2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Overview
[edit] Elite men's cross-country podium at the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships | |
| Venue | Fort William, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 4–9 September 2007 |
| Events | MTB: 13 Trials: 6 |
The 2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Fort William, United Kingdom from 4 to 9 September 2007. It was a new experience for everyone involved since jt was the first time the World Championships of this kind had been held in the United Kingdom.[1] The Fort William site in the Scottish Highlands had been used regularly for rounds of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup since 2002.[2]
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
[edit]Men's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country[3] |  Julien Absalon (FRA)
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 Ralph Näf (SUI)
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Florian Vogel (SUI)
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| Under 23 cross-country[4] |  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)
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Nino Schurter (SUI)
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 Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE)
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| Junior cross-country[5] | Thomas Litscher (SUI)
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 Piotr Brzozka (POL)
|
 David Fletcher (GBR)
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| Downhill[6] |  Sam Hill (AUS)
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Fabien Barel (FRA)
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Gee Atherton (GBR)
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| Junior downhill[7] | Ruaridh Cunningham (GBR)
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 John Swanguen (USA)
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 Matthew Scoles (NZL)
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| Four-cross[8] | Brian Lopes (USA)
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Romain Saladini (FRA)
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 Jurg Meijer (NED)
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| Trials, 20 inch[9] |  Benito Ros Charral (ESP)
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Carles Diaz Codina (ESP)
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Daniel Comas Riera (ESP)
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| Trials, 26 inch[10] | Vincent Hermance (FRA)
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Gilles Coustellier (FRA)
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 Kenny Belaey (BEL)
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| Junior trials, 20 inch[11] | Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA)
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Eduard Planas Nuñez (ESP)
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Kevin Aglae (FRA)
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| Junior trials, 26 inch[12] | Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA)
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Loris Braun (SUI)
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 Hannes Herrmann (GER)
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Women's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country[13] |  Irina Kalentieva (RUS)
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Sabine Spitz (GER)
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 Jingjing Wang (CHN)
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| Under 23 cross-country[14] | Liu Ying (CHN)
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Chengyuan Ren (CHN)
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 Elisabeth Osl (AUT)
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| Junior cross-country[15] |  Alla Boyko (UKR)
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Jitka Skarnitzlova (CZE)
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Julie Bresset (FRA)
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| Downhill[16] | Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)
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Rachel Atherton (GBR)
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Tracey Hannah (AUS)
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| Junior downhill[7] | Floriane Pugin (FRA)
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Katy Curd (GBR)
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Myriam Nicole (FRA)
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| Four-cross[8] | Jill Kintner (USA)
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Anneke Beerten (NED)
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Melissa Buhl (USA)
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| Trials[17] | Karin Moor (SUI)
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Gemma Abant Condal (ESP)
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Mireia Abant Condal (ESP)
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Team events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country[18][19] |  Switzerland |
Poland |
United States |
| Trials[20][21] | Spain |
France |
Germany |
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships, Fort William - 2007". Littlehouse Media. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "10 of Fort William's greatest-ever race runs". Red Bull. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Elite men cross country – Absalon takes a fourth title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "U23 men cross country, 42.8km – Fuglsang out climbs Schurter for the win". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Junior men cross country, 34.2km – Litscher captures another gold for Switzerland". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite men downhill finals – Versatile Hill takes muddy downhill". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Junior men and women downhill finals". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b "4X Finals – All American affair in 4-Cross". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite men trials – 20" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite men trials – 26" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Junior men trials – 20" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Junior men trials – 26" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite women cross country – Late race surge gives Russian the rainbow bands". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "U23 women cross country, 34.22km – Favourites don't disappoint". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Junior women cross country, 25.64km – Last lap charge secures title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite women downhill finals – Jonnier excels in 'enemy territory'". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite women trials – 20" / 26" - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Team relay". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "2007 UCI MTB World Championships: Team Relay Results" (PDF). UCI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ "1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "2007 UCI MTB World Championships: Team Trials Results" (PDF). UCI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2007 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships.
- "Official website: FortWilliamWorldChamps.co.uk". Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "2007 UCI Mountain bike and Trials World Championships: Main page at UCI.ch". Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "2007 UCI Mountain bike and Trials World Championships: Results page at UCI.ch". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Results for the mountain bike events on CyclingNews.com
- Results for the trials events on UCI.ch