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| Venue | Boario Terme  Italy |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 27-30 July 2017 |
| Coordinates | 45°53′40″N10°11′12″E / 45.89444°N 10.18667°E |
| Events | 5 (senior) |
The 2017 European Mountain Bike Championships were held in Darfo Boario Terme, Italy, between 27 and 30 July 2017.
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| Venue | Boario Terme Italy |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 27-30 July 2017 |
| Coordinates | 45°53′40″N10°11′12″E / 45.89444°N 10.18667°E |
| Events | 5 (senior) |
The 2017 European Mountain Bike Championships were held in Darfo Boario Terme, Italy, between 27 and 30 July 2017.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elite | |||
| Men |  Florian Vogel (SUI) |  Julien Absalon (FRA) |  Manuel Fumic (GER) |
| Women |  Yana Belomoyna (UKR) | Linda Indergand (SUI) |  Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (NOR) |
| Mixed relay | (SUI) Filippo Colombo Joel Roth Linda Indergand Alessandra Keller Andri Frischknecht |  (DEN)Sebastian Carstensen Fini Alexander Andersen Caroline Bohé Simon Andreassen Malene Degn | (ITA) Gerhard Kerschbaumer Chiara Teocchi Juri Zanotti Marika Tovo Nadir Colledani |
| Under-23 | |||
| Men | Gioele Bertolini (ITA) | Nadir Colledani (ITA) | Simon Andreassen (DEN) |
| Women | Sina Frei (SUI) | Alessandra Keller (SUI) |  Anne Tauber (NED) |
| Juniors | |||
| Boys |  Jofre Cullell (ESP) | Alexandre Balmer (SUI) | Benjamin Le Ny (FRA) |
| Girls |  Laura Stigger (AUT) | Loana Lecomte (FRA) | Caroline Bohé (DEN) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elite | |||
| Men | Titouan Perrin-Ganier (FRA) | Daniel Federspiel (AUT) | Jeroen van Eck (NED) |
| Women | Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI) |  Barbora Průdková (CZE) | Anne Terpstra (NED) |
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