UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Frenchman Julien Absalon is a seven-time winner of the overall cross-country series.
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)midyear
Frequencyannual
Inaugurated1991 (1991)
Organised byUCI

The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is a multi-round mountain bike racing series that is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The first World Cup series – which was composed of cross-country events – was held in 1989. The Downhill World Cup was inaugurated two years later, and the Dual Slalom World Cup was launched in 1998. The dual-slalom format – which involved knock-out heats with two riders on the parallel courses in each heat – evolved into four-cross (with four riders on a single course per heat) in 2002 before being dropped after the 2011 season. Riders win points according to their placing in each event. The reigning series leaders in each class are identified by a special jersey. The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is broadcast live and globally on Red Bull TV.

The replacement world series for 4X World Cup is the 4X Pro Tour and for XCM World Cup is UCI MTB Marathon series.

Overall series winners

Cross-country (XCO)

Men

Season Winner Runner-up Third
1990 Ned Overend Thomas Frischknecht Tim Gould
1991 John Tomac Gerhard Zadrobilek David Wiens
1992 Thomas Frischknecht John Tomac Ned Overend
1993 Thomas Frischknecht John Tomac Peter Hric
1994 Bart Brentjens Ned Overend Tinker Juarez
1995 Thomas Frischknecht Rune Hoydahl Jan Erik Østergaard
1996 Christophe Dupouey Thomas Frischknecht Miguel Martinez
1997 Miguel Martinez Christophe Dupouey Cadel Evans
1998 Cadel Evans Miguel Martinez Rune Hoydahl
1999 Cadel Evans Miguel Martinez Christoph Sauser
2000 Miguel Martinez Bas van Dooren Christophe Dupouey
2001 Roland Green José Antonio Hermida Miguel Martinez
2002 Filip Meirhaeghe Christoph Sauser Thomas Frischknecht
2003 Julien Absalon Christoph Sauser Filip Meirhaeghe
2004 Christoph Sauser Roel Paulissen Filip Meirhaeghe
2005 Christoph Sauser José Antonio Hermida Julien Absalon
2006 Julien Absalon Christoph Sauser José Antonio Hermida
2007 Julien Absalon José Antonio Hermida Christoph Sauser
2008 Julien Absalon Christoph Sauser José Antonio Hermida
2009 Julien Absalon José Antonio Hermida Burry Stander
2010 Nino Schurter Julien Absalon Jaroslav Kulhavý
2011 Jaroslav Kulhavý Nino Schurter Julien Absalon
2012 Nino Schurter Burry Stander Jaroslav Kulhavý
2013 Nino Schurter Daniel McConnell Julien Absalon
2014 Julien Absalon Nino Schurter Daniel McConnell
2015 Nino Schurter Julien Absalon Jaroslav Kulhavý
2016 Julien Absalon Nino Schurter Maxime Marotte
2017 Nino Schurter Stephane Tempier Maxime Marotte
2018 Nino Schurter Mathieu van der Poel Maxime Marotte
2019 Nino Schurter Mathieu van der Poel Henrique Avancini
2020 UCI decided to not award World Cup standings points as just two races were run.[1]
2021 Mathias Flückiger Victor Koretzky Ondřej Cink
2022 Nino Schurter Titouan Carod Luca Braidot
2023 Nino Schurter Jordan Sarrou Mathias Flückiger
2024 Alan Hatherly Victor Koretzky Filippo Colombo
  • Medals:
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Switzerland158427
2 France99927
3 United States2338
4 Australia2125
5 Netherlands1304
6 Belgium1124
7 South Africa1113
8 Czech Republic1034
9 Canada1001
10 Spain0426
11 Norway0112
12 Austria0101
13 Brazil0011
 Denmark0011
 Great Britain0011
 Italy0011
 Slovakia0011
Totals (17 entries)33323297

