The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are the world championship events for

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in the disciplines of cross country,

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, and four-cross. They are organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of world cycling. The first three finishers in each discipline at the World Championships are awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals. The winner of each discipline is also entitled to wear the

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in events of the same discipline until the following year's World Championships. Unlike other UCI-sanctioned mountain-bike races, the competitors in the World Championships represent national rather than commercial teams. The World Championships are usually held towards the end of the season.

History

The first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships took place in

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and featured only cross-country and downhill events. A separate

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had been held since 1986. From 2000 to 2016, the mountain bike and

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disciplines were combined and run as the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. Beginning in 2017, the UCI world championships in trials will be run as part of the newly-created

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. The cross-country team relay was added in 1999. The

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was added in 2000 but replaced by four-cross in 2002. Mountain bike marathon was included on the schedule at the 2003 championships in

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, but run separately as the

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from 2004 onwards. The

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was introduced in 2012 but will be part of the

from 2017 onwards. In 2014 and 2015 the four-cross events were held separately from the other disciplines as the UCI Four-Cross World Championships, but were again included alongside the other mountain-biking disciplines in 2016. The four-cross events were removed again after the 2021 edition.

Venues

World Eliminator Championships

World Championships 4-Cross

Events

UCI MTB World Champions

* Men's cross-country * Women's cross-country * Men's cross-country eliminator * Women's cross-country eliminator * Men's downhill * Women's downhill * Men's trials, 20 inch * Men's trials, 26 inch * Women's trials

References

External links

UCI mountain bike pageUCI Mountain Bike World Championships page
{{DEFAULTSORT:UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships Mountain biking events

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Recurring sporting events established in 1990