2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox sport event
| name = 2022 World Championships
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| location = {{flagicon|FRA}} Les Gets, France
| dates = 24 to 28 August 2022
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| previous = Val di Sole 2021
| next = Glasgow 2023
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The 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships were held in the French commune Les Gets from 24 to 28 August 2022.{{cite web |title=2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships |url=https://www.lesgets2022.com/en/home/ |publisher=lesgets2022 |access-date=21 August 2022}}
Les Gets, located in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France close to the border with Switzerland, previously hosted the 2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships.{{cite web |url= http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004/MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds0414 |title=Cross-Country Elite Men – Absalon adds World Title to Olympic gold |accessdate=22 August 2022 |work=cyclingnews.com}} The Les Gets Bike Park, which is located within the Portes du Soleil ski area, has {{cvt|128|km}} of marked trails and provides for downhill, cross-country, freestyle, freeride, and e-mountain biking.{{cite web |title=Bike |url=https://www.lesgets.com/en/discover-the-resort/bike/ |publisher=lesgets.com |access-date=21 August 2022}}
Competition format
The following competitions and rider categories were contested at this event of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships:{{cite web |title=Competition guide |url= https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/1RNzMSfVqKbrgsL0iiu2kz/b966525ffc75a66a83a768997611a0c5/Competition_guide_-_CM_MTB_UCI_2022_-_Les_Gets__ENG__FINAL.pdf |publisher=UCI |access-date=21 August 2022 |pages=3–4}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Competition format | |
| Event and categories | Year of birth |
|---|---|
| colspan=2 | Cross country (XCO) | |
| Men & women elite | 1999 and older |
| Men & women U23 | 2000–2003 |
| Men & women junior | 2004 and 2005 |
| colspan=2 | Downhill (DHI) | |
| Men & women elite | 2003 and older |
| Men & women junior | 2004 and 2005 |
| colspan=2 | E-mtb | |
| Men & women elite | 2003 and older (including masters) |
| colspan=2 | Cross-country short track (XCC) | |
| Men & women elite | 1999 and older |
In addition, a team relay was held restricted to one team of six riders per country. The default team composition was one man elite, one woman elite, one man U23, one man juniors, one woman U23 and one woman juniors, but the rules also allowed for substitutions.
Medal summary
= Medal table =
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host = FRA
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| event =
| team =
| gold_FRA = 5 | silver_FRA = 4 | bronze_FRA = 3 | host_FRA = yes
| gold_SUI = 4 | silver_SUI = 5 | bronze_SUI = 4
| gold_NZL = 2 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 0
| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 2
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 0
| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 0
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0
| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0
| gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 1
| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 3
}}
= Men's events =
The elite downhill saw an all-French podium, with Loïc Bruni winning his fifth elite downhill world championship.{{cite news |last1=Spratt |first1=Ed |title=Final Results from the Les Gets DH World Champs 2022 |url=https://www.pinkbike.com/news/final-results-from-the-les-gets-dh-world-champs-2022.html |access-date=27 August 2022 |work=Pinkbike |date=27 August 2022}} In the short track, New Zealand's Sam Gaze and the incumbent American world champion, Christopher Blevins, were competing for the title when both aimed for the same line at the last rock garden. Blevins crashed and eventually crossed the line in 16th place while Gaze took the title.{{cite news |last1=Rollo |first1=Phillip |title=Sam Gaze wins short-track world title after American crashes metres from finish |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/300672411/sam-gaze-wins-shorttrack-world-title-after-american-crashes-metres-from-finish |access-date=28 August 2022 |work=Stuff |date=27 August 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Betsy |title=Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Sam Gaze crowned new short track world champions |url= https://www.velonews.com/news/mountain/pauline-ferrand-prevot-and-sam-gaze-crowned-new-short-track-world-champions/ |access-date=28 August 2022 |work=VeloNews |date=26 August 2022}}
=Women's events=
=Team event=
Eighteen teams competed in the team event, with seventeen of those finishing. The French team was in the lead when their fifth rider crashed and had to finish the lap standing after having lost the saddle, dropping to fifth place. Switzerland won the world title ahead of Italy and the United States. New Zealand had been in third position when their third rider crashed; the team did not finish.{{cite web|url=https://www.lesgets2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/D2CP65483_XCR_XE_Results.pdf|title=UCI MTB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Cross-country Team Relay|work=UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|publisher=Tissot Timing|date=24 August 2022|access-date=24 August 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Rob |title=Late-race surge nets Switzerland Team Relay title at MTB Worlds |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-mountain-bike-world-championships-2022/team-relay/results/ |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=Cyclingnews.com |date=24 August 2022}}
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| {{nowrap|Cross-country Olympic}}
|{{SUI}} | 1:17:14
|{{ITA}} | 1:17:20
|{{USA}} | 1:17:28 |
= Under-23 and Junior events =
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships}}
{{World championships in 2022}}
Category:UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
Category:International cycle races hosted by France
Category:Mountain biking events in France