Mountain bike world championships 2010

The 23rd Mountain Bike World Championships took place from August 31 to September 5, 2010 in Mont Sainte-Anne in Canada . There were decisions in the disciplines of Cross Country , Downhill , Four Cross and Trials on the program.

Cross country

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	ESP	José Antonio Hermida	1:52:26 h
2	CZE	Jaroslav Kulhavý	+ 0:29 min
3	RSA	Burry Stander	+ 1:10 min
4th	SUI	Nino Schurter	+ 2:03 min
5	FRA	Julien Absalon	+ 2:23 min
6th	ESP	Carlos Coloma Nicolas	+ 2:43 min
7th	GBR	Liam Killeen	+ 2:51 min
8th	CAN	Geoff Kabush	+ 3:58 min

Date: September 4, 2010, 2 p.m.
Length: 33.0 km

A total of 80 drivers reached the destination; five gave up.

The reigning world champion Nino Schurter had two defects during the competition and thus lost the connection to the top.

Women

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	POLE	Maja Włoszczowska	1:48:21 h
2	RUS	Irina Kalentieva	+ 0:48 min
3	United States	Willow Koerber	+ 0:52 min
4th	CAN	Catharine Pendrel	+ 0:54 min
5	AUT	Elisabeth Osl	+ 2:00 min
6th	United States	Heather Irmiger	+ 2:03 min
7th	POLE	Anna Szafraniec	+ 2:16 min
8th	GER	Sabine Spitz	+ 2:32 min

Date: September 4, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
Length: 26.0 km

A total of 60 riders reached the destination; seven gave up.

Men U23

space	country	athlete	time
1	SUI	Mathias Flückiger	1:45:15 h
2	SUI	Thomas Litscher	+ 0:30 min
3	SUI	Patrik Gallati	+ 1:04 min
4th	FRA	Alexis Vuillermoz	+ 1:49 min
5	ITA	Gerhard Kerschbaumer	+ 3:28 min
6th	POLE	Marek Konwa	+ 3:37 min
7th	SUI	Martin Fanger	+ 3:53 min
8th	BEL	Ruben Scheire	+ 4:25 min

Date: September 3, 2010, 2 p.m.
Length: 30.6 km

58 drivers reached the destination; eight gave up.

Women U23

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	SWE	Alexandra Engen	1:30:33 h
2	GBR	Annie Last	+ 0:43 min
3	POLE	Paula Gorycka	+ 3:04 min
4th	SLO	Tanja Žakelj	+ 3:31 min
5	CAN	Emily Batty	+ 3:49 min
6th	FRA	Fanny Bourdon	+ 4:33 min
7th	HUN	Barbara Benko	+ 4:46 min
8th	SUI	Kathrin Stirnemann	+ 5:09 min

Date: September 2, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Length: 21.4 km

34 riders reached the finish; two gave up.

Juniors

space	country	athlete	time
1	NED	Michiel van der Heijden	1:33:54 h
2	FRA	Julien Trarieux	+ 1:48 min
3	GER	Julian Schelb	+ 2:14 min
4th	ITA	Maximilian Vieider	+ 2:35 min
5	BEL	Jeff Luyten	+ 2:39 min
6th	FRA	Marvin Gruget	+ 3:06 min
7th	SUI	Roger Walder	+ 3:38 min
8th	FRA	Alrick Martin	+ 4:06 min

Date: September 3, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
Length: 26.0 km

65 drivers reached the destination; ten gave up.

Juniors

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	FRA	Pauline Ferrand-Prevot	1:20:33 h
2	UKR	Jana Belomojna	+ 0:47 min
3	GER	Helen Grobert	+ 1:21 min
4th	CHN	Bai Yue	+ 1:43 min
5	BEL	Elise Marchal	+ 2:42 min
6th	CZE	Karolina Kalasova	+ 5:18 min
7th	AUT	Lisa Mitterbauer	+ 6:02 min
8th	FRA	Cecile Delaire	+ 7:25 min

Date: September 1, 2010, 2 p.m.
Length: 16.8 km

26 drivers reached the finish; six gave up.

