AusCycling National Selection Panel<\/a>, includes two male and one female rider\u2014each set to make their World Championships debut on the global stage.\u00a0<\/p>\nMatt King is no stranger to elite competition having competed at a high level on the road earlier in his career\u2014this will mark his first appearance at a Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Northern Territory-based rider has shown impressive form throughout the 2025 domestic season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a strong result at the Otway Odyssey, King claimed a breakthrough victory at the Convict 100, one of Australia\u2019s most prestigious marathon MTB events.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He will be joined by Victorian James Kelly on the start line at the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the elite women\u2019s event, Monique de Abreu will wear the green and gold following a standout year on the marathon circuit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Based in Canberra, de Abreu was crowned Oceania XCM Champion in Dwellingup last September, before going on to win the 24-Hour Solo MTB World Championships, held in the nation\u2019s capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Currently ranked No. 84 in the UCI World Rankings, de Abreu holds the second highest international ranking among Australian women in the discipline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The marathon will take place in the Verbier and Val d\u2019Anniviers region from the 3-6th of September.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ARA Australian Cycling Team for 2025 UCI MTB Marathon World Championships<\/p>\n
Men\u00a0
Matt King (Darwin Cycling Club, NT)\u00a0
James Kelly (Surf Coast MTB Club, VIC)\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Women\u00a0
Monique de Abreu (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists, ACT)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AusCycling has announced three riders will represent the ARA Australian Cycling Team at the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-1574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}