{{dynamic list A list of Professional Mountain Bikers.

Visionaries

Keith Bontrager Keith Bontrager (; born December 18, 1954) is a motorcycle racer who became a pioneer in the development of the modern mountain bike. Between 1980 and 1995, he was president of his own Bontrager Company, which continues to develop components for ...

Joe Breeze Joe Breeze (born 1953) is an American bicycle framebuilder, designer and advocate from Marin County, California. An early participant in the sport of mountain biking, Breeze, along with other pioneers including Gary Fisher, Charlie Kelly, and Tom ...

Charlie Cunningham Charlie Cunningham (born August 23, 1948) is a mountain biker from Fairfax, California. Along with frame builder Steve Potts and his helper Mark Slate, Cunningham co-founded Wilderness Trail Bikes (WTB). Cunningham and Potts were forced out ...

Gary Fisher Gary Christopher Fisher (born November 5, 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the modern mountain bike. Fisher started competing in road and track races at age 12. He was suspended in 1968 because race organizers cited a rule that his ...

* Charlie Kelly *

Jacquie Phelan Jacquie Phelan (born December 10, 1955 in San Francisco, California) is an American road and cyclocross racer, and was the NORBA champion three consecutive years—1983, 1984, and 1985. Phelan is known through the US mountain bike community for h ...

Tom Ritchey Tom Ritchey (born 1956) is an American bicycle frame builder, Category 1 racer, fabricator, designer, and founder of Ritchey Design. Ritchey is a US pioneer in modern frame building and the first production mountain bike builder/manufacturer i ...

John Tomac John Tomac (born November 3, 1967 in Owosso, Michigan) is an American former professional cyclist who competed from 1985 to 2005. He was a versatile rider who competed in multiple disciplines including; BMX racing, cross-country, road racing, ...

Cross Country

Julien Absalon Julien Arnaud Absalon (born 16 August 1980) is a French cross-country mountain biker. Career 2003: Absalon won his first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. 2004: Gold at World Champions and the Athens Olympic Games. 2005: Absalon again won the Wor ...

(Team BMC) *

Henrique Avancini Henrique Avancini (born 30 March 1989) is a Brazilian mountain bike racer. He rode at the cross-country event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Partnered with German rider Manuel Fumic at the 2016 and 2017 Absa Cape Epic, he won the prologue time t ...

(Cannondale Factory Team) *

Warren Carne Warren James Carne (born 14 October 1975) is a former Zimbabwean cyclist. Early years His family relocated to South Africa from Zimbabwe in the mid 1980s, Carne attended Potchefstroom Boys High and graduated from the same class as the South Afr ...

(huffy factory team) *

Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (born 10 February 1973) is a Norwegian cross-country and marathon mountain biker. She won the women's cross-country gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games and is a multiple World Champion. She has won six World Championsh ...

Susan DeMattei Susan DeMattei (born October 15, 1962) is an American former professional cross-country mountain bike racer. She became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in mountain biking when she won the Bronze Medal in the inaugural Olympic ...

Alison Dunlap Alison Dunlap (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional cyclist. She won the world cross-country mountain bike championship in 2001 and two Mountain Bike World Cup races. She also won the Redlands Bicycle Classic on the road in 1996. Du ...

Manuel Fumic Manuel Fumic (born 30 March 1982) is a German cross-country cyclist. He finished 8th at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 11th at the 2008 Olympic Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishin ...

(Cannondale Factory Team) *

Juli Furtado Juliana "Juli" Furtado (born April 4, 1967 in New York City) is a retired American professional mountain biker, who began her sports career in skiing. After knee injuries dashed her hopes of ski success, she took up cycling and won the US Nation ...

* Sam Gaze (Specialized) *

Sue Haywood Sue Haywood (born October 9, 1971) is a retired professional mountain bike racer. She raced for team Trek Volkswagen along with notables Jeremiah Bishop, Travis Brown, Chris Eatough, Lea Davison and Ross Schnell. Sue Haywood was awarded $31 ...

Gerhard Kerschbaumer Gerhard Kerschbaumer (born 19 July 1991) is an Italian cross-country mountain biker. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the cross-country race at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 13th place. Major results ;2008 : 1st Cross-country, Nation ...

(Torpado) *

Maxime Marotte Maxime Marotte (born 5 December 1986, in Mulhouse) is a French mountain bike racer. He rode at the cross-country event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Major results ;2004 : 3rd Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships ;2011 : 1st Team rel ...

(Cannondale Factory Team) *

Jolanda Neff Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) 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 ...

(Trek Factory) *

Ned Overend Edmund ("Ned") Overend (born 20 August 1955) is an American former professional cross-country mountain bike racer. He is a six-time NORBA cross-country mountain bike national champion who became the first-ever cross-country world champion by win ...

