UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Annual world international cycling competition

See also: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Moments before the start of the under-23 men's cross-country race at the 2009 World Championships in Canberra, Australia. Eventual winner Burry Stander is second from left.

Status| active
Genre| sports event
Date(s)| varying
Frequency| annual
Inaugurated| 1990 (1990)
Organised by| UCI

The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are the world championship events for mountain bike racing in the disciplines of cross country, downhill, and four-cross. They are organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of world cycling.

The first three finishers in each discipline at the World Championships are awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals. The winner of each discipline is also entitled to wear the rainbow jersey in events of the same discipline until the following year's World Championships. Unlike other UCI-sanctioned mountain-bike races, the competitors in the World Championships represent national rather than commercial teams. The World Championships are usually held towards the end of the season.

## History

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The first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships took place in Durango, Colorado, USA in 1990 and featured only cross-country and downhill events. A separate UCI Trials World Championships had been held since 1986.[1] From 2000 to 2016, the mountain bike and trials disciplines were combined and run as the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. Beginning in 2017, the UCI world championships in trials will be run as part of the newly created UCI Urban Cycling World Championships.[2]

The cross-country team relay was added in 1999. The dual slalom was added in 2000 but replaced by four-cross in 2002. Mountain bike marathon was included on the schedule at the 2003 championships in Lugano, but run separately as the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships from 2004 onwards. The cross-country eliminator was introduced in 2012 but will be part of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships from 2017 onwards.[2] In 2014 and 2015 the four-cross events were held separately from the other disciplines as the UCI Four-Cross World Championships, but were again included alongside the other mountain-biking disciplines in 2016.[3] The four-cross events were removed again after the 2021 edition.

## Venues

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1990 |  United States | Durango
1991 |  Italy | Barga
1992 |  Canada | Bromont
1993 |  France | Métabief
1994 |  United States | Vail
1995 |  Germany | Kirchzarten
1996 |  Australia | Cairns
1997 |  Switzerland | Château-d'Œx
1998 |  Canada | Mont-Sainte-Anne
1999 |  Sweden | Åre
2000 |  Spain | Sierra Nevada
2001 |  United States | Vail
2002 |  Austria | Kaprun
2003 |  Switzerland | Lugano
2004 |  France | Les Gets
2005 |  Italy | Livigno
2006 |  New Zealand | Rotorua
2007 |  United Kingdom | Fort William
2008 |  Italy | Val di Sole
2009 |  Australia | Canberra
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2010 |  Canada | Mont-Sainte-Anne
2011 |  Switzerland | Champery
2012 |  Austria | Leogang-Saalfelden
2013 |  South Africa | Pietermaritzburg
2014 |  Norway | Lillehammer
2015 |  Andorra | Vallnord
2016 |  Czech Republic
Italy | Nové Město
Val di Sole
2017 |  Italy
Australia | Val di Sole
Cairns
2018 |  Switzerland | Lenzerheide
2019 |  Canada | Mont-Sainte-Anne
2020 |  Austria | Leogang[4]
2021 |  Italy | Val di Sole
2022 |  France | Les Gets
2023 |  United Kingdom | Glasgow
2024 |  Andorra | Vallnord
2025 |  Switzerland | Valais
2026 |  Italy | Val di Sole

### World Eliminator Championships

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2019 |  Belgium | Waremme
2020 |  Belgium | Leuven
2021 |  Austria | Graz
2022 |  Spain | Barcelona[5]
2023 |  Indonesia | Palangka Raya
2024 |  Germany | Aalen

### World Championships 4-Cross

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2015 |  Italy | Val di Sole
2016 |  Italy | Val di Sole
2017 |  Italy | Val di Sole
2019 |  Italy | Val di Sole [6]
2021 |  Italy | Val di Sole

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Women's four-cross |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | •
Women's trials |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | •
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## UCI MTB World Champions

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* Men's cross-country
* Women's cross-country
* Men's cross-country eliminator
* Women's cross-country eliminator
* Men's downhill
* Women's downhill
* Men's trials, 20 inch
* Men's trials, 26 inch
* Women's trials

## See also

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* UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships
* UCI Trials World Championships
* UCI Urban Cycling World Championships
* UCI Mountain Bike World Eliminator Championships
* UCI Mountain Bike World 4-Cross Championships

## References

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1. ^ "1986–2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
2. ^ a b "Urban Cycling". uci.ch. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
3. ^ "UCI 4X World Championships". uci.ch. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
4. ^ 2020 MTB World Championships Results
5. ^ 2022 World Championships Eliminator Results
6. ^ 2019 World Championships 4-Cross Results

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships.

