sarahmoore

Fixed that! We'll blame the Fort William jet lag!

Fixed that!

Four US women in the top 10 at round one with Blunk, Batten, Urban and Courtney!

Here's our guide on how to watch: [L=https://www.pinkbike.com/news/how-to-watch-the-2024-mountain-bike-world-cup.html]https://www.pinkbike.com/news/how-to-watch-the-2024-mountain-bike-world-cup.html[/L]

The points are outlined in the How to Play guide: [L=https://www.pinkbike.com/news/dh-fantasy-league-contest-how-to-2024.html]https://www.pinkbike.com/news/dh-fantasy-league-contest-how-to-2024.html[/L]

Thanks for being interested in the XC content!

Thank you! Glad you liked it, it was a fun conversation.

You're welcome! Would LOVE to chat with Jenny Rissveds. I've reached out to her Team Manager to see if she's interested.

@CeeMoney: Yeah, I was surprised by that part of the criteria as well. I would have thought one Elite World Cup win during the qualifying period would be more highly ranked than two U23 wins.

The detailed criteria is here: [L=https://usacycling.org/team-usa/mountain-bike#EventSelectionCriteria]https://usacycling.org/team-usa/mountain-bike#EventSelectionCriteria[/L] In order of importance, USA Cycling selects a rider who finishes top 3 at Elite World Champs, top-3 of the 2023 World Cup standings, has two top-5 elite World Cup finishes, wins the U23 World Champs, before looking at the U23 results. "5. If positions remain after the preceding criteria, any U.S. eligible athlete who wins two (2) 2024 UCI World Cup U23 MTB XCO results between January 1, 2024 and May 27, 2024, and is currently ranked in the top-three (3) of the 2024 UCI World Cup U23 MTB XCO ranking as of May 27th, 2024, will be nominated to the 2024 Olympic Games Team. " "6. If positions remain after considering the preceding criteria, athletes may be nominated to the 2024 Olympic Games Team in accordance with USA Cycling’s Discretionary Athlete Selection Procedures. "