2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
International sports competition
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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.[1]
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.[2] The Les Gets Bike Park, which is located within the Portes du Soleil ski area, has 128 km (80 mi) of marked trails and provides for downhill, cross-country, freestyle, freeride, and e-mountain biking.[3]
Competition format
The following competitions and rider categories were contested at this event of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships:[4]
| Event and categories | Year of birth |
|---|---|
| Cross country (XCO) | |
| Men & women elite | 1999 and older |
| Men & women U23 | 2000–2003 |
| Men & women junior | 2004 and 2005 |
| Downhill (DHI) | |
| Men & women elite | 2003 and older |
| Men & women junior | 2004 and 2005 |
| E-mtb | |
| Men & women elite | 2003 and older (including masters) |
| 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.[4]
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (France)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France* | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 |  Switzerland | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 |  New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 |  Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
Men's events
The elite downhill saw an all-French podium, with Loïc Bruni winning his fifth elite downhill world championship.[5] 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.[6][7]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country Olympic[8] | Nino Schurter Switzerland | 1:21:13 | David Valero Spain | 1:21:22 | Luca Braidot Italy | 1:21:42 |
| Cross-country short track[9] | Sam Gaze New Zealand | 22:21 | Filippo Colombo Switzerland | 22:24 | Thomas Litscher Switzerland | 22:38 |
| Electric MTB Cross-country[10] | Jérôme Gilloux France | 52:21 | Hugo Pigeon France | 52:50 | Joris Ryf Switzerland | 53:03 |
| Downhill[11] | Loïc Bruni France | 3:20.478 | Amaury Pierron France | 3:23.059 | Loris Vergier France | 3:23.864 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country Olympic[12] | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot France | 1:22:08 | Jolanda Neff Switzerland | 1:23:43 | Haley Batten United States | 1:24:21 |
| Cross-country short track[13] | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot France | 21:56 | Alessandra Keller Switzerland | 22:14 | Gwendalyn Gibson United States | 22:17 |
| Electric MTB Cross-country[14] | Nicole Göldi Switzerland | 47:00 | Justine Tonso France | 48:15 | Nathalie Schneitter Switzerland | 48:25 |
| Downhill[15] | Valentina Höll Austria | 3:53.857 | Nina Hoffmann Germany | 3:54.763 | Myriam Nicole France | 3:57.304 |
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.[16][17]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country Olympic[16] | Switzerland Dario Lillo Khalid Sidahmed Ramona Forchini Ronja Blöchlinger Anina Hutter Nino Schurter | 1:17:14 | Italy Luca Braidot Marco Betteo Martina Berta Valentina Corvi Giada Specia Simone Avondetto | 1:17:20 | United States Christopher Blevins Cayden Parker Madigan Munro Bailey Cioppa Haley Batten Riley Amos | 1:17:28 |
Under-23 and Junior events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Under-23 Cross-country[18] | Simone Avondetto Italy | 1:10:35 | Mathis Azzaro France | 1:11:03 | Luca Schätti Switzerland | 1:11:32 |
| Men's Junior Cross-country[19] | Paul Schehl Germany | 1:02:48 | Jan Christen Switzerland | 1:03:06 | Paul Magnier France | 1:03:12 |
| Men's Junior Downhill[20] | Jordan Williams Great Britain | 3:28.324 | Remy Meier-Smith Australia | 3:34.240 | Davide Cappello Italy | 3:36.021 |
| Women's Under-23 Cross-country[21] | Line Burquier France | 1:11:09 | Puck Pieterse Netherlands | 1:11:52 | Sofie Pedersen Denmark | 1:12:08 |
| Women's Junior Cross-country[22] | Monique Halter Switzerland | 59:37 | Lea Huber Switzerland | 1:00:53 | Natalia Grzegorzewska Poland | 1:01:03 |
| Women's Junior Downhill[23] | Jenna Hastings New Zealand | 4:18.541 | Gracey Hemstreet Canada | 4:20.411 | Valentina Roa Colombia | 4:34.485 |