2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

2022 World Championships
LocationFrance 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]

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

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

Competition format
Event and categories Year of birth
Cross country (XCO)
Men & women elite 1999 and older
Men & women U23 2000–2003
Men & women junior 2004 and 2005
Downhill (DHI)
Men & women elite 2003 and older
Men & women junior 2004 and 2005
E-mtb
Men & women elite 2003 and older (including masters)
Cross-country short track (XCC)
Men & women elite 1999 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

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France*54312
2 Switzerland45413
3 New Zealand2002
4 Italy1124
5 Germany1102
6 Austria1001
 Great Britain1001
8 Australia0101
 Canada0101
 Netherlands0101
 Spain0101
12 United States0033
13 Colombia0011
 Denmark0011
 Poland0011
Totals (15 entries)15151545

Men's events

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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]

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

Women's events

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

Team event

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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]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country Olympic[16]  Switzerland
Dario Lillo
Khalid Sidahmed
Ramona Forchini
Ronja Blöchlinger
Anina Hutter
Nino Schurter
1:17:14  Italy
Luca Braidot
Marco Betteo
Martina Berta
Valentina Corvi
Giada Specia
Simone Avondetto
1:17:20  United States
Christopher Blevins
Cayden Parker
Madigan Munro
Bailey Cioppa
Haley Batten
Riley Amos
1:17:28

Under-23 and Junior events

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

See also

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References

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