2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
# 2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

## Overview

The 2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Fort William, United Kingdom from 4 to 9 September 2007. It was a new experience for everyone involved since jt was the first time the World Championships of this kind had been held in the United Kingdom. The Fort William site in the Scottish Highlands had been used regularly for rounds of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup since 2002.

The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 18th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 22nd edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.

France finished on top of the medal table with 6 world champions and 13 medals overall, including a fourth consecutive world title for Julien Absalon in the elite men's cross country. Sam Hill and Sabrina Jonnier won their second consecutive world titles in the men's and women's elite downhill.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cross-country | Julien Absalon (FRA) | Ralph Näf (SUI) | Florian Vogel (SUI) |
| Under 23 cross-country | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Nino Schurter (SUI) | Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE) |
| Junior cross-country | Thomas Litscher (SUI) | Piotr Brzozka (POL) | David Fletcher (GBR) |
| Downhill | Sam Hill (AUS) | Fabien Barel (FRA) | Gee Atherton (GBR) |
| Junior downhill | Ruaridh Cunningham (GBR) | John Swanguen (USA) | Matthew Scoles (NZL) |
| Four-cross | Brian Lopes (USA) | Romain Saladini (FRA) | Jurg Meijer (NED) |
| Trials, 20 inch | Benito Ros Charral (ESP) | Carles Diaz Codina (ESP) | Daniel Comas Riera (ESP) |
| Trials, 26 inch | Vincent Hermance (FRA) | Gilles Coustellier (FRA) | Kenny Belaey (BEL) |
| Junior trials, 20 inch | Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA) | Eduard Planas Nuñez (ESP) | Kevin Aglae (FRA) |
| Junior trials, 26 inch | Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA) | Loris Braun (SUI) | Hannes Herrmann (GER) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cross-country | Irina Kalentieva (RUS) | Sabine Spitz (GER) | Jingjing Wang (CHN) |
| Under 23 cross-country | Liu Ying (CHN) | Chengyuan Ren (CHN) | Elisabeth Osl (AUT) |
| Junior cross-country | Alla Boyko (UKR) | Jitka Skarnitzlova (CZE) | Julie Bresset (FRA) |
| Downhill | Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) | Rachel Atherton (GBR) | Tracey Hannah (AUS) |
| Junior downhill | Floriane Pugin (FRA) | Katy Curd (GBR) | Myriam Nicole (FRA) |
| Four-cross | Jill Kintner (USA) | Anneke Beerten (NED) | Melissa Buhl (USA) |
| Trials | Karin Moor (SUI) | Gemma Abant Condal (ESP) | Mireia Abant Condal (ESP) |

### Team events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cross-country | Switzerland Florian VogelThomas LitscherPetra HenziNino Schurter | Poland Marcin KarczyńskiPiotr BrzózkaMaja WłoszczowskaDariusz Batek | United States Georgia GouldEthan GilmourSamuel SchultzAdam Craig |
| Trials | Spain Benito Ros Charral [es]Eduard Planas NuñezDaniel Comas Riera [es]Andreu Miro MolinsMireia Abant Condal [es] | France Marc CaissoKevin AglaeVincent HermanceAurélien FontenoyJulie Pesenti | Germany Sebastian HoffmannJulian PeterThomas MrohsHannes HerrmannElisa Brieden |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
