2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

The 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships was the 28th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. As in 2016, the championships in the various disciplines were held at separate events. The world championships in four-cross were held at Val di Sole, Italy, on 24 and 25 August 2017, alongside UCI World Cup events in cross-country and downhill.[1] The world championships in cross-country and downhill were held in Cairns, Australia, from 5 to 10 September 2017.[2][3]

2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Venue	Val di Sole, Italy Cairns, Australia
Date(s)	24–25 August 2017 (Val di Sole) 5–10 September 2017 (Cairns)
Events	13

The UCI world championships in trials, which had been held alongside the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships since 2000, were run as part of the newly created UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in 2017. The Urban Cycling World Championships also included the UCI world championships in cross-country eliminator, which had been part of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships since 2012, and in BMX freestyle.[4]

The Cairns event marked the second time the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships had been held in Cairns and the third time the event was held in Australia, following the 1996 edition in Cairns and the 2009 edition in Canberra. This was the third consecutive year that the UCI World Championships in four-cross were held in Val di Sole.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[5]	Nino Schurter  Switzerland	Jaroslav Kulhavý  Czech Republic	Thomas Litscher  Switzerland
Under 23 cross-country[6]	Sam Gaze  New Zealand	Alan Hatherly  South Africa	Maximilian Brandl  Germany
Junior cross-country[7]	Cameron Wright  Australia	Joel Roth  Switzerland	Holden Jones  Canada
Downhill[8]	Loïc Bruni  France	Michael Hannah  Australia	Aaron Gwin  United States
Junior downhill[9]	Matt Walker  Great Britain	Joe Breeden  Great Britain	Max Hartenstein  Germany
Four-cross[10]	Felix Beckerman  Sweden	Quentin Derbier  France	Giovanni Pozzoni  Italy

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[11]	Jolanda Neff  Switzerland	Annie Last  Great Britain	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot  France
Under 23 cross-country[12]	Sina Frei  Switzerland	Kate Courtney  United States	Alessandra Keller  Switzerland
Junior cross-country[13]	Laura Stigger  Austria	Loana Lecomte  France	Nadia Grod  Switzerland
Downhill	Miranda Miller  Canada	Myriam Nicole  France	Tracey Hannah  Australia
Junior downhill[14]	Mélanie Chappaz  France	Shania Rawson  New Zealand	Flora Lesoin  France
Four-cross[15]	Caroline Buchanan  Australia	Romana Labounková  Czech Republic	Helene Valerie Fruhwirth  Austria

Team events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[16][17]	Switzerland Filippo Colombo Joel Roth Sina Frei Jolanda Neff Nino Schurter	Denmark Sebastian Fini Carstensen Alexander Young Andersen Annika Langvad Malene Degn Simon Andreassen	France Jordan Sarrou Mathis Azzaro Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Lena Gerault Neilo Perrin Ganier

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	4	1	3	8
2	France	2	3	3	8
3	Australia	2	1	1	4
4	Great Britain	1	2	0	3
5	New Zealand	1	1	0	2
6	Austria	1	0	1	2
	Canada	1	0	1	2
8	Sweden	1	0	0	1
9	Czech Republic	0	2	0	2
10	United States	0	1	1	2
11	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	South Africa	0	1	0	1
13	Germany	0	0	2	2
14	Italy	0	0	1	1
Total		13	13	13	39

See also

• 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

References

1. "Val di Sole - Finali Coppi del Mondo MTB 2017 - Programma Gara". valdisolebikeland.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
2. "UCI Mountain Bike Calendar - 2017 Season". uci.ch. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
3. "2017 World Championships". ridecairns.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
4. "Urban Cycling". uci.ch. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
5. "Cross-country Olympic Cairns (AUS) - 9 Sep 2017 Men Elite". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
6. "Cross-country Olympic Cairns (AUS) - 9 Sep 2017 Men Under 23". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
7. "Cross-country Olympic - Cairns - 05 Sep 2017 - Men Juniors". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
8. "Downhill Cairns (AUS) - 10 Sep 2017 Men Elite". Retrieved 10 September 2017.
9. "Downhill Cairns (AUS) - 10 Sep 2017 Men Junior". Retrieved 10 September 2017.
10. "2017 MTB Four-Cross World Championships FRI 25 AUG 2017 Men Elite" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2017.
11. "Cross-country Olympic Cairns (AUS) - 9 Sep 2017 Women Elite". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
12. "Cross-country Olympic Cairns (AUS) - 9 Sep 2017 Women Under 23". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
13. "Cross-country Olympic - Cairns - 05 Sep 2017 - Women Juniors". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
14. "Downhill Cairns (AUS) - 10 Sep 2017 Women Junior". Retrieved 10 September 2017.
15. "2017 MTB Four-Cross World Championships FRI 25 AUG 2017 Women Elite" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2017.
16. "Cross-Country Team Relay". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
17. "Cross-country team relay - Cairns - 05 Sep 2017". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

External links

• MTB calendar on the UCI website
• Official website of the Val di Sole event
• Official website of the Cairns event