The 2018 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup was a series of races in Olympic Cross-Country (XCO), Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE), and Downhill (DHI). Each discipline had an Elite Men and an Elite Women category. There were also under-23 categories in the XCO and junior categories in the DHI. The cross-country series and the downhill series each had seven rounds, some of which were held concurrently.^[1]

The 2018 series returned to some classic venues, including Fort William, Nové Město, and Mont-Sainte-Anne. There was also a race in Stellenbosch, which was the first time a World Cup race had been held in South Africa since 2014.^[2]

Cross-country

Elite

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)
10 March	Stellenbosch[3][4][5]	Sam Gaze	Annika Langvad
		Nino Schurter	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
		Maxime Marotte	Anne Tauber
19–20 May	Albstadt[6][7][8]	Nino Schurter	Jolanda Neff
		Stéphane Tempier	Yana Belomoyna
		Mathieu van der Poel	Anne Tauber
26–27 May	Nové Město na Moravě[9]	Nino Schurter	Annika Langvad
		Anton Cooper	Jolanda Neff
		Maxime Marotte	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
8 July	Val di Sole[10]	Nino Schurter	Maja Włoszczowska
		Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Emily Batty
		Mathieu van der Poel	Jolanda Neff
15 July	Vallnord[11]	Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå
		Nino Schurter	Jolanda Neff
		Mathieu van der Poel	Emily Batty
12 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne[12]	Mathias Flückiger	Jolanda Neff
		Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Annika Langvad
		Titouan Carod	Emily Batty
26 August	La Bresse[13]	Nino Schurter	Jolanda Neff
		Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Emily Batty
		Maxime Marotte	Annika Langvad

Under 23

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)
10 March	Stellenbosch[3][14][15]	Petter Fagerhaug	Malene Degn
		Ben Oliver	Sina Frei
		Neïlo Perrin Ganier	Evie Richards
19–20 May	Albstadt[6][16][17]	Joshua Dubau	Sina Frei
		Antoine Philipp	Evie Richards
		Jonas Lindberg	Malene Degn
26 May	Nové Město na Moravě[9]	Vlad Dascălu	Sina Frei
		Filippo Colombo	Malene Degn
		Alan Hatherly	Marika Tovo
8 July	Val di Sole[10]	Petter Fagerhaug	Sina Frei
		Joshua Dubau	Evie Richards
		Vlad Dascălu	Malene Degn
15 July	Vallnord[11]	Joshua Dubau	Sina Frei
		Antoine Philipp	Evie Richards
		Filippo Colombo	Malene Degn
12 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne[12]	Alan Hatherly	Sina Frei
		Christopher Blevins	Evie Richards
		José Gerardo Ulloa	Malene Degn
26 August	La Bresse[13]	Petter Fagerhaug	Sina Frei
		Jofre Cullell	Evie Richards
		Simon Andreassen	Ronja Eibl

Downhill

Elite

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)
21–22 April	Lošinj[18]	Aaron Gwin	Myriam Nicole
		Luca Shaw	Rachel Atherton
		Dean Lucas	Tahnée Seagrave
2–3 June	Fort William[19]	Amaury Pierron	Tahnée Seagrave
		Loris Vergier	Myriam Nicole
		Troy Brosnan	Rachel Atherton
9–10 June	Leogang[20]	Amaury Pierron	Rachel Atherton
		Aaron Gwin	Myriam Nicole
		Laurie Greenland	Tracey Hannah
6–7 July	Val di Sole[10]	Amaury Pierron	Tahnée Seagrave
		Laurie Greenland	Rachel Atherton
		Danny Hart	Monika Hrastnik
13–14 July	Vallnord[11]	Loris Vergier	Tahnée Seagrave
		Amaury Pierron	Rachel Atherton
		Brook McDonald	Tracey Hannah
10–11 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne[12]	Loïc Bruni	Rachel Atherton
		Troy Brosnan	Tahnée Seagrave
		Danny Hart	Tracey Hannah
24–25 August	La Bresse[13]	Martin Maes	Rachel Atherton
		Gee Atherton	Tahnée Seagrave
		Brook McDonald	Myriam Nicole

Junior

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)
21–22 April	Lošinj[18]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Kade Edwards	Nastasia Gimenez
		Kye A'Hern	Mille Johnset
2–3 June	Fort William[19]	Kye A'Hern	Valentina Höll
		Thibaut Dapréla	Paula Zibasa
		Kade Edwards	Anna Newkirk
9–10 June	Leogang[20]	Kye A'Hern	Valentina Höll
		Thibaut Dapréla	Nastasia Gimenez
		Henry Kerr	Ottilia Johansson Jones
6–7 July	Val di Sole[10]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Henry Kerr	Anna Newkirk
		Patrick Butler	Mille Johnset
13–14 July	Vallnord[11]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Henry Kerr	Anna Newkirk
		Kye A'Hern	Mille Johnset
10–11 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne[12]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Kade Edwards	Samantha Soriano
		Henry Kerr	Mazie Hayden
24–25 August	La Bresse[13]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Henry Kerr	Paula Zibasa
		Kade Edwards	Mille Johnset

World Cup standings

Standings after 7 of 7 events

Men

Cross-country Pos Athletes Points 1. Nino Schurter 1861 2. Mathieu van der Poel 1355 3. Maxime Marotte 1242 4. Henrique Avancini 1213 5. Gerhard Kerschbaumer 1154 6. Mathias Flückiger 993 7. Anton Cooper 978 8. Florian Vogel 962 9. Lars Förster 902 10. Titouan Carod 867

Under 23 cross-country Pos Athletes Points 1. Petter Fagerhaug 390 2. Joshua Dubau 360 3. Filippo Colombo 280 4. Antoine Philipp 220 5. Alan Hatherly 211

Downhill Pos Athletes Points 1. Amaury Pierron 1178 2. Danny Hart 884 3. Troy Brosnan 860 4. Loris Vergier 835 5. Laurie Greenland 696 6. Brook MacDonald 692 7. Loïc Bruni 688 8. Luca Shaw 649 9. Gee Atherton 524 10. Connor Fearon 511

Junior downhill Pos Athletes Points 1. Thibaut Dapréla 380 2. Henry Kerr 192 3. Kade Edwards 191 4. Jamie Edmondson 186 5. Kye A'Hern 100

Women

Cross-country Pos Athletes Points 1. Jolanda Neff 1930 2. Annika Langvad 1743 3. Emily Batty 1305 4. Alessandra Keller 1275 5. Anne Tauber 1240 6. Maja Włoszczowska 1201 7. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 1086 8. Kate Courtney 1029 9. Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå 860 10. Elisabeth Brandau 856

Under 23 cross-country Pos Athletes Points 1. Sina Frei 610 2. Malene Degn 435 3. Evie Richards 410 4. Marika Tovo 267 5. Lucie Urruty 183

Downhill Pos Athletes Points 1. Rachel Atherton 1476 2. Tahnée Seagrave 1316 3. Tracey Hannah 1055 4. Myriam Nicole 810 5. Monika Hrastnik 771 6. Marine Cabirou 707 7. Emilie Siegenthaler 476 8. Mariana Salazar 436 9. Katy Curd 419 10. Cécile Ravanel 375

Junior downhill Pos Athletes Points 1. Valentina Höll 420 2. Anna Newkirk 115 3. Paula Zibasa 110 4. Nastasia Gimenez 90 5. Mille Johnset 85