* UCI mountain bike page
* UCI Mountain Bike World Championships page

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UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Championships|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Events|

| Men's|

* Cross-country
* Cross-country eliminator
* Downhill
* Junior downhill
* Four-cross
* Trials, 20 inch
* Trials, 26 inch
* Junior trials, 20 inch
* Junior trials, 26 inch

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Women's|

* Cross-country
* Cross-country eliminator
* Downhill
* Junior downhill
* Four-cross
* Trials

Team|

* Relay

Discontinued|

* Men's dual
* Women's dual

* See also: UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships
* UCI Urban Cycling World Championships

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International cycling

Africa|

CAC
UCI Africa Tour
African Games
African Championships

Road
Track
Mountain bike

Asia|

ACC
UCI Asia Tour
Asian Games
Asian Championships

Road
Track
Mountain bike

America|

COPACI
UCI America Tour
Pan American Games
Pan-American Cycling Championships

Road
Track
Cyclo-cross
Mountain bike

Europe|

UEC
UCI Europe Tour
European Championships:

BMX
Cyclo-cross
Gravel
Mountain bike
Road
Track

Oceania|

OCC
UCI Oceania Tour
Oceania Championships

Road
Track
Mountain bike

World|

UCI
UCI World Tour
UCI ProSeries
UCI Women's World Tour
UCI Women's ProSeries

World Championships
UCI World Cups:

Men's road
Women's road
Mountain bike
Track
Cyclo-cross
BMX

UCI World Series:

Gran Fondo
Gravel

Olympics
Youth Olympics
Paralympics
Arab Games
Commonwealth Games
Mediterranean Games

* World University Cycling Championship

* Cyclists
* Teams
* Competitions
* Federations
* Achievements by nation

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Mountain bike racing

Practices|

* Cross-country
* Cross-country eliminator
* Downhill
* Freeride
* Dual slalom
* Four-cross
* Marathon
* Mountain bike orienteering
* 24 hour
* Trials

Events|

* Olympic Games
* World Championships
* World Cup
* Megavalanche

Seasons|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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UCI World Championships

* Road cycling
* Track cycling
* BMX
* Mountain biking
* Mountain biking (marathon)
* Cyclo-cross
* Urban cycling
* Gravel
* Trials
* Esports
* Indoor cycling
* Para-cycling (road)
* Para-cycling (track)

* See also: UCI World Cups

* v
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* e

World championships

* List of world sports championships

Olympic sports|

| Team|

* Association football
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Baseball
* men
* men's 12
* women
* Basketball
* men
* women
* 3x3 basketball
* club
* Beach volleyball
* Cricket
* T20 (men)
* T20 (women)
* Curling
* mixed doubles
* mixed
* Field hockey
* men
* women
* Flag football
* Handball
* men
* women
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Lacrosse
* men
* women
* Rugby 7s
* Softball
* men
* women
* Volleyball
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Water polo
* men
* women

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Individual|

* Aquatic sports
* Archery
* Athletics
* outdoor
* race walking
* Badminton
* men
* women
* mixed
* individual
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Boxing
* women
* Canoeing
* slalom
* sprint
* Cycling
* BMX
* mountain biking
* road
* track
* urban
* Equestrianism
* dressage
* eventing
* show jumping
* Fencing
* Golf
* men
* women
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* Ice skating
* figure
* short track
* speed
* Judo
* Luge
* artificial track
* natural track
* Modern pentathlon
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Olympic Class Combined Worlds
* Shooting
* Skateboarding
* Skiing
* alpine
* Nordic
* freestyle
* snowboarding
* Ski mountaineering
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* individual
* doubles
* team
* Surfing
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* men
* women
* Triathlon
* mixed relay
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Discontinued|

* Basque pelota
* Cricket
* Test
* Croquet
* singles
* team
* Dance sport
* breakdancing
* Karate
* Polo
* Rackets
* Real tennis
* Rugby union
* men
* women
* Tug of war
* outdoor
* indoor

Paralympic sports|

| Team|

* Blind football
* Para ice hockey
* men
* women
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair handball
* Wheelchair rugby
* Wheelchair curling
* mixed team
* Goalball
* Sitting volleyball

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Individual|

* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Climbing
* Cycling
* track cycling
* road cycling
* Powerlifting
* Shooting
* Snowboard
* Skiing
* alpine
* Nordic
* Swimming
* Table tennis

Combat sports|

* Brazilian jiu-jitsu
* Ju-Jitsu World Championships
* Kendo
* Kickboxing (amateur)
* Muaythai
* Sambo
* Sumo
* Wrestling
* beach wrestling
* catch
* grappling
* Wushu

