Christoph Sauser is a cross-country mountain biker who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He currently races on the Specialized Cross Country Team.
Julien Arnaud Absalon is a French former cross-country mountain biker, who competed as a professional from 2001 to 2018. He is considered to be one of the most successful cross-country cyclists of all time. Throughout his career, Absalon gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, five World Championships, seven UCI World Cup overall titles and 33 World Cup rounds, which was an all-time record before being broken by Nino Schurter in 2023. He also won all fourteen French cross-country championships between 2003 and 2016, and five European Championships.
Nino Schurter is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the Scott–Sram MTB Racing Team.
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is a French multi-discipline bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Mountain Bike team Ineos Grenadiers in cross-country cycling. Ferrand-Prévot has also competed in road bicycle racing and cyclo-cross during her career, winning the world title in each discipline. During the 2015 season, aged just 23, she became the first person ever – in the history of cycling – to simultaneously hold the World road title, World cyclo-cross title and World cross-country mountain bike title.
Jolanda Neff is a Swiss cyclist, who primarily rides in the cross-country cycling and cyclo-cross disciplines, for the Trek Factory Racing team. She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Peta Mullens is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for Liv Brazilian Butterfly Racing. She is a former Australian road, MTB and cyclo-cross champion.
Lars Forster is a Swiss cyclo-cross and cross-country mountain biker. He represented his nation in the men's elite race at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, and in the men's cross-country race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished 1st.
Jasper Ockeloen is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club.
Barbora Průdková is a Czech professional racing cyclist. She rode in the women's road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships, finishing in 25th place.
Ramona Forchini is a Swiss racing cyclist. She rode in the women's road race event at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships. She was on the start list for the cross-country at the 2018 European Mountain Bike Championships, and finished in ninth place.
Sebastian Fini Carstensen is a Danish multi-discipline cyclist, who currently competes in cross-country cycling for UCI Elite MTB team CST PostNL Bafang, and in road cycling for UCI Continental team Airtox–Carl Ras. He competed at the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, winning a bronze medal in the team relay.
Blanka Kata Vas is a Hungarian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx.
Cameron Mason is a British cyclist, who competes in cyclo-cross, gravel, road racing and mountain bike. He currently races for UCI cyclo-cross team The Cyclocross Reds and is part of the development Alpecin-Deceunick WorldTour Team on the road. His most notable achievement was coming 2nd in the men's elite race at the UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships in Pontchâteau, France in November 2023. He previously rode from 2019-2023 for Trinity Racing. He also runs a YouTube channel where he documents his races and the cyclocross scene.
Christopher Blevins is an American cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Mountain Bike Team Specialized Factory Racing. Specializing in cross-country mountain biking, Blevins has also previously competed in road cycling and cyclo-cross, before choosing to solely focus on mountain biking in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Matthew Beers is a South African cyclist who specializes in cross-country mountain biking and gravel racing. He has also won the Cape Epic three times, in 2021, 2023 and 2024. He has won multiple national titles in South Africa including the cross-country marathon and the gravel race.
Luca Schwarzbauer is a German cross-country mountain biker.
Mona Mitterwallner is an Austrian professional cross-country mountain biker. She won the 2021 and 2023 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships.
Alessandra Keller is a Swiss mountain biker competing in cross country. She competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Nicole Koller is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.
Tessa Neefjes is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for Giant Liv Benelux Offroad Team. She's the 2022 European Champion Mountain bike Beach race and the 2022 Dutch Champion Mountain bike Marathon. In 2022 she won two UCI Gravel World Series races in Millau and Houffalize and the Dutch Gravel Series.
