2025 World Cup: 8 Stops and 11 Races to Decide Off-Road Triathlon’s Pro Series

The XTERRA World Cup returns in 2025 for another season of head-to-head battles between off-road triathlon’s top talent and the oceans, lakes, and rock- and root-lined trails that stand between them and the series title. Now in its third year, it’s become the biggest show in off-road triathlon, with each race seemingly growing faster and the finishes tighter as the sport progresses.

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Last year Felix Forissier and Solenne Billioun dethroned debut winners Arthur Serrières and Alizée Paties, making France the only nation to hold a series title so far. But with a fresh circuit of 8 stops and 11 races ready for 2025, the scores now reset to zero and the battles begin again. 

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For fans of multisport, trails sports, and world-class racing, buckle up for a season that promises more drama, intensity, and sheer grit across some of the wildest trails in the world.

The structure of the series remains largely the same in 2025: A condensed circuit of 7 Full Distance and 4 Short Track races with elite athletes competing for series points at every stop. Full Distance races award the top 30 finishers, with the winner claiming 100 points. Short Track races are invitation-only, limited to the very best athletes, with the winner earning the maximum 75 points. 

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Every race counts, and the names at the top of the leaderboard after the final stop in Trentino, Italy, are crowned as the next reigning World Cup Champions. 

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It’s a series that rewards season-long consistency, with athletes needing multiple podium finishes in both the Full Distance and the fast-paced Short Track format to stay in the hunt for the title.

2025 sees two significant changes to the XTERRA World Cup series. The first being the expanded circuit of eight stops (previously 7) around the globe, including two debut locations.

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Dunsborough, Australia, will be the first of the debut locations, taking the reins from Taiwan not only as the series opener but also as the host of the Asia-Pacific Championship and the region’s only World Cup stop. The second debut will be in Weston Park, bringing World Cup racing to the UK and making way for perhaps the most significant change yet—removing the World Championship from the series while keeping the number of Full Distance races at seven.

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Dropping the World Championship from the series is a decision largely driven by the athletes, allowing them to focus on each separately. For fans, the same applies. The World Cup is about the best across the season, while the World Championship is about the best on the day. Each deserves its own attention, focus, and respect, and having the World Cup finish at the World Championship blurred the lines between the two. The new format will allow fans to enjoy the two spectacles separately, with the separate winners given their rightful time in the spotlight.

The 2025 World Cup will now be settled with the final Short Track race in Trentino, Italy—just 40 minutes to decide the series, just days before the focus shifts from the World Cup to the World Championship.

Mark your calendars for race dates and livestreams. Start lists, results, media, and in-depth recap videos will all be available on the World Cup series page.

Stop 1: Australia

March 27 – Short Track | March 29 – Full Distance

The 2025 World Cup kicks off in Dunsborough, Australia, where XTERRA’s pro athletes will dive into the crystal-clear waters of Geographe Bay before tearing through the rapid, and at times rowdy, trails of Meelup Regional Park. A brand-new challenge for nearly all the top contenders, Australia will set the pace by opening the series with a fast and furious Short Track race before delivering the season’s first true endurance test in the Full Distance battle. 

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Stop 2: Greece

April 26 – Full Distance

Greece returns to the World Cup for a second year, once again delivering a fast, high-pressure test through the Gulf of Vouliagmeni and the rugged slopes of South Hymettus. The first stop in XTERRA’s most fiercely contested region, Greece is a race of raw speed and high risks, rewarding endurance but punishing hesitation on a course filled with loose rocks, technical descents, and relentless climbs. Expect a stacked field, with early leaders aiming to extend their advantage while late starters fight to make up lost ground.

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Stop 3: Weston Park

May 3 – Full Distance

Making its World Cup debut this year, Weston Park brings a deceptively tough course that rewards precision and power. Though low in elevation, its tight grassland turns and twisting singletrack will favour those with strong bike handling skills, especially when hit at World Cup speed. Following just a week after Greece, it’ll likely be a very similar field that makes the trip over to the UK, continuing the fight for series points on an all-new World Cup battleground. 

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Stop 4: Oak Mountain

May 17 – Full Distance | May 18 – Short Track

The first of the North American stops sees a return to the legendary Oak Mountain. Tight trails and endless amounts of singletrack makes knowing exactly where to attack key on this course. But that info is no longer a local privilege with most top contenders arriving with experience. The livestreamed Short Track race, however, will present a very different challenge with multiple course changes in the plan for 2025. 

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Stop 5: Quebec

July 12 – Full Distance

Built for bike specialists, Quebec’s course is prime for those who can handle technical terrain at speed as the course takes full advantage of one of the largest MTB trail networks in eastern North America. Returning to the World Cup for a second year, Quebec's fast yet challenging layout favors those who can continuously carry speed through turns, jumps, and rock gardens. Mountain bikers will have the upper hand, but in off-road triathlon, it takes more than a strong ride to win.

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Stop 6: Czech

August 9 – Full Distance | August 10 – Short Track

The fan- and athlete-favorite party in Prachatice returns with new challenges on both the Full Distance and Short Track courses. The Full Distance race sees a return to Kristanovicky Lake, adding extra technicality to the only A-to-B bike leg in the series. The Short Track also revisits the original site where the format first began in 2019, but this time with a digger load of changes set to deliver a true spectacle for fans both on-site and tuning in to the livestream. No two years are ever the same in Prachatice, and 2025 will be no exception.

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Stop 7: Germany

August 16 – Full Distance

Germany’s Zittau makes its eagerly awaited return to the World Cup series as both a key stop and the host of the European Championship. Celebrating 25 years of the XTERRA O-SEE Festival, this course takes off-road triathlon back to its roots, testing power, endurance, and strategy on a mix of fire roads, forest trails, and flowing singletrack. As the biggest race in Europe and the final big push for series points before the series finale, expect Zittau to be a prominent feature on the 2025 highlights reel. 

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Stop 8: Trentino

September 25 – Short Track

The 2025 XTERRA World Cup decided in less than 40 minutes, and no better course to close the show. The Trentino Short Track course has historically seen multiple position changes in both the men’s and women’s fields in the past 2 years, resulting in the single most iconic moment in the history of the fast format last year. If this is how the series is decided in 2025, it will make for one of the greatest World Cups for many, many years to come. Tune into the livestream for front row seats. 

The XTERRA World Cup series page is the go-to hub for everything related to the series. Each stop’s page will be updated with start lists, results, and additional media as the season progresses. For coverage both between the tape and behind the scenes, in-depth recap videos on the YouTube channel will complement the three livestreamed races in Oak Mountain, Czech and Trentino.

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Shifting slightly from previous years, onsite social coverage will be available on XTERRA’s regional Instagram accounts, shared between APAC, Europe, and the Americas depending on the race location.

Two years in and this series has left us wanting more. The goal was always to raise the bar for the sport by pitting the best against the best across multiple races, and the results have been as advertised. With no repeat winners yet, 2025 is open for Felix Forissier, Arthur Serrières, Solenne Billouin, or Alizée Paties to add a second title to their growing legacies. If not, two new champions will rise as off-road triathlon continues to evolve.

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Watch the season recap for all the biggest moments that defined the series in 2025, and mark your calendars as the battles begin once again in Dunsborough, Australia, this March.