2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

Venue	Rotorua, New Zealand
Date(s)	(2006-08-22 - 2006-08-27)22–27 August 2006
Events	MTB: 13 Trials: 6

The 2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Rotorua, New Zealand, from 22 to 27 August 2006. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 17th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 21st edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.

This was the first UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships held in New Zealand and the second held in Oceania after the 1996 World Championships in Cairns, Australia.

A women's under-23 race was included in the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships for the first time in 2006 and was won by Ren Chengyuan from China.^[1] Julien Absalon of France and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå of Norway each won their third consecutive elite cross-country world titles.^[2][3] Sam Hill became the first Australian to win the elite men's downhill world title.^[4]

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[2]	Julien Absalon (FRA)	Christoph Sauser (SUI)	Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)
Under 23 cross-country[5]	Nino Schurter (SUI)	Tony Longo (ITA)	Max Plaxton (CAN)
Junior cross-country[6]	Mathias Flückiger (SUI)	Martin Fanger (SUI)	Pascal Meyer (SUI)
Downhill[4]	Sam Hill (AUS)	Greg Minnaar (RSA)	Nathan Rennie (AUS)
Junior downhill[7]	Cameron Cole (NZL)	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZL)	Antoine Badouard (FRA)
Four-cross[8]	Michal Prokop (CZE)	Roger Rinderknecht (SUI)	Guido Tschugg (GER)
Trials, 20 inch[9]	Marco Hösel (GER)	Carles Diaz Codina (ESP)	Benito Ros Charral (ESP)
Trials, 26 inch[9]	Kenny Belaey (BEL)	Vincent Hermance (FRA)	Gilles Coustellier (FRA)
Junior trials, 20 inch[10]	Marco Thomä (GER)	Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA)	Matthias Mrohs (GER)
Junior trials, 26 inch[10]	Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA)	Ben Slinger (GBR)	Matthias Mrohs (GER)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[3]	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (NOR)	Irina Kalentieva (RUS)	Marie-Helene Premont (CAN)
Under 23 cross-country[1]	Ren Chengyuan (CHN)	Liu Ying (CHN)	Sarah Koba (SUI)
Junior cross-country[11]	Tanja Žakelj (SLO)	Julie Krasniak (FRA)	Nadja Roschi (SUI)
Downhill[12]	Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)	Tracy Moseley (GBR)	Rachel Atherton (GBR)
Junior downhill[13]	Tracey Hannah (AUS)	Floriane Pugin (FRA)	Micayla Gatto (CAN)
Four-cross[8]	Jill Kintner (USA)	Anneke Beerten (NED)	Anita Molcik (AUT)
Trials[14]	Karin Moor (SUI)	Mireia Abant Condal (ESP)	Gemma Abant Condal (ESP)

Team events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[15]	Switzerland Florian Vogel Martin Fanger Petra Henzi Nino Schurter	Italy Tony Longo Cristian Cominelli Eva Lechner Jader Zoli	Poland Marcin Karczynski Adrian Dzialakiewicz Maja Włoszczowska Kryspin Pyrgies
Trials[10]	France	Germany	Spain

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	4	4	2	10
2	Switzerland (SUI)	4	3	3	10
3	Germany (GER)	2	1	3	6
4	Australia (AUS)	2	0	1	3
5	China (CHN)	1	1	0	2
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	0	2
7	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
12	Spain (ESP)	0	2	3	5
13	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	1	3
14	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
15	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
18	Canada (CAN)	0	0	3	3
19	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		19	19	19	57

See also

• 2006 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
• UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships

References

1. "U23 women cross country - Chengyuan Ren heralds Chinese charge in women's cross-country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
2. "Elite men cross-country - three-peats with last lap attack". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
3. "Elite women cross country - Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå makes it three from three". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
4. "Elite men downhill - Hill hurtles to Australia's first-ever senior men's DH title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
5. "Under-23 men cross country - Switzerland lands yet another rainbow". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
6. "Junior men cross country - All Switzerland, all the time in junior men's cross-country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
7. "Junior men downhill - Victory at last for the home team as Kiwi juniors go one-two". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
8. "Four-cross - Kintner returns for gold; Prokop claims men's title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
9. "Elite men trials - Hosel breaks Charral's run in 20in trials". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
10. "1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
11. "Junior women cross country - Tanja Žakelj makes history for Slovenia". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
12. "Elite women downhill - Jonnier inherits Chausson's jersey". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
13. "Junior women downhill - Hannah blows away fellow juniors". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
14. "Women trials - Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
15. "Team relay - Score one for the Swiss in World Championship opener". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.

External links

• Results for the mountain-bike events on cyclingnews.com
• Results for the trials events on uci.ch