Well, it’s time to put the rumours to bed for another year as the official UCI team list for 2017 has been revealed.
The two big bit of news this year were the formation of Canyon Factory Downhill Team and a face-lifted Santa Cruz Syndicate, but there have been changes all across the board.
It’s great to see some teams picking up junior women as well. It’s a new category for the UCI this year and it will need as much support as possible.
Here’s a full run-down of the chopping and changing:
2017 downhill mountain bike Elite teams
Canyon Factory Downhill
Troy Brosnan
Ruaridh Cunningham
Mark Wallace
Chain Reaction Cycles / Mavic
Elliott Heap
Sam Hill
Michael Jones
