Yes. Bjorn Riley, a Boulder High graduate and Boulder High Mountain Bike Team alumnus, won a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup race.
He captured the elite men's cross-country short-track, or XCC, competition in Pal Arinsal, Andorra, on July 10, 2026. XCC is the World Cup's short-track cross-country format. Riley's victory came in the sixth round of the 2026 global cross-country circuit and marked his first elite World Cup win.
Table of Contents
- The result in Andorra
- How Riley secured the victory
- What the victory does—and does not—mean
- Riley's path to the elite win
The result in Andorra
Riley completed 10 laps in 20:54.1. The official results published by Roots & Rain placed France's Adrien Boichis one second behind him.
American Christopher Blevins finished third, three seconds behind Riley. Those narrow gaps show how little separated the leading riders after nearly 21 minutes of racing.
How Riley secured the victory
Riley and Boichis entered the decisive finish together. Riley beat the French rider in the final sprint to claim the win.
The Pal Arinsal event organizer's race report describes the result as Riley's first elite UCI mountain Bike World Cup victory. That distinction matters because elite wins represent a separate competitive milestone from results earned in younger age categories.
What the victory does—and does not—mean
Riley won the elite men's XCC race. He did not win the separate Olympic cross-country race, known as XCO, or secure an overall season championship.
Pal Arinsal's World Cup program includes XCC, XCO, and downhill as distinct competitions. Readers comparing race reports should check the discipline label rather than treating every event at the venue as the same race.
- XCC: Riley's winning event
- XCO: A separate cross-country competition
- Downhill: Another discipline on the event program
- Overall title: Not awarded by this single victory
Riley's path to the elite win
Riley raced for SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing, whose team profile lists Boulder, Colorado, as his home. His connection to Boulder High gives the victory a direct link to Colorado's school-level mountain biking community.
The same profile records earlier under-23 XCC and XCO World Cup victories at Les Gets. The Andorra result added a new milestone: Riley's first World Cup win in the elite category.
