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UCI MTB World Cup Eliminator (XCE) — Men Elite

Men Elite Eliminator (XCE) World Cup statistics: all-time top winners and podium leaders, recent race winners, wins by nation, most-visited venues, age and single-season records, plus the globalization trend across the seasons covered by MTBData.

Dataset*: 75 races across 74 World Cup events (2011–2026).

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* “All-time” covers the period for which MTBData has consolidated UCI MTB World Cup data: 2011–2026. Earlier editions are not yet included in the dataset.

All-time* most Eliminator (XCE) World Cup wins — Men Elite

Men Elite riders ranked by total Eliminator (XCE) World Cup race victories.

Rank Country Rider Wins
1 GER Simon Gegenheimer GER 13
2 NED Jeroen Van Eck NED 8
3 FRA Lorenzo Serres FRA 6
4 BEL Fabrice Mels BEL 5
5 FRA Titouan Perrin Ganier FRA 5

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Rank Country Rider Wins
6 FRA Hugo Briatta FRA 4
7 SLO Jakob Klemenčič SLO 4
8 AUT Daniel Federspiel AUT 3
9 SWE Edvin Lindh SWE 3
10 GER Felix Klausmann GER 3
11 FRA Quentin Schrotzenberger FRA 2
12 USA Brian Lopes USA 1
13 ARG Catriel Soto ARG 1
14 ROU Ede-Karoly Molnar ROU 1
15 GBR Kenta Gallagher GBR 1
16 NED Lehvi Braam NED 1
17 NZL Lochlan Brown NZL 1
18 SLO Matic Kranjec Žagar SLO 1
19 SLO Miha Halzer SLO 1
20 SUI Patrick Lüthi SUI 1
21 AUS Paul Van Der Ploeg AUS 1
22 NZL Samuel Gaze NZL 1
23 SUI Sepp Freiburghaus SUI 1
24 NOR Sondre Rokke NOR 1
25 SUI Stefan Peter SUI 1
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All-time* most Eliminator (XCE) World Cup podiums — Men Elite

Men Elite riders ranked by total top-3 finishes in UCI MTB Eliminator (XCE) World Cup races.

Rank Country Rider Podiums
1 GER Simon Gegenheimer GER 37
2 FRA Titouan Perrin Ganier FRA 22
3 NED Jeroen Van Eck NED 19
4 FRA Lorenzo Serres FRA 13
5 BEL Fabrice Mels BEL 8

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Rank Country Rider Podiums
6 SLO Jakob Klemenčič SLO 8
7 AUT Theo Hauser AUT 8
8 SWE Edvin Lindh SWE 7
9 FRA Hugo Briatta FRA 7
10 AUT Daniel Federspiel AUT 6
11 GER Felix Klausmann GER 6
12 AUS Paul Van Der Ploeg AUS 6
13 FRA Quentin Schrotzenberger FRA 5
14 ESP Alberto Mingorance Fernandez ESP 4
15 SWE Anton Olstam SWE 4
16 ARG Catriel Soto ARG 4
17 ROU Ede-Karoly Molnar ROU 3
18 NED Lehvi Braam NED 3
19 BRA Luiz Henrique Cocuzzi BRA 3
20 SLO Miha Halzer SLO 3
21 SUI Thomas Litscher SUI 3
22 USA Brian Lopes USA 2
23 MEX Daniel Castillo Noyola MEX 2
24 BEL Jarne Vandersteen BEL 2
25 FRA Killian Demangeon FRA 2
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Eliminator (XCE) World Cup records — Men Elite

Youngest winner
Samuel Gaze
18 years — 24 Apr 2014
Oldest winner
Simon Gegenheimer
34 years — 29 Sep 2023
Most wins in a season
Simon Gegenheimer
5 wins in 2022
Most podiums in a season
Simon Gegenheimer
7 podiums in 2022

Most recent Eliminator (XCE) World Cup winners — Men Elite

Latest 15 Men Elite Eliminator (XCE) World Cup race winners.

Date Race Winner
11 Jul 2026 GER Aalen — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator SLO Jakob Klemenčič
27 Jun 2026 POL Gdynia — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator SLO Matic Kranjec Žagar
14 Jun 2026 TUR Sakarya — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator SLO Jakob Klemenčič
11 Oct 2025 ESP Barcelona — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator FRA Lorenzo Serres
17 Aug 2025 BRA São Paulo — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator SWE Edvin Lindh

