2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

Overview

2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

Elite men's cross-country podium at the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Venue	Fort William, United Kingdom
Date(s)	(2007-09-04 - 2007-09-09)4–9 September 2007
Events	MTB: 13 Trials: 6
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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

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[3]	Julien Absalon (FRA)	Ralph Näf (SUI)	Florian Vogel (SUI)
Under 23 cross-country[4]	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Nino Schurter (SUI)	Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE)
Junior cross-country[5]	Thomas Litscher (SUI)	Piotr Brzozka (POL)	David Fletcher (GBR)
Downhill[6]	Sam Hill (AUS)	Fabien Barel (FRA)	Gee Atherton (GBR)
Junior downhill[7]	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBR)	John Swanguen (USA)	Matthew Scoles (NZL)
Four-cross[8]	Brian Lopes (USA)	Romain Saladini (FRA)	Jurg Meijer (NED)
Trials, 20 inch[9]	Benito Ros Charral (ESP)	Carles Diaz Codina (ESP)	Daniel Comas Riera (ESP)
Trials, 26 inch[10]	Vincent Hermance (FRA)	Gilles Coustellier (FRA)	Kenny Belaey (BEL)
Junior trials, 20 inch[11]	Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA)	Eduard Planas Nuñez (ESP)	Kevin Aglae (FRA)
Junior trials, 26 inch[12]	Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA)	Loris Braun (SUI)	Hannes Herrmann (GER)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[13]	Irina Kalentieva (RUS)	Sabine Spitz (GER)	Jingjing Wang (CHN)
Under 23 cross-country[14]	Liu Ying (CHN)	Chengyuan Ren (CHN)	Elisabeth Osl (AUT)
Junior cross-country[15]	Alla Boyko (UKR)	Jitka Skarnitzlova (CZE)	Julie Bresset (FRA)
Downhill[16]	Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)	Rachel Atherton (GBR)	Tracey Hannah (AUS)
Junior downhill[7]	Floriane Pugin (FRA)	Katy Curd (GBR)	Myriam Nicole (FRA)
Four-cross[8]	Jill Kintner (USA)	Anneke Beerten (NED)	Melissa Buhl (USA)
Trials[17]	Karin Moor (SUI)	Gemma Abant Condal (ESP)	Mireia Abant Condal (ESP)

Team events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[18][19]	Switzerland Florian Vogel Thomas Litscher Petra Henzi Nino Schurter	Poland Marcin Karczyński Piotr Brzózka Maja Włoszczowska Dariusz Batek	United States Georgia Gould Ethan Gilmour Samuel Schultz Adam Craig
Trials[20][21]	Spain Benito Ros Charral [es] Eduard Planas Nuñez Daniel Comas Riera [es] Andreu Miro Molins Mireia Abant Condal [es]	France Marc Caisso Kevin Aglae Vincent Hermance Aurélien Fontenoy Julie Pesenti	Germany Sebastian Hoffmann Julian Peter Thomas Mrohs Hannes Herrmann Elisa Brieden

Medal table

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

• UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships

References

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External links

• "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