A course built for bike specialists, the final North American World Cup stop mixed plenty of tech with a Full Distance course designed to carry speed through every section.
Set in Empire 47, one of the largest mountain bike centres in eastern North America, the venue offered over 75 kilometres of purpose-built trails for the race directors to work with. Since the first shovels of dirt were turned in 2013, it has become the epicentre of XTERRA Québec—and in 2025, for the second year running, it marked the final World Cup stop in North America before the pro series headed into the final stretch in Europe.
A strong men’s field was led by Felix Forissier, coming in on a three-race win streak and looking to edge his way closer to the golden jersey currently held by his older brother. For the women, Alizée Paties chose to rest and recover during this stop after winning every race in the series so far, leaving a battle between Marta Menditto, Emma Ducreux, and Hannah-Lee Young to play out as they looked to close the gap at the top of the leaderboard.
After the mid-season reset, this was where the World Cup picked up again—to see who still had the power and speed as the series headed into its second half.