2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

The 2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Les Gets, a ski station in the French Alps, from 8 to 12 September 2004. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 15th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 19th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.

2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Start of the Men's Elite Cross Country at the 2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Les Gets, France
VenueLes Gets, France
Date(s) (2004-09-08 - 2004-09-12)8–12 September 2004
EventsMTB: 12
Trials: 6
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Julien Absalon won the elite men's cross-country, the first of his five elite world titles. The bronze medal in the event was won by Thomas Frischknecht, the last of his seven medals in the category, the first of which having been his silver medal in the inaugural UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in 1990.[1]

Reigning UCI World Cup and Olympic champion Gunn-Rita Dahle won the elite women's cross-country, the second of her four elite world titles. She became the first and so far only woman to win the Olympic Games, UCI World Championship, and UCI World Cup in the same year. Alison Sydor won the bronze medal, the last of her ten medals in the event.[2]

The junior men's cross country was won by future Olympic mountain bike champion and five-time elite world champion Nino Schurter, in front of Frenchmen Stéphane Tempier and Maxime Marotte.[3]

The elite women's downhill was won by Vanessa Quin of New Zealand. Anne-Caroline Chausson, who had won the previous eight world titles, did not start the event due to an injury sustained in training.[4] Fabien Barel of France won the elite men's downhill after Steve Peat, who had been first in qualifying, crashed near the finish while leading by more than a second.[5]

Daniel Comas became the first Spanish UCI World Champion in the men's 26" trials, an event previously dominated by French riders. Fellow Spaniard Benito Ros Charral won the second of his ten world titles in the men's 20" trials. Swiss rider Karin Moor won the fourth of her nine world titles in the women's trials.[6]

Medal summary

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Gunn-Rita Dahle winning the women's cross-country
 
Roel Paulissen competing in the men's cross-country
 
Quarter finals of the men's four-cross
 
26" trials final with the cross-country course in the background
 
20" trials final – section in Les Gets town centre

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[1]   Julien Absalon (FRA)   Cedric Ravanel (FRA)   Thomas Frischknecht (SUI)
Under-23 cross-country[7]   Manuel Fumic (GER)   Liam Killeen (GBR)   Florian Vogel (SUI)
Junior cross-country[3]   Nino Schurter (SUI)   Stéphane Tempier (FRA)   Maxime Marotte (FRA)
Downhill[5]   Fabien Barel (FRA)   Greg Minnaar (RSA)   Sam Hill (AUS)
Junior downhill[8]   Romain Saladini (FRA)   Florent Payet (FRA)   Kyle Strait (USA)
Four-cross[9]   Eric Carter (USA)   Mickael Deldycke (FRA)   Michal Prokop (CZE)
Trials, 20-inch[6]   Benito Ros Charral (ESP)   Marco Hösel (GER)   Rafal Kumorowski (POL)
Trials, 26-inch[6]   Daniel Comas (ESP)   Vincent Hermance (FRA)   Marc Caisso (FRA)
Junior trials, 20-inch[6]   James Hyland (GBR)   Ben Savage (GBR)   Felix Heller (GER)
Junior trials, 26-inch[6]   Ben Savage (GBR)   Florent Tournier (FRA)   Sébastian Hoffmann (GER)

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[2]   Gunn-Rita Dahle (NOR)   Maja Włoszczowska (POL)   Alison Sydor (CAN)
Junior cross-country[10]   Nathalie Schneitter (SUI)   Laura Metzler (FRA)   Tereza Hurikova (CZE)
Downhill[4]   Vanessa Quin (NZL)   Mio Suemasa (JPN)   Celine Gros (FRA)
Junior downhill[11]   Scarlett Hagen (NZL)   Rachel Atherton (GBR)   Audrey Le Corguille (FRA)
Four-cross[12]   Jana Horáková (CZE)   Jill Kintner (USA)   Tara Llanes (USA)
Trials[6]   Karin Moor (SUI)   Ann-Christin Bettenhausen (GER)   Mireia Abant Condal (ESP)

Team events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[13]   Canada
Geoff Kabush
Maximiliam Plaxton
Kiara Bisaro
Raphaël Gagné
  Switzerland
Ralph Näf
Florian Vogel
Nino Schurter
Barbara Blatter
  Poland
Marcin Karczynski
Kryspin Pyrgies
Pawel Szpila
Maja Włoszczowska
Trials[6]   Spain
  Germany
  Switzerland

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France (FRA)37414
2  Switzerland (SUI)3137
3  Spain (ESP)3014
4  Great Britain (GBR)2305
5  New Zealand (NZL)2002
6  Germany (GER)1326
7  United States (USA)1124
8  Czech Republic (CZE)1023
9  Canada (CAN)1012
10  Norway (NOR)1001
11  Poland (POL)0123
12  Japan (JPN)0101
  South Africa (RSA)0101
14  Australia (AUS)0011
Totals (14 entries)18181854

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Cross-Country Elite Men – Absalon adds World Title to Olympic gold". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Cross-Country Elite Women – Triple Dahle!". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Cross Country Junior Men – Schurter wins it for Switzerland". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Downhill Elite Women – Quin wins; Chausson DNS". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Downhill Elite Men – Title to Barel as Peat crashes out". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "1986–2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Cross Country U/23 Men – Fumic takes first world title for Germany". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Downhill Junior Men". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. ^ "4-Cross Men – Carter at long last". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Cross Country Junior Women – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Downhill Juniors Women". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  12. ^ "4-Cross Women – BMX skills pay off for Czech newcomer". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Team Relay, 25.2km – Canada takes world's opener". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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