Women

Season Winner Runner-up Third
1991 Sara Ballantyne Juli Furtado Regina Stiefl
1992 Ruthie Matthes Juli Furtado Chantal Daucourt
1993 Juli Furtado Ruthie Matthes Alison Sydor
1994 Juli Furtado Caroline Alexander Alison Sydor
1995 Juli Furtado Alison Sydor Paola Pezzo
1996 Alison Sydor Gunn-Rita Dahle Juli Furtado
1997 Paola Pezzo Alison Sydor Chantal Daucourt
1998 Alison Sydor Laurence Leboucher Paola Pezzo
1999 Alison Sydor Gunn-Rita Dahle Annabella Stropparo
2000 Barbara Blatter Alison Dunlap Alison Sydor
2001 Barbara Blatter Caroline Alexander Margarita Fullana
2002 Alison Dunlap Sabine Spitz Margarita Fullana
2003 Gunn-Rita Dahle Sabine Spitz Irina Kalentieva
2004 Gunn-Rita Dahle Marie-Hélène Prémont Annabella Stropparo
2005 Gunn-Rita Dahle Sabine Spitz Marie-Hélène Prémont
2006 Gunn-Rita Dahle Marie-Hélène Prémont Sabine Spitz
2007 Irina Kalentieva Marie-Hélène Prémont Ren Chengyuan
2008 Marie-Hélène Prémont Catharine Pendrel Margarita Fullana
2009 Elisabeth Osl Lene Byberg Catharine Pendrel
2010 Catharine Pendrel Willow Koerber Eva Lechner
2011 Julie Bresset Catharine Pendrel Irina Kalentieva
2012 Catharine Pendrel Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Kateřina Nash
2013 Tanja Žakelj Eva Lechner Kateřina Nash
2014 Jolanda Neff Catharine Pendrel Tanja Žakelj
2015 Jolanda Neff Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Lea Davison
2016 Catharine Pendrel Annika Langvad Emily Batty
2017 Yana Belomoyna Maja Włoszczowska Annika Langvad
2018 Jolanda Neff Annika Langvad Emily Batty
2019 Kate Courtney Jolanda Neff Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
2020 UCI decided to not award World Cup standings points as just two races were run.[1]
2021 Loana Lecomte Evie Richards Jenny Rissveds
2022 Alessandra Keller Rebecca McConnell Anne Terpstra
2023 Puck Pieterse Loana Lecomte Mona Mitterwallner
2024 Alessandra Keller Laura Stigger Candice Lill
  • Medals:
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada78722
2 United States75214
3 Switzerland71210
4 Norway4509
5 France2114
6 Italy1157
7 Austria1102
8 Russia1023
9 Netherlands1012
 Slovenia1012
11 Ukraine1001
12 Germany0325
13 Denmark0314
14 Great Britain0202
15 Australia0101
 Poland0101
17 Spain0033
18 Czech Republic0022
19 China0011
 South Africa0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (21 entries)33323297

Short Track (XCC)

Men

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2022 Alan Hatherly Filippo Colombo Titouan Carod
2023 Luca Schwarzbauer Jordan Sarrou Joshua Dubau
2024 Victor Koretzky Alan Hatherly Luca Schwarzbauer

Women

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2022 Alessandra Keller Rebecca McConnell Jolanda Neff
2023 Puck Pieterse Alessandra Keller Evie Richards
2024 Alessandra Keller Evie Richards Rebecca Henderson

Cross-country time-trial

Men

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2001 Marco Bui Roland Green Michael Rasmussen

Women

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2001 Barbara Blatter Annabella Stropparo Margarita Fullana

Marathon (XCM)

Men

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2005 Mauro Bettin Alban Lakata Dario Acquaroli
2006 Leonardo Páez Thomas Dietsch Roland Stauder
2007 Thomas Dietsch Massimo de Bertolis Alban Lakata
2008 Leonardo Páez Thomas Dietsch Alban Lakata

