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Cycling championship held in Lugano, Switzerland
2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
VenueLugano, Switzerland
Date(s) (2003-08-31 - 2003-09-07)31 August – 7 September 2003
EventsMTB: 14
Trials: 5
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The 2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Lugano, Switzerland from 31 August to 7 September 2003. The disciplines included were cross-country, cross-country marathon, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 14th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 18th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.

This was the first year that the cross-country marathon was included in the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. From 2004 onwards, the cross-country marathon was run as a separate world championship.

Anne-Caroline Chausson of France won her eighth consecutive world title in the women's downhill. As of 2016, no other rider has won more than two consecutive world titles in the event.

Greg Minnaar of South Africa won the world title in the men's downhill. He thus became the first rider from the continent of Africa to win a mountain biking world championship in an elite category.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country  Filip Meirhaeghe (BEL)  Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)  Roel Paulissen (BEL)
Under 23 cross-country  Balz Weber (SUI)  Manuel Fumic (GER)  Ivan Alvarez (ESP)
Junior cross-country  Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE)  Nino Schurter (SUI)  Oleksandr Yakymenko (UKR)
Cross-country marathon  Thomas Frischknecht (SUI)  Bart Brentjens (NED)  Carsten Bresser (GER)
Downhill  Greg Minnaar (RSA)  Mickael Pascal (FRA)  Fabien Barel (FRA)
Junior downhill  Sam Hill (AUS)  Gee Atherton (GBR)  Cyrille Kurtz (FRA)
Four-cross  Michal Prokop (CZE)  Eric Carter (USA)  Brian Lopes (USA)
Trials, 20 inch  Benito Ros Charral (ESP)  Marco Hösel (GER)  Vincent Hermance (FRA)
Trials, 26 inch  Giacomo Coustellier (FRA)  Marc Caisso (FRA)  Kenny Belaey (BEL)
Junior trials, 20 inch  Diego Barrio Roa (ESP)  Gilles Coustellier (FRA)  Remy Morgan (FRA)
Junior trials, 26 inch  Gilles Coustellier (FRA)  Alexis Touteau (FRA)  Thibault Veuillet (FRA)

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country  Sabine Spitz (GER)  Alison Sydor (CAN)  Irina Kalentieva (RUS)
Junior cross-country  Lisa Mathison (AUS)  Eva Lechner (ITA)  Almut Grieb (GER)
Cross-country marathon  Maja Włoszczowska (POL)  Magdalena Sadlecka (POL)  Sandra Klose (GER)
Downhill  Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA)  Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)  Nolvenn Le Caer (FRA)
Junior downhill  Emmeline Ragot (FRA)  Scarlett Hagen (NZL)  Bernardita Pizarro (CHI)
Four-cross  Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA)  Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)  Jill Kintner (USA)
Trials  Karin Moor (SUI)  Ann-Christin Bettenhausen (GER)  Lucie Miramond (FRA)

Team events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country  Poland
Marcin Karczynski
Piotr Formicki
Anna Szafraniec
Kryspin Pyrgies 		 Switzerland
Ralph Näf
Balz Weber
Nino Schurter
Barbara Blatter 		 Canada
Roland Green
Ricky Federau
Max Plaxton
Christina Redden

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)56718
2 Switzerland (SUI)3205
3 Poland (POL)2103
4 Spain (ESP)2013
5 Australia (AUS)2002
 Czech Republic (CZE)2002
7 Germany (GER)1337
8 Belgium (BEL)1023
9 South Africa (RSA)1001
10 Canada (CAN)0213
11 United States (USA)0123
12 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 Italy (ITA)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
 New Zealand (NZL)0101
16 Chile (CHI)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (18 entries)19191957

See also

References

  1. "September 7 - Elite Men's Cross Country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  2. "September 5 - U23 Cross Country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  3. ^ "September 3–5 - Junior Cross Country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  4. ^ "August 31 - Marathon - Frischknecht and Wloszcowska win first event of MTB Champs". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  5. ^ "September 6 - Downhill". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  6. ^ "September 5 - Four-cross". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  7. ^ "1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  8. "September 7 - Women's Cross Country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  9. "Team Relay - Poland win another Gold". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

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