Norco Race Division<\/a>, 2025 was about proving that the progress made in its first year was real and repeatable. Blueprint to Success, the brand\u2019s newly released full-length documentary, follows the team through a season preparation began showing up on the results sheets.<\/p>\nMomentum takes hold<\/p>\n
Gracey Hemstreet\u2019s season became the clearest signal of how far the program had come. Calm under pressure and consistently fast, she turned that momentum into three World Cup victories. She finished second overall after a season-long fight with Vali Holl that stayed tight until the final rounds.<\/p>\n
Lina Frener added another layer to the team\u2019s breakout year. Thrown straight into the intensity of World Cup racing, she delivered multiple podiums and a World Cup win, posting times that put her in the mix even against Elite Women. Her season underscored the kind of fearlessness that often defines the sport\u2019s next wave.<\/p>\n
For Erice van Leuven, results were only part of the story. Injuries and setbacks shaped much of her year, but the film highlights the resilience that came with working through them.<\/p>\n
Experience and persistence on the men\u2019s side<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s program leaned heavily on experience and perseverance.<\/p>\n
Danny Hart closed the season having raced 122 World Cups, bringing perspective and commitment that extended beyond individual results. The film positions his role as foundational; showing up every weekend and giving everything when the clock started.<\/p>\n
Bodhi Kuhn\u2019s year unfolded more gradually. Early struggles turned into steady progress as the season wore on, reinforcing how consistency is often earned the hard way at World Cup level.<\/p>\n
Lucas Cruz became a steady presence throughout the year, pushing through crashes and setbacks with the goal of making every start gate. Blueprint to Success also marks a transition, with Cruz stepping away from the Race Division to begin a new chapter as part of Norco\u2019s ambassador program.<\/p>\n
Shaped by the World Cup grind<\/p>\n
Tight margins, unfamiliar tracks and constant pressure defined the 2025 calendar. By season\u2019s end, the documentary makes its case clearly: Norco Race Division finished the year sharper, closer-knit and firmly established among the sport\u2019s top teams.<\/p>\n
Blueprint to Success closes with one eye on what comes next, carrying the lessons of 2025 into a program that is still very much moving upward.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not every World Cup season can be measured by medals alone. For Norco Race Division, 2025 was about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,43062,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-412978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-mtb-features","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}