The 2027 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series is set to begin at Nové Město na Moravě in Czechia from 21 to 23 May 2027, with the official event page listing Cross-Country Short Track and Cross-Country Olympic racing across the weekend.
A clear women’s XC schedule
That makes it a neat early diary marker for women’s XC fans: Women U23 Short Track is listed for Friday 21 May, Women Elite Short Track and Women U23 XCO for Saturday 22 May, and Women Elite XCO for Sunday 23 May. Start lists are not yet published on the event page, so for now the solid news is the date, venue and race format.
What the venue brings
Nové Město is described by the series as an iconic Czech venue and a long-standing stop on the XC calendar. The 2027 visit will be its 17th UCI World Cup, with the page pointing to fast, frantic racing on technical courses through forest and countryside, punchy climbs, quick tricky descents and a start-finish arena with grandstand viewing.
For riders and fans who care about the texture of a World Cup weekend, the split matters. Short Track brings the compressed, tactical sting; XCO gives the Olympic-distance test of pacing, handling and repeatability. Having both at the opening round should give the women’s fields an immediate chance to show form across two very different race demands.
A festival-style World Cup stop
The event page also frames Nové Město as more than race tape and timing chips, with side events including an expo area, bike demos, a night race, social rides, rider talk shows, bike shows, Junior XC and a kids’ zone. In other words: if you are planning a family-friendly European XC trip, this is one to put a pin in early.
The same page notes recent women’s winners at the venue: Puck Pieterse in the UCI Cross-country Short Track World Cup, and Laura Stigger in the UCI Cross-country Olympic World Cup. Those results are history rather than a 2027 form guide, but they underline why Nové Město stays high on the watch list for women’s racing.