Elite riders shine at BOSCH eMTB Challenge

Verbier Bike Festival

August 13th - 16th, 2026, Verbier (SUI)

The Verbier Bike Festival is a premium mountain biking event in the Alps, bringing together ambitious amateur riders, professionals, and the international biking community in one of Europe’s most spectacular mountain biking destinations. This year’s focus is particularly on the Bosch E-MTB Challenge and the Specialized Enduro Challenge, which guarantee challenging alpine trails, technical sections, and spectacular scenery. The Bosch E-MTB Challenge combines riding technique, navigation, and time trials on a roughly 35-kilometer course with several timed sections, while the Specialized Enduro Challenge combines orientation, tactics, and riding skills on varied enduro trails. The lineup includes numerous top international athletes, including Jérôme Guilloux (FRA), E-MTB Cross-Country World Champion and one of the world’s most successful e-mountain bikers; Valentina Höll (AUT), Mountain Bike Downhill World Champion and multiple World Cup overall winner, as well as Mathilde Gremaud (SUI), the 2026 Olympic champion in ski slopestyle. Also competing are former E-MTB World Champion Joris Ryf (SUI) and former MTB XCE World Champion Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI).