Mountain bike marathon world championships 2016

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The UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships 2016 took place on 25./26. June in Laissac , France .

Men

space country athlete time
1 POR Tiago Ferreira 4:01:57 hrs.
2 AUT Alban Lakata + 0:19 min
3 CZE Kristian Hynek + 0:56 min
4th COL Héctor Leonardo Páez + 1:11 min
5 ITA Samuele Porro + 2:43 min
6th RUS Alexey Medvedev + 2:44 min
7th AUT Daniel Geismayr + 3:16 min
8th GER Jochen Käß + 3:43 min
9 United States Howard Grotts + 4:27 min
10 GER Markus Kaufmann + 4:57 min

Date: June 26, 2016
Length: 90 km

A total of 120 drivers reached the destination. 23 gave up.

The reigning world champion was Alban Lakata from Austria .

Women

space country Athlete time
1 SUI Jolanda Neff 3:56:57 hrs.
2 GBR Sally Bigham + 2:34 min
3 FRA Sabrina Enaux + 5:33 min
4th SUI Ariane Kleinhans + 7:06 min
5 ITA Mara Fumagalli + 8:52 min
6th ITA Valentina Frasisti + 13:12 min
7th FRA Helene Marcouyre + 14:10 min
8th AUT Christina Kollmann + 15:30 min
9 THE Annika Langvad + 17:20 min
10 SUI Nathalie Schneitter + 17:59 min

Date: June 26, 2016
Length: 70 km

A total of 48 riders reached the finish. 7 gave up.

The reigning world champion was Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå from Norway. She did not run this year.

The winner Jolanda Neff only decided to take part at short notice. It was her second run over the marathon distance. At her first start she finished second at the EM last year.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. NZZ Online : Gold for Jolanda Neff (accessed on July 5, 2016)