Women

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2005 Daniela Louis Esther Süss Anna Enocsson
2006 Pia Sundstedt Esther Süss Elena Giacomuzzi
2007 Pia Sundstedt Esther Süss Ivonne Kraft
2008 Pia Sundstedt Esther Süss Blaža Klemenčič

Downhill (DH)

Men

Season Winner Runner-up Third
1993 Jürgen Beneke John Tomac Stefano Migliorini
1994 François Gachet Jürgen Beneke Nicolas Vouilloz
1995 Nicolas Vouilloz Mike King Myles Rockwell
1996 Nicolas Vouilloz Marcus Klausmann Tomás Misser
1997 Corrado Herin Jürgen Beneke Tomás Misser
1998 Nicolas Vouilloz David Vázquez López Cédric Gracia
1999 Nicolas Vouilloz Steve Peat Gerwin Peters
2000 Nicolas Vouilloz Steve Peat David Vázquez López
2001 Greg Minnaar Nicolas Vouilloz Mickael Pascal
2002 Steve Peat Cédric Gracia Chris Kovarik
2003 Nathan Rennie Cédric Gracia Mickael Pascal
2004 Steve Peat Sam Hill Nathan Rennie
2005 Greg Minnaar Sam Hill Nathan Rennie
2006 Steve Peat Sam Hill Greg Minnaar
2007 Sam Hill Matti Lehikoinen Steve Peat
2008 Greg Minnaar Sam Hill Gee Atherton
2009 Sam Hill Greg Minnaar Steve Peat
2010 Gee Atherton Greg Minnaar Aaron Gwin
2011 Aaron Gwin Greg Minnaar Gee Atherton
2012 Aaron Gwin Greg Minnaar Gee Atherton
2013 Steve Smith Gee Atherton Greg Minnaar
2014 Josh Bryceland Aaron Gwin Troy Brosnan
2015 Aaron Gwin Loïc Bruni Troy Brosnan
2016 Aaron Gwin Danny Hart Troy Brosnan
2017 Aaron Gwin Troy Brosnan Greg Minnaar
2018 Amaury Pierron Danny Hart Troy Brosnan
2019 Loïc Bruni Amaury Pierron Troy Brosnan
2020 Matt Walker Loïc Bruni Greg Minnaar
2021 Loïc Bruni Thibaut Dapréla Loris Vergier
2022 Amaury Pierron Loris Vergier Finn Iles
2023 Loïc Bruni Jackson Goldstone Loris Vergier
2024 Loïc Bruni Troy Brosnan Amaury Pierron
2025 Jackson Goldstone (*1174) Loïc Bruni (*979) Loris Vergier (*746)
  • Medals by rider:
Rank Coureur Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Nicolas Vouilloz 5 1 1 7
Aaron Gwin 5 1 1 7
3 Loïc Bruni 4 2 6
4 Greg Minnaar 3 4 4 11
5 Steve Peat 3 2 2 7
6 Sam Hill 2 4 6
7 Amaury Pierron 2 1 1 4
8 Jürgen Beneke 1 2 3
9 Gee Atherton 1 1 3 5
10 Nathan Rennie 1 2 3
11 Josh Bryceland 1 1
Steve Smith 1 1
Corrado Herin 1 1
François Gachet 1 1
Matt Walker 1 1
16 Troy Brosnan 2 5 7
17 Cédric Gracia 2 1 3
18 Danny Hart 2 2
Total 32 24 20 76
  • Medals by country:
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France128727
2 Great Britain65516
3 United States53210
4 Australia36817
5 South Africa34411
6 Germany1304
7 Canada1113
8 Italy1012
9 Spain0134
10 Finland0101
11 Netherlands0011
Totals (11 entries)32323296
  • Total stages won by rider + world champs (updated La Thuile)
Rank Rider Wins 2nd 3rd
1 Greg Minnaar 22+4 26+4 18+3
2 Aaron Gwin 20 7 4+1
3 Steve Peat 17+1 11+4 11
4 Nicolas Vouilloz 16+7 13 9
5 Sam Hill 13+3 8+1 9+2
6 Amaury Pierron 12 4+1 2+1
7 Loïc Bruni 11+5 13 9
8 Gee Atherton 8+2 12+1 10+1
9 Loris Vergier 7+1 6 5+1
10 Jackson Goldstone 6 - 1
11 Fabien Barel 5+2 2+1 4+1
12 Danny Hart 4+2 6 10+1
13 Chris Kovarik 4 5 1+1
14 Jürgen Beneke 4 5 -
15 David Vázquez López 4 3 4
16 Steve Smith 4 3+1 1+1
17 François Gachet 4+1 1+1 -
18 Troy Brosnan 3 7+1 9+2
19 Cédric Gracia 3 7 2+1
20 Josh Bryceland 3 3+1 2+1
21 John Tomac 3 1+2 2
22 Corrado Hérin 3 - 2+1
23 Tomás Misser 3 - 1
24 Mickael Pascal 2 5+2 6+2
25 Thibaut Dapréla 2 3 3
26 Marc Beaumont 2 - 1
27 Benoit Coulanges 2 0+1 -
Matti Lehikoinen 2 - -
29 Nathan Rennie 1 5 8+1
30 Finn Iles 1 5 3+1
31 Mike King 1+1 4 0+1
32 Andreas Kolb 1 3+1 2
33 Michael Hannah 1 2+2 6+1
34 Laurie Greenland 1 2+1 5+1
35 Brook MacDonald 1 1 4
Myles Rockwell 1+1 1 4+1
37 Matt Walker 1 1 2
Sam Blenkinsop 1 1 2+1
39 Rémi Thirion 1 1 1+1
Podiums active Reece Wilson(2)+1, Ronan Dunne(2), Jordan Williams(2), Oisin O'Callaghan(2), Luca Shaw, Max Hartenstein, Mark Wallace, Bernard Kerr, Dakotah Norton(4), Ethan Craik, Angel Suarez Alonso(2), Baptiste Pierron, Stevens-McNab, Henri Kiefer