Cue sports|

* Carom billiards
* Three-cushion
* men
* women
* team
* Five-pins
* individual
* team
* artistic
* English billiards
* amateurs
* women
* Pool
* blackball
* chinese eight ball
* eight-ball
* men nine-ball
* women nine-ball
* team nine-ball
* pyramid
* ten-ball
* straight pool
* Snooker
* men
* women
* team
* amateurs
* six-red

Mind sports|

* Backgammon
* Bridge
* Chess
* open
* women
* team
* Draughts
* men
* women
* checkers
* draughts-64
* draughts-64 women
* Go
* Puzzles
* Scrabble
* Sudoku
* Xiangqi

| Esports|

* Call of Duty
* Counter-Strike
* Dota 2
* eSailing
* FIFA
* Fortnite
* League of Legends
* Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
* NES Tetris
* Overwatch
* Pro Evolution Soccer
* Rainbow Six Siege
* Rocket League
* Smite
* StarCraft II
* Valorant

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Motorsport|

| Auto racing|

* Formula E
* Formula One
* Hill climb
* Karting
* Rallying
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sports Car Endurance
* Touring Car

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Motorcycle sports|

* Endurance
* Enduro
* Beach Racing
* SuperEnduro
* Hard Enduro
* team endurance
* Ice racing
* individual
* team
* Grand Prix
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Motocross
* individual
* women
* nations
* Supercross
* SuperMotocross
* Sidecarcross
* Snowcross
* Production
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Women
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sidecar
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* long track
* team long track
* flat track
* Supermoto
* team
* Trial
* nations
* E-Bike
* cross

Other|

* Aeroplane sport
* Aerobatic
* Aerobatic GP
* Powerboating
* Aquabike
* F1
* F4s
* offshore
* Radio-controlled racing
* 1:10 electric off-road
* 1:8 nitro off-road
* Tank biathlon

Other sports|

| Team|

* American football
* men
* women
* Australian football
* Baseball5
* Ball hockey
* Bandy
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Cricket
* ODI (men)
* ODI (women)
* Beach handball
* Beach soccer
* Beach tennis
* Canoe polo
* Dancesport
* Formation Latin
* Dodgeball
* Fistball
* Floorball
* men
* women
* Futsal
* men
* women
* men's club
* women
* Indoor hockey
* men
* women
* Inline hockey
* Kabaddi
* Circle
* Standard
* Kho kho
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* indoor
* Life saving
* Minifootball
* Netball
* Padel tennis
* Quadball
* Ringette
* Rogaining
* Roll Ball
* Roller derby
* men
* women
* Roller hockey
* men
* women
* Rugby league
* men
* men's club
* women
* Sailing
* Yachts
* Dinghies
* Sepaktakraw
* Socca
* Synchronized skating
* Tchoukball
* Underwater hockey
* Underwater rugby

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Individual|

* Air sports
* ballooning
* gliding
* parachuting
* paragliding
* Aquatics
* water skiing
* Armwrestling
* Archery
* indoor
* 3D
* field
* Athletics
* cross country
* half marathon
* indoor
* women's decathlon
* relays
* 100 km
* mountain running
* long distance mountain running
* snowshoe running
* skyrunning
* trail running
* Bowling
* Tenpin
* Ninepin (singles, team)
* Bowls
* indoor
* outdoor
* Canoeing
* marathon
* ocean race
* wildwater
* SUP
* canoe sailing
* freestyle
* waveski
* Crokinole
* CrossFit
* Cycling
* cyclo-cross
* indoor
* mountain bike marathon
* trials
* Darts
* WDF
* PDC
* team
* Finswimming
* Fishing
* freshwater
* fly fishing
* Gymnastics
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* parkour
* Ice Climbing
* Modern pentathlon
* biathle
* triathle
* laser run
* Mounted games
* Orienteering
* foot
* ski
* mountain bike
* trail
* Pétanque
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Roller Sports
* artistic skating
* inline alpine
* inline downhill
* inline speed skating
* roller freestyle
* scootering
* Rowing
* coastal
* indoor
* Shooting
* practical handgun
* practical rifle
* practical shotgun
* Skiing
* flying
* speed
* telemarking
* Summer biathlon
* Strength athletics
* men
* women
* Surfing
* short board
* long board
* big wave
* SUP/paddleboard
* Swimming
* short course
* Teqball
* Triathlon
* Aquathlon
* Duathlon
* Ironman
* Ironman 70.3
* cross
* cross duathlon
* long distance
* long distance duathlon
* sprint
* winter
* Yo-yo

* See also: World cups

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