2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

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2022 World Championships
Location Flag of France.svg Les Gets, France
Dates24 to 28 August 2022

The 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships were held in the French commune Les Gets from 24 to 28 August 2022. [1]

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Les Gets, located in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France close to the border with Switzerland, previously hosted the 2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. [2] The Les Gets Bike Park, which is located within the Portes du Soleil ski area, has 128 km (80 mi) of marked trails and provides for downhill, cross-country, freestyle, freeride, and e-mountain biking. [3]

Competition format

The following competitions and rider categories were contested at this event of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships: [4]

Competition format
Event and categoriesYear of birth
Cross country (XCO)
Men & women elite1999 and older
Men & women U232000–2003
Men & women junior2004 and 2005
Downhill (DHI)
Men & women elite2003 and older
Men & women junior2004 and 2005
E-mtb
Men & women elite2003 and older (including masters)
Cross-country short track (XCC)
Men & women elite1999 and older

In addition, a team relay was held restricted to one team of six riders per country. The default team composition was one man elite, one woman elite, one man U23, one man juniors, one woman U23 and one woman juniors, but the rules also allowed for substitutions. [4]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France*54312
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 45413
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2002
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1124
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1102
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1001
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1001
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0101
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0101
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0101
12Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 0033
13Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0011
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0011
Totals (15 entries)15151545

Men's events

The elite downhill saw an all-French podium, with Loïc Bruni winning his fifth elite downhill world championship. [5] In the short track, New Zealand's Sam Gaze and the incumbent American world champion, Christopher Blevins, were competing for the title when both aimed for the same line at the last rock garden. Blevins crashed and eventually crossed the line in 16th place while Gaze took the title. [6] [7]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Cross-country Olympic [8] Nino Schurter
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1:21:13 David Valero
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1:21:22 Luca Braidot
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:21:42
Cross-country short track [9] Sam Gaze
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
22:21 Filippo Colombo
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
22:24 Thomas Litscher
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
22:38
Electric MTB Cross-country [10] Jérôme Gilloux
Flag of France.svg  France
52:21 Hugo Pigeon
Flag of France.svg  France
52:50 Joris Ryf
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
53:03
Downhill [11] Loïc Bruni
Flag of France.svg  France
3:20.478 Amaury Pierron
Flag of France.svg  France
3:23.059 Loris Vergier
Flag of France.svg  France
3:23.864

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Cross-country Olympic [12] Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Flag of France.svg  France
1:22:08 Jolanda Neff
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1:23:43 Haley Batten
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:24:21
Cross-country short track [13] Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Flag of France.svg  France
21:56 Alessandra Keller
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
22:14 Gwendalyn Gibson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
22:17
Electric MTB Cross-country [14] Nicole Göldi
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
47:00 Justine Tonso
Flag of France.svg  France
48:15 Nathalie Schneitter
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
48:25
Downhill [15] Valentina Höll
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
3:53.857 Nina Hoffmann
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3:54.763 Myriam Nicole
Flag of France.svg  France
3:57.304

Team event

Eighteen teams competed in the team event, with seventeen of those finishing. The French team was in the lead when their fifth rider crashed and had to finish the lap standing after having lost the saddle, dropping to fifth place. Switzerland won the world title ahead of Italy and the United States. New Zealand had been in third position when their third rider crashed; the team did not finish. [16] [17]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Cross-country Olympic [16] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Dario Lillo
Khalid Sidahmed
Ramona Forchini
Ronja Blöchlinger
Anina Hutter
Nino Schurter
1:17:14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Luca Braidot
Marco Betteo
Martina Berta
Valentina Corvi
Giada Specia
Simone Avondetto
1:17:20Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Christopher Blevins
Cayden Parker
Madigan Munro
Bailey Cioppa
Haley Batten
Riley Amos
1:17:28

Under-23 and Junior events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Under-23 Cross-country [18] Simone Avondetto
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:10:35 Mathis Azzaro
Flag of France.svg  France
1:11:03 Luca Schätti
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1:11:32
Men's Junior Cross-country [19] Paul Schehl
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:02:48 Jan Christen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1:03:06 Paul Magnier
Flag of France.svg  France
1:03:12
Men's Junior Downhill [20] Jordan Williams
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
3:28.324 Remy Meier-Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
3:34.240 Davide Cappello
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3:36.021
Women's Under-23 Cross-country [21] Line Burquier
Flag of France.svg  France
1:11:09 Puck Pieterse
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:11:52 Sofie Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
1:12:08
Women's Junior Cross-country [22] Monique Halter
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
59:37 Lea Huber
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1:00:53 Natalia Grzegorzewska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1:01:03
Women's Junior Downhill [23] Jenna Hastings
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
4:18.541 Gracey Hemstreet
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
4:20.411 Valentina Roa
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
4:34.485

See also

References

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