Women

Season Winner Runner-up Third
1993 Regina Stiefl Giovanna Bonazzi Missy Giove
1994 Kim Sonier Anne-Caroline Chausson Missy Giove
1995 Regina Stiefl Giovanna Bonazzi Kim Sonier
1996 Missy Giove Anne-Caroline Chausson Leigh Donovan
1997 Missy Giove Anne-Caroline Chausson Leigh Donovan
1998 Anne-Caroline Chausson Missy Giove Nolvenn Le Caer
1999 Anne-Caroline Chausson Missy Giove Katja Repo
2000 Anne-Caroline Chausson Missy Giove Leigh Donovan
2001 Anne-Caroline Chausson Missy Giove Sabrina Jonnier
2002 Anne-Caroline Chausson Sabrina Jonnier Tracy Moseley
2003 Sabrina Jonnier Fionn Griffiths Tracy Moseley
2004 Céline Gros Sabrina Jonnier Marielle Saner
2005 Sabrina Jonnier Tracy Moseley Rachel Atherton
2006 Tracy Moseley Sabrina Jonnier Rachel Atherton
2007 Sabrina Jonnier Tracy Moseley Tracey Hannah
2008 Rachel Atherton Sabrina Jonnier Tracy Moseley
2009 Sabrina Jonnier Tracy Moseley Emmeline Ragot
2010 Sabrina Jonnier Floriane Pugin Myriam Nicole
2011 Tracy Moseley Floriane Pugin Rachel Atherton
2012 Rachel Atherton Emmeline Ragot Myriam Nicole
2013 Rachel Atherton Emmeline Ragot Manon Carpenter
2014 Manon Carpenter Rachel Atherton Emmeline Ragot
2015 Rachel Atherton Manon Carpenter Tahnee Seagrave
2016 Rachel Atherton Manon Carpenter Tracey Hannah
2017 Myriam Nicole Tahnee Seagrave Tracey Hannah
2018 Rachel Atherton Tahnee Seagrave Tracey Hannah
2019 Tracey Hannah Marine Cabirou Veronica Widmann
2020 Marine Cabirou Myriam Nicole Nina Hoffmann
2021 Valentina Hoell Myriam Nicole Camille Balanche
2022 Camille Balanche Myriam Nicole Valentina Hoell
2023 Valentina Hoell Nina Hoffmann Marine Cabirou
2024 Valentina Hoell Marine Cabirou Tahnée Seagrave

