Charlie Aldridge

Charlie Aldridge (born 3 April 2001) is a British mountain bike cross country cyclist from Scotland. He was the 2019 Junior World Champion, 2022 British national champion and 2023 U23 World Champion.

Charlie Aldridge

Aldridge in 2019
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 24) Perth, Scotland
Team information
Discipline	Cross-country
Role	Rider
Major wins
Mountain Bike National XC Championships (2023)
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Men's mountain bike racing World Championships 2023 Glasgow Under-23 Cross-country 2019 Mont-Sainte-Anne Junior Cross-country 2024 Vallnord Cross-country short track European Championships 2022 Anadia Cross-country short track 2025 Melgaço Cross-country

Personal life

Aldridge was born in Perth, Scotland and lives in Crieff. He was a student of mechanical engineering at the University of Edinburgh.^[1]

Career

Aldridge won gold at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships held in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada in the junior cross country competition. At that championships he was also part of the relay team that finished sixth overall.^[2]

In May, 2022 he won the British National Mountain Biking Championships u23 title at Cannock Chase.^[3] It was raced on the same course that would be used for the 2022 Commonwealth Games where Aldridge was chosen to compete for Scotland. The familiarity of this gave him confidence to strive for a medal.^[4] However, at the Games Aldridge was looking on course for a bronze medal on the penultimate lap when he had a mechanical issue following a crash. His bike lost its rear derailleur and he ended up finishing sixteenth.^[5]

In June, 2022 he won the European Continental Championships XCO U23 race in Anadia, Portugal.^[6] In July, 2022 he won bronze at the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup u23 event in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.^[7] He was named in the Britain squad for the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Les Gets, France in August 2022.^[8]

In June 2024, he was selected for the British team to compete in the Mountain Biking at the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[9]

In July 2025, he was runner-up to compatriot Tom Pidcock at the European Mountain Bike Championships in Portugal.^[10]

Major results

2018

Junior National XC Series

1st Dalby Forest

1st Kentford

2nd Builth Wells

2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships

2019

1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships

Junior Swiss Bike Cup

1st Andermatt

1st Overall Junior National XC Series

1st Sherwood Pines

1st Hadleigh Park

1st Cannock Chase

2021

2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships

2022

UEC European Championships

1st Short track

2nd Under-23 Cross-country

National Championships

1st Short track

1st Under-23 Cross-country

1st Overall National XC Series

1st Tong

1st Cannock Chase

2nd Newcastleton

2nd Fowey

UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup

3rd Lenzerheide

3rd Jelenia Góra

2023

1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

National Championships

1st Cross-country

1st Short track

National XCO Series

1st Winchester

1st Fowey

3rd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships

Greek Series

3rd Salamis

2024

National XCO Series

1st Cannock Chase

UCI World Championships

2nd Short track

4th Cross-country

UCI XCC World Cup

2nd Les Gets

2nd Haiming

Internazionali D’Italia Series

3rd Esanatoglia

UCI XCO World Cup

4th Nové Město

4th Mont-Sainte-Anne

2025

National XCO Series

1st Glentress Forest

1st Chelva

2nd Cross-country, UEC European Championships

2nd Overall Mediterranean Epic

Shimano Super Cup

2nd Banyoles

UCI XCO World Cup

3rd Pal–Arinsal

5th Val di Sole

UCI XCC World Cup

3rd Leogang

Swiss Bike Cup

3rd Rivera