Evie Richards posts up exuberantly after outsprinting Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to win the women's XCC at the 2024 World Mountain Bike Championships. Richards has a huge grin, while Ferrand-Prévot slumps slightly over her bike behind.

Richards and Koretzky win XCC world titles 

Sofia Gómez Villafane races at the Leadville Trail 100, followed by a male rider.

Leadville women’s podium finishers renew call for no-draft rule

Russell Finsterwald descends a section of course at the Leadville Trail 100 on a full-suspension Trek mountain bike with drop bars.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Is the Leadville 100 MTB a gravel race now?

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Gallery: Pro bikes of a Leadville pit walk

Melisa Rollins rides solo on the Powerline climb at the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race.

Melisa Rollins solos to debut Leadville victory

Keegan Swenson descends on a drop-bar mountain bike while racing the 2024 Leadville 100.

Keegan Swenson four-peats at Leadville 100

Dylan Johnson stands with his Allied BC-40 full-suspension bike equipped with drop bars.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge BC-40 to Freedom: Dylan Johnson’s Leadville drop-bar full-suspension MTB

Olympic men’s MTB report: Pidcock squeezes through to take gold

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot seen from behind as she crosses the finish line, her arms thrown wide, as she wins Olympic mountain bike gold in front of a huge home crowd.

Olympic women’s MTB report: Ferrand-Prévot completes her palmarès in front of home crowd