Brian Lopes

{{Short description|American mountain bike racer (born 1971)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Primary sources|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Brian Lopes

| fullname = Brian Thomas Lopes

| image = BrianLopes2007WorldChampionshipsFortWilliam.jpg

| caption = Lopes at the World Championships in Fort William

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|9|6}}

| height = 5 ft 9 in

| weight = 160 lb

| nickname = Flyin' Brian

| birth_place = Mission Viejo, California, United States of America

| currentteam = Intense/Maxxis/Pearl Izumi/Lazer/X Fusion

| discipline = MTB–Four-cross, Dual Slalom, Enduro, Downhill

| role =

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| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1989–2012

| proteam1 = –

| majorwins = {{flagicon|USA}} Norba National Championship (1 Wins)
UCI World Cup (1 Wins)
UCI World Championship (1 wins)

}}

Brian Thomas Lopes (born September 6, 1971, in Mission Viejo, California) is a professional mountain bike racer who specializes in four-cross. Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old.Lopes/McCormack, "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills", page 195, {{ISBN|0-7360-5624-6}}

He started mountain biking in 1993 and has since won a total of 18 titles – 9 NORBA National Championships, 6 UCI World Cup wins and 4 UCI World Championship titles.[http://www.brianlopes.com/index.html Brian Lopes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830155213/http://www.brianlopes.com/index.html |date=August 30, 2007 }} Lopes has also held world records in bunny hopping, in terms of both distance and height.

He was nominated in 2001 for an ESPY "Action sport Athlete of the Year"Lopes/McCormack, "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills", page 196, {{ISBN|0-7360-5624-6}} and won two NEA (World Extreme Sports Award) for "Mountain Biker of the Year" in 2000 & 2001.[http://www.brianlopes.com/bio.html Brian Lopes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827174103/http://www.brianlopes.com/bio.html |date=August 27, 2007 }} Lopes has also co-written a book, Mastering Mountain Bike Skills with Lee McCormack. Lopes has also been featured in a videogame; Downhill Domination on the Sony PlayStation 2.

Lopes is currently sponsored by Ibis Bicycles, Oakley, Lazer, X-Fusion, SRAM, Kenda, Novatec Wheels, WTB, ODI, Magura, Pearl Izumi, Go Pro, HT, KS, Chris King & MRP.

On April 13, 2012, Lopes won the first race of the new cross-country eliminator World Cup series in Houffalize, Belgium.