2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Host city Fort William, United Kingdom
Date(s)  (2007-09-04 - 2007-09-09)4–9 September 2007
Events MTB: 13
Trials: 6
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The 2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Fort William, United Kingdom from 4 to 9 September 2007. This was the first time the World Championships had been held in the United Kingdom. The Fort William site in the Scottish Highlands had been used regularly for rounds of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup since 2002.

The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 18th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 22nd edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.

France finished on top of the medal table with 6 world champions and 13 medals overall, including a fourth consecutive world title for Julien Absalon in the elite men's cross country. Sam Hill and Sabrina Jonnier won their second consecutive world titles in the men's and women's elite downhill.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[1]  Julien Absalon (FRA)  Ralph Näf (SUI)  Florian Vogel (SUI)
Under 23 cross-country[2]  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Nino Schurter (SUI)  Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE)
Junior cross-country[3]  Thomas Litscher (SUI)  Piotr Brzozka (POL)  David Fletcher (GBR)
Downhill[4]  Sam Hill (AUS)  Fabien Barel (FRA)  Gee Atherton (GBR)
Junior downhill[5]  Ruaridh Cunningham (GBR)  John Swanguen (USA)  Matthew Scoles (NZL)
Four-cross[6]  Brian Lopes (USA)  Romain Saladini (FRA)  Jurg Meijer (NED)
Trials, 20 inch[7]  Benito Ros Charral (ESP)  Carles Diaz Codina (ESP)  Daniel Comas Riera (ESP)
Trials, 26 inch[8]  Vincent Hermance (FRA)  Gilles Coustellier (FRA)  Kenny Belaey (BEL)
Junior trials, 20 inch[9]  Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA)  Eduard Planas Nuñez (ESP)  Kevin Aglae (FRA)
Junior trials, 26 inch[10]  Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA)  Loris Braun (SUI)  Hannes Herrmann (GER)

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[11]  Irina Kalentieva (RUS)  Sabine Spitz (GER)  Jingjing Wang (CHN)
Under 23 cross-country[12]  Liu Ying (CHN)  Chengyuan Ren (CHN)  Elisabeth Osl (AUT)
Junior cross-country[13]  Alla Boyko (UKR)  Jitka Skarnitzlova (CZE)  Julie Bresset (FRA)
Downhill[14]  Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)  Rachel Atherton (GBR)  Tracey Hannah (AUS)
Junior downhill[5]  Floriane Pugin (FRA)  Katy Curd (GBR)  Myriam Nicole (FRA)
Four-cross[6]  Jill Kintner (USA)  Anneke Beerten (NED)  Melissa Buhl (USA)
Trials[15]  Karin Moor (SUI)  Gemma Abant Condal (ESP)  Mireia Abant Condal (ESP)

Team events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[16]   Switzerland  Poland  United States
Trials[17]  Spain
  France
  Germany

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 France 6 4 3 13
2  Switzerland 3 3 1 7
3 Spain 2 3 2 7
4 United States 2 1 2 5
5 Great Britain 1 2 2 5
6 China 1 1 1 3
7 Australia 1 0 1 2
8 Denmark 1 0 0 1
 Russia 1 0 0 1
 Ukraine 1 0 0 1
11 Poland 0 2 0 2
12 Germany 0 1 2 3
13 Czech Republic 0 1 1 2
 Netherlands 0 1 1 2
15 Austria 0 0 1 1
 Belgium 0 0 1 1
 New Zealand 0 0 1 1
Total 19 19 19 57

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Elite men cross country - Absalon takes a fourth title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  2. ↑ "U23 men cross country, 42.8km - Fuglsang out climbs Schurter for the win". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Junior men cross country, 34.2km - Litscher captures another gold for Switzerland". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  4. ↑ "Elite men downhill finals - Versatile Hill takes muddy downhill". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  5. 1 2 "Junior men and women downhill finals". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  6. 1 2 "4X Finals - All American affair in 4-Cross". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  7. ↑ "Elite men trials - 20" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  8. ↑ "Elite men trials - 26" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  9. ↑ "Junior men trials - 20" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  10. ↑ "Junior men trials - 26" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  11. ↑ "Elite women cross country - Late race surge gives Russian the rainbow bands". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  12. ↑ "U23 women cross country, 34.22km - Favourites don't disappoint". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  13. ↑ "Junior women cross country, 25.64km - Last lap charge secures title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  14. ↑ "Elite women downhill finals - Jonnier excels in 'enemy territory'". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  15. ↑ "Elite women trials - 20" / 26" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  16. ↑ "Team relay". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  17. ↑ "1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-28.

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