2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
# 2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

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. Julien Absalon of France and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå of Norway each won their third consecutive elite cross-country world titles. Sam Hill became the first Australian to win the elite men's downhill world title.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

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

### Women's events

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

### Team events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cross-country | 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 | 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 |
| 5 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 15 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
