Mountain Bike World Championships 2012

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The 25th Mountain Bike World Championships took place from August 29 to September 9, 2012 in Leogang and Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer in Austria . After the title fights in Kaprun and Zell am See in 2002, Austria hosted the Mountain Bike World Championships for the second time. There were decisions in the disciplines of Cross Country , Downhill , Four Cross and Trials on the program. Compared to the last World Championships in 2011 , three more titles were awarded with the competitions in the Cross Country Eliminator for men and women and the Trials Mixed Team competition. For this reason and because of the division into two venues, the World Cup program was extended to twelve days for the first time.

A total of over 750 drivers from 47 nations took part in the world championships. In the run-up to the World Cup, the organizers had expected around 30,000 spectators, in the end over 43,500 came to the competitions. Around 600 volunteers were on duty at the event. The organizers had a budget of 1.4 million euros available for this.

On August 29, 2012 at around 7:00 p.m., the Mountain Bike World Championships were officially opened on the Rathausplatz in Saalfelden. After a few introductory words by the 2nd Deputy Governor David Brenner , the mayors of Saalfelden ( Günter Schied ) and Leogang ( Helga Hammerschmied-Rathgeb ), as well as an official representative of the UCI , all nations marched into the town hall square with their World Cup participants . The first part of the competition then took place from August 31st to September 2nd in Leogang, where the four cross and downhill competitions were decided. After a day of rest, the trials competitions in the center of Saalfelden continued on September 4th. From September 6th, the first decisions in Cross Country were made in Saalfelden. The title fights were finally ended on September 9th with the new World Cup discipline Cross Country Eliminator.

The Switzerland was successful with six titles nation of the tournament, followed by France and Spain with four and three gold medals. With one gold and a total of six medals, Germany took fourth place in the medal table; the host Austria won only one bronze medal through Daniel Federspiel .

Cross country

Men

space country athlete time
1 SUI Nino Schurter 1:40:55 h
2 SUI Lukas Flückiger + 0:29 min
3 SUI Mathias Flückiger + 0:51 min
4th FRA Julien Absalon + 1:04 min
5 SUI Fabian Giger + 1:16 min
6th ITA Marco Aurelio Fontana + 1:45 min
7th GER Manuel Fumic + 1:58 min
8th RSA Burry Stander + 2:01 min
9 FRA Stéphane Tempier + 2:06 min
10 ESP Sergio Mantecón + 2:53 min

Date: September 8, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Length: 38.3 km
Of 99 registered drivers, 86 were included in the ranking, twelve gave up prematurely and one did not start.

Women

space country sportswoman time
1 FRA Julie Bresset 1:32:25 h
2 NOR Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå + 1:47 min
3 United States Georgia Gould + 3:12 min
4th SUI Esther Süss + 3:22 min
5 RUS Irina Kalentieva + 3:23 min
6th GER Sabine Spitz + 3:45 min
7th CZE Tereza Huříková + 3:50 min
8th United States Lea Davison + 3:50 min
9 POLE Aleksandra Dawidowicz + 4:03 min
10 SLO Blaža Klemenčič + 4:05 min

Date: September 8th, 2012, 11:00 am
Length: 29.3 km
The German Sabine Spitz fell in second place after half the race distance, after a collision with Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå ( NOR ), so badly that her wheel completely was destroyed and she had to carry her bike a good 500 meters to the next technical zone. As a result, she lost her lead of more than a minute on Georgia Gould ( USA ), who had been fourth up until then, and fell back to eleventh place. In the remaining three laps she managed to make up five places, but in the end she was half a minute short of the medal ranks. A total of 58 drivers took part in the race, five of whom gave up prematurely.

Men U23

space country athlete time
1 CZE Ondřej Cink 1:19:40 h
2 NED Michiel van der Heijden + 0:14 min
3 ITA Daniele Braidot + 0:48 min
4th AUT Alexander Gehbauer + 1:34 min
5 ITA Luca Braidot + 2:12 min
6th BEL Jens Schuermans + 2:39 min
7th ITA Gerhard Kerschbaumer + 2:45 min
8th GER Markus Schulte-Lünzum + 2:57 min
9 GER Julian Schelb + 3:02 min
10 ITA Nicholas Pettina + 3:11 min

Date: September 7, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Length: 29.3 km
A total of 102 drivers took part in the race, 13 of whom gave up prematurely.

Women U23

space country sportswoman time
1 SUI Jolanda Neff 1:23:57 h
2 UKR Yana Belomoyna + 0:18 min
3 POLE Paula Gorycka + 0:27 min
4th GBR Annie Last + 0:47 min
5 POLE Monika Zur + 1:54 min
6th GER Helen Grobert + 3:10 min
7th NED Anne Terpstra + 3:58 min
8th RUS Ekaterina Anozhina + 4:32 min
9 ITA Serena Calvetti + 4:40 min
10 SUI Michelle Hediger + 4:54 min

Date: September 7, 2012, 11:00 am
Length: 24.8 km
A total of 42 female drivers took part in the race, all of whom were classified.

