Laura Stigger

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Laura Stigger
20180927 UCI Road World Championships Innsbruck Women Juniors Road Race Laura Stigger 850 0408.jpg
Personal information
Born (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 22)
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Team information
Current teamURC Ötztal
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider type
Medal record
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Women's mountain bike race
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Cairns Junior Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Lenzerheide Junior Cross-country
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Darfo Boario Terme Junior Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Graz Junior Cross-country
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Innsbruck Junior road race

Laura Stigger (born 25 September 2000) is an Austrian racing cyclist. [1] She won the women's junior road race at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships and the junior Mountain Bike race (XCO) [2] event at the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. [3] [4] [5] She also won the junior Mountain Bike race (XCO) event at the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. [2]

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To date, Stigger is the only cyclist to win both the Road World Championship and the Mountain Bike World Championship in the same year, winning both titles within twenty-two days. [6] The former was only her second road race ever. [5]

In 2017 and 2018, she won every Junior Mountain Bike race she participated in, a total of 26 races, with most of them at international level. [7] It was the same when she was younger still. [8] [9]

She competed in the cross-country race at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [10]

Major results

Mountain bike

2017
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
2018
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
2020
1st MaillotAustria.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Gstaad
1st Rund um den Roadlberg
UCI XCO World Cup
5th Nové Město I
5th Nové Město II
2021
National Championships
1st MaillotAustria.PNG Short track
1st MaillotAustria.PNG Eliminator
1st Jersey orange Cape Epic.svg Overall Cape Epic (with Sina Frei)
1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Basel
1st Coppa Città Di Albenga
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Leogang
2022
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Leogang
4th Petropolis
4th Vallnord
2023
1st Haiming
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Nové Město
1st Val di Sole
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Leogang
4th Val di Sole

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Stigger and Balmer win Junior XCO titles". nextmedia Pty Ltd. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "2018: World Championships – World Championships WJ – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  4. "UCI World Championships – Laura Stigger claims women's junior title". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Austrian Laura Stigger wins junior women's World Championship road race in front of home crowds". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  6. "Cross-country Olympic – Lenzerheide – 05 Sep 2018 Results". UCI. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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  8. "2014 UEC European Youth Mountainbike Championship Results" (PDF). UEC. Retrieved 5 October 2018. see page 22
  9. "2016 UEC European Youth Mountainbike Championships Results" (PDF). UEC. Retrieved 5 October 2018. see page 1
  10. "Tokyo 2020 – Cycling Mountain Bike – Results". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

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