(Specialized) *

Paola Pezzo Paola Pezzo (born 8 January 1969, in Bosco Chiesanuova) is an Italian cross-country mountain bike racer from Verona. In 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United Stat ...

Nino Schurter Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the ...

(Team Scott) * Stephane Tempier (Trek Factory) * David Wiens

Downhill Racers

Gee Atherton George David Atherton, known as Gee Atherton (born 26 February 1985, near Salisbury, England) is a professional racing cyclist specializing in downhill and four cross mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion, multiple World Cu ...

(Atherton bikes) *

Rachel Atherton Rachel Laura Atherton (born 6 December 1987) is a British professional downhill mountain bike racer, and is a multiple time UCI World Champion. Atherton began riding BMX at the age of 8 and mountain biking at the age of 11. She was both '' Su ...

(Atherton bikes) * Scott Beaumont * Loïc Bruni (Specialized S-works) * Jackson Goldstone (Santa cruz) Eric Carter *

Anne-Caroline Chausson Anne-Caroline Chausson (born 8 October 1977 in Dijon) is a French professional cyclist who competes in bicycle enduro, bicycle motocross (BMX), downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racing. S ...

(Turner) *

Missy Giove Melissa 'The Missile' Giove (born 1972) is an American professional downhill mountain biker. Throughout her career she won 14 NORBA downhill titles and 11 world cups. Giove's other accomplishments include three overall NORBA ...

Cedric Gracia Cedric () is a masculine given name invented by Walter Scott in the 1819 novel ''Ivanhoe''.Sir Walter Scott, Graham Tulloch (ed.), ''Ivanhoe'', vol. 8 of The Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, Edinburgh University Press, 1998, , "explanator ...

(CG Racing Brigade/Santa Cruz) *

Jared Graves Jared Graves (born 16 December 1982 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian cyclist who has represented Australia in BMX, four-cross (4X), and downhill mountain biking. In 2006, he finished second in the mountain bike 4x world cup series. ...

(Yeti Cycles) *

Aaron Gwin Aaron Holmes Gwin (born December 24, 1987) is an American professional downhill mountain biker from Morongo Valley, California. He is a five-time World Cup overall champion. Race career Aaron Gwin started his cycling career racing BMX from the a ...

(YT Industry) * Tracey Hannah (Hutchinson United) * Danny Hart (Mondraker) *

Greg Herbold Greg "H-Ball" Herbold (Born December 11, 1962) is an American former professional mountain bike racer. He competed in many forms of cycling including cross-country racing and Mountain bike trials but, was most notable for his downhill mountain b ...

Sam Hill (cyclist) Sam Hill (born 21 July 1985 in Viveash, Western Australia), is an Australian professional enduro mountain biker and former professional downhill racer. He was two time consecutive UCI World Downhill Champion during years 2006–2007 for Iron H ...

(Nukeproof/Chain Reaction Cycles) * Charlie Kelly (malvern star) * Chris Kovarik (Nukeproof/Chain Reaction Cycles) * Matti Lehikoinen (Intense/Chain Reaction Cycles) *

Tara Llanes Tara Janelle Llanes (born November 28, 1976 in West Covina, California United States) is a Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer and a wheelchair basketball player whose prime competitive years were from 1990-1993. She became a champion Mountain Bike (MT ...

Brian Lopes Brian Thomas Lopes (born September 6, 1971, in Mission Viejo, California) is a professional mountain bike racer who specializes in four-cross. Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old.Lopes/McCorm ...

(Ibis) *

Mark Matthews Mark Matthews (August 7, 1894 – September 6, 2005) was an American veteran of the Second World War and a Buffalo Soldier. Born in Alabama and growing up in Ohio, Matthews joined the 10th Cavalry Regiment when he was only 15 years old, after ...

Greg Minnaar Greg Minnaar (born 13 November 1981) is a South African World Champion mountain bike racer competing in downhill cycling. He has won 4 World Championships, 3 World Cup Overall’s and has the most world cup wins ever, with 23 career victories ...

(Santa Cruz Syndicate) *

Shaun Palmer Shaun Palmer (born November 14, 1968) is an American professional snowboarder, skier, mountain biker, and motocross rider. Nicknamed "Napalm" and "Palm Daddy", he is known as one of the forefathers of extreme sports. Early life Palmer was born ...

(Intense) *

Steve Peat Steve Peat (born 17 June 1974 in Chapeltown, South Yorkshire), nicknamed "Sheffield Steel" or more commonly just "Peaty", is a professional downhill mountain biker who was born and lives in Chapeltown, Sheffield, England. Prior to his career a ...

