Our roots are in racing. Our history is racing. We’ve been on the top step of the podium before and we can’t wait to get back. Mondraker Factory Racing is the means to that end. We’ve created our very first factory DH race team and we’re backing it up with the global commitment of our infrastructure and staff. Mondraker Factory Racing.
We know what winning is all about. We know how to develop a race winning bike. It was only a question of time for us to take that final step and build the Factory Racing Team. This is a 100% Mondraker project featuring some of the best riders in the world.
From our very First World Cup win in Maribor in 2009, through to our triple win in the Vale di Sole World Champs in 2016 and onwards to today, we’ve never backed off on our technological and infrastructure development, and on growing our means to win, and we’re not going to start backing off anytime soon! Everything we’ve done since then has led us to now. Everything we’ve done has brought us to the Mondraker Factory Racing.
Everything we’ve done since then has brought us to Mondraker Factory Racing.
Mondraker Factory Racing is made up of nine support staff plus three riders. We’ll be introducing them successively on social media on the 18th, 22nd and 24th of January. Team manager Jorge García, who’s been a big part of the world cup circuit for several years now, had this to say:
“This is a very exciting time for both Mondraker and the team. Having the chance to grow a project like this from scratch with the brand I grew up racing on is a dream come true. What’s more, I couldn’t be more stoked about the riders we’ve signed and the team behind them we’ve created. Everyone just gelled from the get-go and we’re loving the passion for racing that Mondraker brings to the table. We’re also impatient to translate all the development that comes from competition to the production line and make it all worthwhile for the brand”
• Team Manager: Jorge García.
• Race Engineer: Pablo Guillem.
• Mechanic #1: Mark Maurissen.
• Mechanic #2: Sergio Agulló.
• Mechanic #3: Ernest Adalid.
• Driver: Pablo Irigoyen.
• Physio: Adrià Baró.
• Photography: Kike Abelleira.
• Video: Louis Citadelle.
Mondraker Factory Racing, as well as counting on the backing of the Engineering and Prototypes Department at Mondraker, will also be counting on the sponsorship and backing of some of the most influential and important names in the game. It’s good to know that our drivetrain, brake and suspension partners take this just as seriously as we do and that it’s the union of these brands that make us stronger as a result.
• Shimano: Drivetrain and brakes.
• Fox Racing Shox: Suspension.
• Alpinestars: Kit.
• E*thirteen: Wheels.
• Maxxis: Tyres.
• X-Sauce: Oils, maintenance and cleaning products.
• Ergon: Grips and saddles.
One of the key factors behind Mondraker Factory Racing is the unequivocal support it will get from the factory. Miguel Pina, CEO de Mondraker is here to tell us more:
“We’re setting out on a new stage in competition with Mondraker Factory Racing. There’s no denying our passion for racing has always been inseparable from our roots as a brand. We’ve always aimed to develop the best tech available, taking it to the absolute limit on some of the toughest race tracks in the world, so it was inevitable that we ended up where we are, with the Mondraker Factory Racing team, because we just knew that we wanted a structure with all the resources of the factory behind it to best serve the needs and potential of some of the best riders in the world. Simply put, we want Mondraker to be back at the top of world class downhill racing.
It’s a huge step in our history as a brand, making history in the Formula 1 of mountain biking”.
Don’t forget that on the 18th, 22th and 24th of January we’ll be presenting our riders on social media:
¡NEW RIDER!
Already has 4 US National DH Championships under his belt despite being just 18, and he finished 1st in the Junior category in the World Cup overall last year. He credits a lot of that to his mentor Brian Lopes. Ryan is the first rider signing for the Mondraker Factory Racing team.
RACING NEVER ENDS
¡NEW RIDER!
Is Irish, which explains the accents on the vowels of his first name. When he was little, he got bored of blowing up motorbike engines so made the move to mountain biking when he was 13. Three times National Champion, podiums in the World Cup and 12th overall in World Cup DH in 2023 in only his 3rd season of World Cup racing!
RACING NEVER ENDS
¡NEW RIDER!
Dakotah Norton is the third and last signing for Mondraker Factory Racing for 2024. He’s a two-time USA National DH Champion and has 5 World Cup DH podiums to his name. He started racing MotoX when he was 4, BMX when he was 15 and DH when he was 22. In 2023 he contested almost all of the World Cup DH finals and he made the podium twice.
RACING NEVER ENDS
This size table is only an estimation, the optimum frame size depends on your personal preference and riding style