Juniors

space country athlete time
1 NZL Anton Cooper 1:06:53 h
2 FRA Victor Koretzky + 2:17 min
3 FRA Titouan Carod + 2:34 min
4th FRA Romain Seigle + 4:06 min
5 United States Keegan Swenson + 4:35 min
6th FRA Antoine Bouqueret + 4:54 min
7th SUI Enea Vetsch + 4:57 min
8th BEL Kevin Panhuyzen + 5:06 min
9 ITA Beltain Schmid + 5:06 min
10 SUI Manuel carnival + 5:07 min

Date: September 8, 2012, 9:00 am
Length: 24.8 km
99 of the 104 registered drivers were included in the ranking, three gave up prematurely and two did not start.

Juniors

space country sportswoman time
1 SUI Andrea Waldis 1:07:29 h
2 GER Sofia Wiedenroth + 0:30 min
3 GER Lena Putz + 1:19 min
4th FRA Perrine Clauzel + 3:25 min
5 GBR Bethany Crumpton + 3:51 min
6th POLE Aleksandra Podgorska + 4:51 min
7th RUS Guzel Akhmadullina + 5:07 min
8th RUS Nadezhda Antonova + 5:36 min
9 FRA Margot Moschetti + 5:54 min
10 CAN Frederique Trudel + 6:51 min

Date: September 7, 2012, 5:00 p.m.
Length: 20.3 km
A total of 48 female riders took part in the race, six of whom gave up prematurely.

Season

space country athlete time
1 ITA Marco Aurelio Fontana
Beltain Schmid
Eva Lechner
Luca Braidot 		51:54 min
2 FRA Jordan Sarrou
Victor Koretzky
Julie Bresset
Maxime Marotte 		+ 0:01 min
3 GER Markus Schulte-Lünzum
Martin Frey
Sabine Spitz
Manuel Fumic 		+ 1:23 min
4th SUI Reto Indergand
Dominic Zumstein
Katrin Leumann
Ralph Näf 		+ 1:59 min
5 CAN Geoff Kabush
Mitchell Bailey
Catharine Pendrel
Marc-Antoine Nadon 		+ 2:03 min
6th SWE Olof Jonsson
Emil Linde
Alexandra Engen
Emil Lindgren 		+ 2:47 min
7th United States Russell Finsterwald
Keegan Swenson
Lea Davison
Todd Wells 		+ 3:32 min
8th UKR Sergji Rysenko
Yana Belomoyna
Artem Shevtsov
Mykhaylo Batsutsa 		+ 3:35 min
9 NED Michiel van der Heijden
Jesper Slik
Anne Terpstra
Rudi van Houts 		+ 3:43 min
10 AUT Karl Markt
Michael Mayer
Elisabeth Osl
Gregor Raggl 		+ 4:11 min

Date: September 6, 2012, 5:00 pm
Length: 18.4 km
Of 21 registered relays, 18 reached the finish, the Czech Republic and Spain were disqualified and the United Kingdom did not compete.

Cross Country Eliminator

Men

Date: September 9, 2012, 1.30 p.m.
In the qualification, each driver had to tackle the 560 meter sprint route in the city center of Saalfelden against the clock. The first 32 mountain bikers reached the round of 16, in which four riders competed against each other and the first two qualified for the next round. So it went on until the semi-finals, where the first two drivers qualified for the A-final and the third and fourth placed qualified for the B-final. Of 145 registered drivers, 129 reached the finish in the qualifying race, three gave up the race prematurely, one was disqualified and twelve did not start. The fastest in qualifying Miha Halzer from Slovenia won each of his runs up to the final and was in the lead there for a long time, but was caught in the finish sprint by Swiss Ralph Näf , who only finished 28th in the qualification. In the end, six of the first eight drivers made it through to the A and B finals.

Women

Date: September 9, 2012, 1.30 p.m.
In the qualification, 52 of the 62 registered riders reached the finish line, one gave up the race prematurely, two were disqualified and seven did not start. Here too, the first 32 female mountain bikers qualified for the round of 16. The qualification winner Alexandra Engen ( SWE ) was able to prevail in the end and win the title, whereas Jenny Rissved's (SWE) second in qualification after a fall in a leading position was eliminated in the second round and Lea Davison ( USA ), third in qualification, was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Downhill

Men

space country athlete time
1 RSA Greg Minnaar 3: 21.790 min
2 GBR Gee Atherton + 0.581 s
3 CAN Steve Smith + 1.214 s
4th OUT Michael Hannah + 2.140 s
5 OUT Samuel Hill + 3.406 s
6th FRA Damien Spagnolo + 3.859 s
7th FRA Florent Payet + 4.227 s
8th NZL Brook MacDonald + 4.861 s
9 AUT Markus Pekoll + 5.774 s
10 COL Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas + 6.064 s

Date: September 2, 2012, 2 p.m.
Of 116 registered drivers, 112 reached the finish line, three gave up early and one did not start.