Season

space	country	athlete	time
1	SUI	Thomas Litscher Roger Walder Ralph Näf Katrin Leumann	1:06:00 h
2	GER	Manuel Fumic Julian Schelb Marcel Fleschhut Sabine Spitz	+ 0:18 min
3	CZE	Jaroslav Kulhavý Ondřej Cink Tomáš Paprstka Kateřina Nash	+ 0:41 min
4th	FRA	Fabien Canal Julien Tharieux Cédric Ravanel Cécile Ravanel	+ 1:02 min
5	ITA	Marco Aurelio Fontana Maximilian Vieider Eva Lechner Gerhard Kerschbaumer	+ 1:55 min
6th	RUS	Irina Kalentjewa Sergei Nikolayew Anton Stepanow Yevgeny Pechenin	+ 2:16 min
7th	NED	Marco Minnaard Rudi van Houts Laura Turpijn Michiel van der Heijden	+ 2:43 min
8th	CAN	Max Plaxton Francis Morin Antoine Caron Mical Dyck	+ 3:53 min

Date: September 1, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
Length: 18.4 km

A total of 17 teams reached the goal. Sweden gave up in seventh place and the Brazilian relay did not start.

Downhill

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Samuel Hill	4: 37.93 min
2	CAN	Steve Smith	+ 2.63 s
3	RSA	Greg Minnaar	+ 3.00 s
4th	United States	Aaron Gwin	+ 4.08 s
5	GBR	Gee Atherton	+ 4.71 s
6th	GBR	Marc Beaumont	+ 7.59 s
7th	GBR	Steve Peat	+ 7.61 s
8th	GBR	Danny Hart	+ 7.87 s

Date: September 5, 2010, 2:00 p.m.

A total of 61 drivers took part in the competition.

Women

space	country	athlete	time
1	GBR	Tracy Moseley	5: 17.47 min
2	FRA	Sabrina Jonnier	+ 7.50 s
3	FRA	Emmeline Ragot	+ 10.64 s
4th	FRA	Floriane Pugin	+ 12.34 s
5	JPN	Mio Suemasa	+ 12.79 s
6th	FRA	Myriam Nicole	+ 13.98 s
7th	GBR	Rachel Atherton	+ 16.33 s
8th	United States	Leigh Donovan	+ 16.58 s

Date: September 5, 2010, 1:00 p.m.

A total of 24 riders took part in the competition; 23 of them could end it.

Juniors

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Troy Brosnan	4: 50.71 min
2	United States	Neko Mulally	+ 0.06 s
3	GBR	Lewis Buchanan	+ 9.05 s
4th	NZL	George Brannigan	+ 12.37 s
5	SWE	Oliwer Kangas	+ 14.90 s
6th	NOR	Zakarias Blom Johansen	+ 18.22 s
7th	FRA	Ludovic Oget	+ 19.13 s
8th	RSA	Timothy Bentley	+ 20.12 s

Date: September 5, 2010, 10:30 a.m.

A total of 27 drivers took part in the competition; 45 of them could end it.

Juniors

space	country	athlete	time
1	CAN	Lauren Rosser	5: 59.55 min
2	FRA	Fanny Lombard	+ 13.95 s
3	FRA	Julie Berteaux	+ 20.19 s
4th	OUT	Holly Baarspul	+ 27.78 s
5	NZL	Sarah Atkin	+ 28.02 s
6th	NZL	Charlotte Clouston	+ 48.05 s
7th	CAN	Kelsey Begg	+1: 00.09 min
8th	OUT	Emily Hockey	+1: 08.98 min

Date: September 5, 2010, 10:30 a.m.

A total of 10 riders took part in the competition.

