The Mountain Bike World Cup is in action again this weekend in Cairns, Australia. In the first event of the year in the downhill competition defending series champion Aaron Gwin was the winner. Gwin will be trying to go back-to-back to start 2016 and is joined by four other Americans in the field including Luca Shaw who was 21st in Lourdes.

The downhill begins on Friday with the qualifying round and ends on Saturday with the finals and on Sunday a cross-country competition will be held.

Previous Mountain Bike World Cup Coverage:
Lourdes Recap