{"id":5978,"date":"2025-07-18T17:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/5978\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:14:09","slug":"where-to-watch-the-canadian-xco-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/5978\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to watch the Canadian XCO championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Canadian cross-country mountain bike championships are back on Vancouver Island, with Langford taking centre stage from July 17-20. The race is part of the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.langfordbikefest.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Langford Bikefest<\/a>. The four-day event will crown national champions in the XCO,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/mtb\/big-names-shine-in-canadian-xcc-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">XCC<\/a> and Team Relay disciplines, attracting roughly 500 racers and hundreds more fans from across Canada and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>A world-class venue<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s championships will be held around the Jordie Lunn Bike Park, Langford\u2019s crown jewel of cycling infrastructure. The park includes more than 10 km of trails, a paved pump track, jump zones and a skill zone. All centred around the newly opened clubhouse featuring Rhino Coffee, Broad St. Cycles and offices for Cycling BC, Cycling Canada and Nolan Riding.<\/p>\n<p>Packed race schedule<\/p>\n<p>Racing kicked off Thursday with the XCC Canadian Championships for U17 through elite categories, followed by Friday\u2019s XCO masters races and community events. Saturday is a big one, featuring the U17, U19, U23 and elite XCO championships with Canada\u2019s best riders gunning for national titles.<\/p>\n<p>The event wraps Sunday with youth and sport categories getting their shot at the national course, before the team relay brings the festival atmosphere to a close.<\/p>\n<p>More than just elite racing<\/p>\n<p>Langford Bikefest promises something for everyone, with races for all ages and abilities \u2014 from U9 riders to seasoned masters. The City of Langford itself is fast becoming a national cycling hub and is already used as a training centre for the Canadian national team.<br \/>This summer\u2019s Canadian XC MTB Championships won\u2019t just crown champions, they\u2019ll showcase Langford as a world-class cycling destination.<\/p>\n<p>How where and when to watch<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a proud Canadian and want to watch all the action you can. Our beloved CBC Gem is airing the men and the women elite XCO races on Saturday. It\u2019s live and it\u2019s free. The women\u2019s race starts at 2:30 Victoria time, and the men\u2019s race starts at 4:30 Victoria time. You can check out the women\u2019s race <a href=\"https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/live-event\/51688\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and the men\u2019s race <a href=\"https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/live-event\/51690\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 Canadian cross-country mountain bike championships are back on Vancouver Island, with Langford taking centre stage from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,1700,82],"class_list":["post-5978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-mtb-features","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978","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=5978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}