(Santa Cruz Syndicate) *

* Filip Polc (Evil MS-Racing) *

* Joey Schusler *

(Tomac) *

Nicolas Vouilloz Nicolas Vouilloz (born 8 February 1976) is a French professional mountain biker and former professional rally driver. He won the Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships ten times, starting as a junior in 1992 and finishing h ...

(Lapierre/BOS) * Rob Warner *

Nathan Rennie Nathan Rennie (born 31 May 1981) is an Australian professional downhill mountain bike racer. He started riding at the age of 5. He was junior downhill world champion in 1999 and won the bronze medal in the elite category at the 2006 world cha ...

(Santa Cruz Syndicate)

Trials Riders

* Elijah Dabas (polygon) *

Martyn Ashton Martyn Ashton (born 2 December 1974) is a former British and World Champion mountain bike trials rider, stunt rider and team manager. He had been riding professional trials since 1993, and has been described as a mountain biking legend, and credi ...

* Kenny Belaey * Jack Carthy * Gilles Coustellier *

Vincent Hermance Vincent Hermance (born 1 August 1984 in Meaux, France) is a French mountain bike trials Mountain bike trials, also known as observed trials, is a discipline of mountain biking in which the rider attempts to pass through an obstacle course wi ...

Danny MacAskill Daniel "Danny" MacAskill is a Scottish trials cyclist, from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. He works professionally as a street trials / mountain bike rider for Santa Cruz Bicycles. In April 2009, he released a five-minute street trials video t ...

(Santa Cruz) * Abel Mustieles *

Hans Rey Hansjörg Rey, aka Hans "No Way" Rey (born 4 June 1966) is a pioneer in mountain bike trials and extreme mountain biking also known as Freeride /"Freeriding". Rey began riding in the late 70's, since 1987, he has ridden exclusively on GT bik ...

(GT)

Dirt Jumpers/ Freeriders

* Darren Berrecloth (Canyon) *

Robbie Bourdon Robbie Bourdon is a freeride mountain biker from Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. He is sponsored by Intense Cycles, Red Bull and Oakley. Career A former member of the Kona Clump Team, he has appeared in all the New World Disorder videos. In 2 ...

(Intense) * Ryan Howard (Trek) * Matt Hunter (Specialized) *

Andreu Lacondeguy Andreu Lacondeguy is a Freeride Mountain biker and Freestyle motocross athlete from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, born 12 January 1989. He is a 2013 Munich X-Games bronze medalist in the Mountain Bike Slopestyle event and a Red Bull Rampage Wi ...

(Commencal) *

Anthony Messere Anthony Messere (born 3 April 1996) is a professional freeride mountain bike rider from Surrey, British Columbia. He made his debut at Crankworx Red Bull Joyride in Whistler, British Columbia in 2011 at fifteen years old. Becoming the younges ...

(Morpheus/Red Bull) *

Sam Reynolds Sam Reynolds (born December 13, 1981, in Fortuna, California) is a former American professional soccer player, now a player liaison for PROficient Agency, representing professional soccer players, primarily in the United States and Europe. Car ...

(Polygon Bikes) *

Brett Rheeder Brett Rheeder (born February 16, 1993) is a professional freeride mountain bike rider from Mount Albert, Ontario. Rheeder is an X-Games athlete and Gold Medalist winner of the 2013 Munich Slopestyle Mountain Bike event. He is often regarded as ...

(Trek) *

Nicholi Rogatkin Nicholi Rogatkin (born December 21, 1995) is an American professional bike rider from Lincoln, Massachusetts Lincoln is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The population was 7,014 according to the 2020 ...

(Specialized) *

Brandon Semenuk Brandon Semenuk is a Canadian freeride mountain biker and rally racer from Whistler, British Columbia. Semenuk is a three-time Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour Gold Medalist. He is a five-time Red Bull Joyride winner, X-Games Real MTB Gol ...

(Trek) * Wade Simmons (Rocky Mountain) *

Martin Söderström Martin Söderström (4 March 1990) is a professional Freeride mountain bike rider from Uppsala, Sweden. He announced retirement from professional riding in August 2022. In 2007 he won the Åre Slopestyle competition. In 2012 and 2013 he pl ...

(Specialized/Red Bull) *

Kurt Sorge Kurt Sorge is a freeride mountain biker from Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, born on 28 November 1988. Career His major results include first place in the 2012, 2015, and 2017 Red Bull Rampage in Virgin, Utah, and placed second in 2008 and ...

(Evil Bikes) *

Cameron Zink Cameron "Cam" Zink (born March 8, 1986) is an American professional freeride mountain bike rider and X Games athlete. Personal life Zink is from Carson City, Nevada. He started mountain biking at age 9 and when he was 16 won the junior nat ...

(YT/Monster Energy)

Top mountain bike coaches

* Gene Hamilton * Andrew Shandro (Trek) Lists of cyclists