Junior Men

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2010 Troy Brosnan George Brannigan Lewis Buchanan
2011 Troy Brosnan Loïc Bruni Neko Mulally
2012 Loïc Bruni Connor Fearon Richard Rude Jr
2013 Richie Rude Loris Vergier Michael Jones
2014 Loris Vergier Luca Shaw Taylor Vernon
2015 Laurie Greenland Andrew Crimmins Jacob Dickson
2016 Finnley Iles Gaëtan Vige Elliott Heap
2017 Finnley Iles Sylvain Cougoureux Matt Walker
2018 Thibaut Dapréla Henry Kerr Kade Edwards
2019 Thibaut Dapréla Kie A'Hern Lucas Cruz
2020 Ethan Craik Oisin O'Callaghan Nuno Reis
2021 Jackson Goldstone Jordan Williams Pau Menoyo Busquets
2022 Jackson Goldstone Jordan Williams Lachlan Stevens-McNab
2023 Ryan Pinkerton Nathan Pontvianne Bodhi Kuhn
2024 Max Alran Luke Wayman Asa Vermette

Dual-slalom

Men

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
1998 Brian Lopes Dave Cullinan Eric Carter
1999 Eric Carter Brian Lopes Cédric Gracia
2000 Brian Lopes Cédric Gracia Wade Bootes
2001 Brian Lopes Eric Carter Mickael Deldycke

Women

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
1998 Katrina Miller Sari Jörgensen Sabrina Jonnier
1999 Katrina Miller Leigh Donovan Tara Llanes
2000 Anne-Caroline Chausson Tara Llanes Leigh Donovan
2001 Leigh Donovan Katrina Miller Tara Llanes

Four-cross (4X)

Men

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2002 Brian Lopes Cédric Gracia Mike King
2003 Eric Carter Michal Prokop Mike King
2004 Michal Prokop Brian Lopes Guido Tschugg
2005 Brian Lopes Michal Prokop Cédric Gracia
2006 Michal Prokop Jared Graves Kamil Tatarkovič
2007 Brian Lopes Michal Prokop Jared Graves
2008 Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lucas Guido Tschugg Dan Atherton
2009 Jared Graves Joost Wichman Romain Saladini
2010 Jared Graves Tomáš Slavík Joost Wichman
2011 Jared Graves Roger Rinderknecht Tomáš Slavík

Women

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2002 Anne-Caroline Chausson Sabrina Jonnier Katrina Miller
2003 Katrina Miller Sabrina Jonnier Mio Suemasa
2004 Sabrina Jonnier Tara Llanes Jill Kintner
2005 Jill Kintner Anneke Beerten Jana Horáková
2006 Jill Kintner Katrina Miller Tara Llanes
2007 Anneke Beerten Jill Kintner Mio Suemasa
2008 Anneke Beerten Anita Molcik Melissa Buhl
2009 Anneke Beerten Fionn Griffiths Jill Kintner
2010 Anita Molcik Anneke Beerten Jana Horáková
2011 Anneke Beerten Melissa Buhl Lucia Oetjen

References

  1. ^ a b McLaughlin, Ric (1 October 2020). "The Czech Republic venue is the only stop on the Mercedes-Benz UCI XCO MTB World Cup for 2020. Find the schedule for racing, as well as info on whether an overall World Cup title will be awarded". Red Bull. Ranking points and the overall World Cup title. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020. There will be no overall title awarded for 2020 due to there only being two race rounds,...