Four Cross

Men

space	country	athlete
1	CZE	Tomáš Slavík
2	OUT	Jared Graves
3	CZE	Michal Prokop
4th	SUI	Roger Rinderknecht
5	NED	Joost Wichman
6th	GER	Johannes Fischbach
7th	United States	Barry Nobles
8th	SVK	Filip Polc

Date: September 3, 2010, 9:00 a.m.

A total of 32 drivers took part in the competition.

Women

space	country	sportswoman
1	OUT	Caroline Buchanan
2	CZE	Jana Horakova
3	CZE	Romana Labounkova
4th	GBR	Katy Curd
5	BRA	Luana Maria De Souza Oliveira
6th	AUT	Anita Molcik
7th	OUT	Sarsha Huntington
8th	GBR	Fionn Griffiths

Date: September 3, 2010, 9:00 a.m.

A total of 16 riders took part in the competition.

Trials

Men 26 "

space	country	athlete	Points
1	BEL	Kenny Belaey	25th
2	ESP	Benito Ros Charral	39 (1x0)
3	FRA	Marc Caisso	39 (0x0)
4th	ESP	Abel Mustieles Garcia	42
5	FRA	Gilles Coustellier	43
6th	GBR	Ben Savage	48
7th	CAN	John Webster	53
8th	FRA	Vincent Hermance	22 ( DNF )

Date: September 5, 2010

A total of 31 drivers took part in the competition.

Men 20 "

space	country	athlete	Points
1	ESP	Benito Ros Charral	22nd
2	ESP	Abel Mustieles Garcia	31
3	NED	Rick Koekoek	43
4th	ESP	Carles Diaz Codina	49
5	SUI	Loris Braun	50
6th	GER	Matthias Mrohs	54 (1x2 ½F: 3)
7th	GBR	Ben Savage	54 (1x2 ½F: 6)
8th	FRA	Aurélien Fontenoy	54 (0x2)

Date: September 4, 2010

A total of 19 drivers took part in the competition; 18 of them could end it.

Women

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	ESP	Gemma Abant Condal	15th
2	SUI	Karin Moor	23
3	SVK	Tatiana Janickova	34
4th	ESP	Mireira Abant Condal	35
5	POLE	Sonia Klich	48
6th	GER	Andrea Wesp	53
7th	POLE	Stefania Staszel	62

Date: September 3, 2010

Juniors 26 "

space	country	athlete	Points
1	ESP	Ion Areitio Agirre	9 (8x0)
2	SUI	David Bonzon	9 (3x0)
3	FRA	Maxim Tolu	11
4th	FRA	Marius Merger	18th
5	ESP	Rafael Tibau Roura	20th
6th	FRA	Valentin Gaucher	24
7th	FRA	Morgan Vassor	26th
8th	GBR	Sam Oliver	35

Date: September 5, 2010

A total of 12 drivers took part in the competition.

Juniors 20 "

space	country	athlete	Points
1	ESP	Ion Areitio Agirre	14th
2	GER	Raphael Pils	15th
3	FRA	Marius Merger	20th
4th	GBR	Sam Oliver	33
5	POLE	Filip Mrugala	34
6th	FRA	Morgan Vassor	43 (2x1)
7th	SUI	David Bonzon	43 (1x1)
8th	GER	Robin Fix	52

Date: September 4, 2010

A total of 11 drivers took part in the competition.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Spain	5	2	-	7th
2	Australia	3	1	-	4th
3	Switzerland	2	3	1	6th
4th	France	1	3	5	9
5	Czech Republic	1	2	3	6th
6th	Netherlands	1	-	1	2
	Poland	1	-	1	2
8th	Belgium	1	-	-	1
	Sweden	1	-	-	1
10	Germany	-	2	2	4th
11	United States	-	1	1	2
12	Russia	-	1	-	1
	Ukraine	-	1	-	1
14th	Slovakia	-	-	1	1
	South Africa	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Organizer website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NZZ Online : World Cup podium without a shoulder . Retrieved September 5, 2010.