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Date Race Winner
10 Aug 2025 TUR Sakarya — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator FRA Lorenzo Serres
12 Jul 2025 GER Aalen — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator SLO Jakob Klemenčič
01 Jun 2025 BEL Leuven — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator NED Jeroen Van Eck
13 Apr 2025 TJK Dushanbe — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator SLO Jakob Klemenčič
18 Aug 2024 BRA São Paulo — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator SWE Edvin Lindh
02 Jun 2024 BEL Leuven — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator AUT Theo Hauser
26 May 2024 TUR Sakarya — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator SWE Edvin Lindh
19 May 2024 INA Palangkaraya — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator NZL Lochlan Brown
26 Apr 2024 ESP Barcelona — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator FRA Lorenzo Serres
20 Apr 2024 FRA Paris — Men Elite - Cross-country eliminator ROU Ede-Karoly Molnar
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Eliminator (XCE) World Cup wins by nation — Men Elite

Total Men Elite race wins aggregated by rider nationality across every Eliminator (XCE) UCI MTB World Cup.

Rank Country Nation Wins Riders
1 FRA FRA 17 4
2 GER GER 16 2
3 NED NED 9 2
4 SLO SLO 6 3
5 BEL BEL 5 1

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Rank Country Nation Wins Riders
6 SUI SUI 4 4
7 AUT AUT 4 2
8 SWE SWE 3 1
9 NOR NOR 2 2
10 NZL NZL 2 2
11 AUS AUS 1 1
12 USA USA 1 1
13 ROU ROU 1 1
14 GBR GBR 1 1
15 ARG ARG 1 1
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Most-visited Eliminator (XCE) World Cup venues

Tracks and host cities ranked by number of UCI MTB Eliminator (XCE) World Cup races held.

Venue Country Races First Last
Sakarya TUR 5 2022 2026
Aalen GER 4 2022 2026
Leuven BEL 4 2022 2025
Winterberg DE 4 2017 2021
Nove Mesto na Morave CZ 4 2011 2014

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Venue Country Races First Last
Barcelona ESP 3 2023 2025
Palangkaraya INA 3 2022 2024
Barcelona ES 3 2019 2021
São Paulo BRA 2 2024 2025
Paris FRA 2 2022 2024
Oudenaarde BEL 2 2022 2023
Valkenswaard NL 2 2019 2021
Waregem BE 2 2017 2020
Graz AT 2 2018 2019
Volterra IT 2 2018 2019
Antwerp BE 2 2017 2018
Apeldoorn NL 2 2017 2018
Albstadt DE 2 2013 2014
Gdynia POL 1 2026 2026
Dushanbe TJK 1 2025 2025
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Eliminator (XCE) World Cup globalization trend — Men Elite

Number of different nations represented per season in Men Elite Eliminator (XCE) World Cup races.

About the Men Elite Eliminator (XCE) World Cup

This page consolidates the all-time Eliminator (XCE) World Cup statistics for Men Elite riders. Eliminator (XCE) is a four-rider knockout format on a short urban-style course, emphasising sprinting and elbow-to-elbow racing; Men Elite is the senior men's field, where the world's top professional riders compete for the most prestigious titles in the sport. The numbers are aggregated over every Eliminator (XCE) World Cup race recorded in MTBData from 2011–2026.

Top Men Elite Eliminator (XCE) World Cup winners

The riders with the most Eliminator (XCE) World Cup wins in the Men Elite category are Simon Gegenheimer (GER) with 13 wins, Jeroen Van Eck (NED) with 8 wins and Lorenzo Serres (FRA) with 6 wins. These names are the headline reference for eliminator (XCE) fans: each victory is a top-tier UCI result earned against the strongest field in the discipline.

Most podiums in Men Elite Eliminator (XCE) World Cup

Looking at the broader podium count, the leaders in Men Elite Eliminator (XCE) are Simon Gegenheimer (GER) with 37 top-3 finishes, Titouan Perrin Ganier (FRA) with 22 top-3 finishes and Jeroen Van Eck (NED) with 19 top-3 finishes. Podium counts capture sustained excellence beyond just race wins — riders consistently in the top three of eliminator (XCE) World Cup races over many seasons.

How to read the tables

The all-time wins and podiums tables rank riders by their total number of Eliminator (XCE) World Cup race wins and top-3 finishes in the Men Elite field. The "wins by nation" table aggregates the same wins by rider nationality, while "most-visited venues" lists the cities and tracks that have hosted the largest number of Eliminator (XCE) World Cup races. The records cards highlight the youngest and oldest race winners and the best single-season tallies. The globalization chart shows how the number of nations represented in Eliminator (XCE) World Cup races has evolved over the seasons covered by the dataset.

Why these stats matter

World Cup results are the most reliable yardstick for eliminator (XCE) performance: the same elite riders meet repeatedly across a season, on a wide variety of courses and conditions. Counting wins and podiums across the 2011–2026 window surfaces the riders who shaped the Men Elite Eliminator (XCE) era, and the venues and nations that have anchored the discipline's history.