Lauren Stephens, Kristen Faulkner, and the other North Americans on the squad will be familiar faces at races like Unbound, SBT GRVL, and Gravel Worlds.
Stick a pin in Fayetteville, Arkansas on the international map for elite mountain biking and cycling races. This city, the first in the United States to be given a Bike City label by Union Cycliste Internationale, and Northwest Arkansas as a whole are now a global destination with purpose-built trails matching international standards and events that include Olympic hopefuls.
The first of four world-class events starts this weekend with cross-country mountain biking and continues throughout the year with a cycling stage race, 1,000-mile bikepacking event and a cyclocross race.
OZ Trails US Pro Cup
Centennial Park at Millsap Mountain in Fayetteville hosts the OZ Trails US Pro Cup as part of the 2021 U.S. Cup Mountain Bike Series, over the next two weekends April 9-11 and April 16-18. Full of competitors hoping to make their way to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the event features top men and women cross-country mountain bikers from throughout the globe.