Women

space country athlete time
1 FRA Morgane Charre 3: 50.654 min
2 FRA Emmeline Ragot + 1.199 s
3 GBR Manon Carpenter + 1.490 s
4th FRA Floriane Pugin + 1.617 s
5 GBR Rachel Atherton + 5.894 s
6th CAN Micayla Gatto + 9.537 s
7th CAN Casey Brown + 9.611 s
8th SUI Miriam Ruchti + 12.558 s
9 CAN Claire Buchar + 13.920 s
10 GBR Tracy Moseley + 14.145 s

Date: September 2nd, 2012, 1:00 p.m.
All 33 registered riders reached the finish.

Juniors

space country athlete time
1 FRA Loïc Bruni 3: 29.139 min
2 United States Richard Rude Junior + 3.121 s
3 OUT Connor Fearon + 4.944 s
4th SUI Noel Niederberger + 6.029 s
5 OUT Jack Moir + 7.836 s
6th GBR Frasor McGlone + 7.856 s
7th FRA Guillaume Cauvin + 8.051 s
8th GBR Phil Atwill + 9.455 s
9 SUI Felix Klee + 10.134 s
10 United States Austin Warren + 10.826 s

Date: September 2, 2012, 10:30 am
Of 75 registered drivers, 71 reached the finish line, three gave up early and one did not start.

Juniors

space country athlete time
1 CAN Holly Feniak 4: 01.622 min
2 GBR Tahnee Seagrave + 8.095 s
3 OUT Danielle Beacroft + 17.945 s
4th SUI Geraldine Fink + 21.011 s
5 FRA Chloe Gallean + 21.240 s
6th FRA Fiona Ourdouillie + 23.214 s
7th NOR Marianne Ruud + 28.715 s
8th NZL Sophie Tyas + 30.919 s
8th NZL Sophie Tyas + 30.919 s
9 AUT Lisa Kreuzer + 51.309 s

Date: September 2, 2012, 10:30 am
All nine registered drivers reached the finish.

Four Cross

Men

Qualification: August 31, 2012, 5:30 pm
Final runs: September 1, 2012, 5:30 pm
In the qualification, 50 of the 52 registered drivers reached the finish, one gave up the race early and one did not start. All 50 mountain bikers reached the 1/16 finals.

Women

Qualification: August 31, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Finals: September 1, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
In the qualification, all eleven registered riders reached the finish. The first eight female mountain bikers directly reached the semi-finals.

Trials

Men 26 "

Semi-finals: September 5, 2012, 3 p.m.
Final: September 7, 2012, 9 p.m.

Men 20 "

space country athlete Points
1 ESP Benito Ros 33
2 ESP Abel Mustieles 36.5
3 FRA Vincent Hermance 41
4th ESP Ion Areitio Agirre 45
5 NED Rick Koekoek 54
6th JPN Kazuki Terai 54
7th FRA Theau Courtes 59
8th ESP Carles Diaz Codina 60

Semi-finals: September 4, 2012, 1:45 p.m.
Final: September 6, 2012, 9:00 p.m.

Women

Date: September 5, 2012, 10:00 a.m.

Juniors 26 "

space country athlete Points
1 SUI David Bonzon 16
2 GBR Jack Carthy 17th
3 ESP Eloi Paré Caballé 30th
4th FRA Clementt Meot 33
5 GER Jonathan Sandritter 44
6th FRA Alexis Figuière 45
7th GER Nils-Obed Rieker 50
8th FRA Thibald Stefan 53

Semi-finals: September 5, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Final: September 7, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Juniors 20 "

space country athlete Points
1 GER Raphael Pils 15th
2 FRA Maxime Muffat 28
3 SUI Lucien Leiser 31
4th SUI David Bonzon 40
5 ESP Bernat Seuba Romeu 41
6th ESP Eloi Paré Caballé 53
7th GER Lucas Krell 55
8th ITA Alessandro Bertola 56

Semi-finals: September 4, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Final: September 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

team

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 6th 2 2 10
2 FranceFrance France 4th 6th 3 13
3 SpainSpain Spain 3 1 1 5
4th GermanyGermany Germany 1 2 3 6th
5 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 1 2 1 4th
6th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1 1 - 2
7th ItalyItaly Italy 1 - 1 2
CanadaCanada Canada 1 - 1 2
9 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1 - - 1
SwedenSweden Sweden 1 - - 1
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1 - - 1
12 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom - 3 1 4th
13 United StatesUnited States United States - 1 1 2
14th NorwayNorway Norway - 1 - 1
SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia - 1 - 1
UkraineUkraine Ukraine - 1 - 1
17th AustraliaAustralia Australia - - 2 2
PolandPoland Poland - - 2 2
19th BelgiumBelgium Belgium - - 1 1
AustriaAustria Austria - - 1 1
SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia - - 1 1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ saalfelden-leogang.com: Review of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saalfelden-leogang.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . September 10, 2012
  2. ↑ bikesport: Medal and 3 top ten placements for the Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team . September 11, 2012
  3. ↑ rockyroads.net: The first Sprint World Championships in Saalfelden: A critical review  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rockyroads.net  September 11, 2012