Is 2026 the Year Enduro Will Be Reborn?
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Will 2026 be the year that enduro is reborn? Big names have moved on, but there’s a new generation coming through. We’ve got Elliott Heap stepping into race coverage, new ways to follow the action, familiar venues with fresh tracks, and a season that feels different. Morgane Charre and Greg Callaghan join me to preview the 2026 Enduro World Cup season and pick out the riders and stories that could define it. I’m hopeful that we’ve got a great season of racing in store. So sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Morgane Charre and Greg Callaghan.
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| 0:00.0 | is very much a changing of the guard, you could say. |
| 0:02.7 | It makes a season very exciting. |
| 0:04.2 | There's definitely, you know, you could say the door is open |
| 0:06.1 | to getting on podiums and getting top results for a lot of new faces. |
| 0:09.0 | That's a big news, I think. |
| 0:10.9 | She's back, and when she's happy and fully focused on racing, |
| 0:15.8 | she's super fast. |
| 0:17.0 | It's got a lot of buzz, a lot of people wanting to race. |
| 0:25.5 | Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast, the podcast for the true fans of |
| 0:30.3 | gravity mountain biking, taking you deeper into the sport than anywhere else. This episode is |
| 0:34.7 | sponsored by Industry 9, but more about them later. If you enjoy listening to the podcast, I would love it if you'd consider supporting what we do over on Patreon. In another year, where brand support remains hard to come by at the levels we really need, it's great that some of you are helping us, keep this thing going and bringing new fresh episodes each week. As we head into race season and start our pre and post race shows, that gets even more |
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| 1:16.3 | you can join our newsletter at downtimepodcast.com forward slash newsletter. All right, will |
| 1:21.9 | 2026 be the year that Enduro is reborn? Big names have moved on, but there's a new generation |
| 1:27.2 | coming through. |
| 1:28.1 | We've got Elliot Heap stepping into race coverage, new ways to follow the action, |
| 1:31.9 | familiar venues with fresh tracks, and a season that feels kind of different. |
| 1:35.7 | Morgan Shaw and Greg Callahan join me to preview the 2026 Enduro World Cup season |
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