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2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 2018 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup was a series of races in Olympic Cross-Country (XCO), Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE), and Downhill (DHI). Each discipline had an Elite Men and an Elite Women category. There were also under-23 categories in the XCO and junior categories in the DHI. The cross-country series and the downhill series each had seven rounds, some of which were held concurrently. The 2018 series returned to some classic venues, including Fort William, Nové Město, and Mont-Sainte-Anne. There was also a race in Stellenbosch, which was the first time a World Cup race had been held in South Africa since 2014. Cross-country Elite Under 23 Downhill Elite Junior World Cup standings ''Standings after 7 of 7 events'' Men Women See also * 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships References External links UCI Homepage [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup was a series of races in Olympic Cross-Country (XCO), Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE), and Downhill (DHI). Each discipline had an Elite Men and an Elite Women category. There were also men's and women's under-23 categories in the XCO and junior men's and women's categories in the DHI. The cross-country series had six rounds and the downhill series had seven rounds. The Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE) was included as a UCI World Cup discipline for the first time since 2014. The XCE schedule for 2017 had six rounds. The XCE World Cup events had previously been held alongside the XCO and DHI races, but in 2017 they were held as separate events. The Junior Women's Downhill category was included as a World Cup discipline for the first time in 2017. New regulations were introduced in 2017 to reduce the numbers of competitors in the UCI World Cup downhill events. The minimum number of UCI points required to compete in a World Cup was increased fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Schurter
Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the overall UCI World Cup in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 and thus become the first man to hold 8 World Cup overall titles. He won the gold medal in mountain biking at the 2016 Olympics, the silver medal 2012 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. He won the Swiss National Championship in cross-country mountain biking in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. He joined for a number of road races during the 2014 season. Career Nino Schurter was born and grew up in Tersnaus, Lumnezia in the Romansch-speaking part of Switzerland. He spent a lot of his free time in nature playing different sports and quickly got fascinated by mountain biking. He took part in the Swiss racing competition Swisspower cup where he won his firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Kerschbaumer
Gerhard Kerschbaumer (born 19 July 1991) is an Italian cross-country mountain biker. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the cross-country race at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 13th place. Major results ;2008 : 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships ;2009 : 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships ;2011 : 1st Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup ::1st Pietermaritzburg ::1st Mont-Sainte-Anne ::1st Windham ::1st Nové Město na Moravě ::1st Val di Sole ::2nd Dalby Forest : 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships ;2012 : 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships : 2nd Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup ::1st Val d'Isère ::2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne ::2nd Pietermaritzburg ;2013 : UCI World Championships ::1st Team relay ::1st Under-23 Cross-country : 1st Team relay, UEC European Championships : 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships ;2017 : 1st Cross-country, National Championships : Swiss Bike Cup ::2nd Basel ::2nd Lugano : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Włoszczowska
Maja Martyna Włoszczowska (Polish pronunciation: ; born 9 November 1983 in Warsaw) is a Polish mountain biker. She is the 2008 and 2016 Olympic silver medalist in cross-country cycling. She is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Career Włoszczowska won the silver medal in mountain biking at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Since 2009, she has lent her name to a cross-country race in her home town of Jelenia Góra, called "Jelenia Góra Trophy Maja Włoszczowska MTB Race". Riders such as Miguel Martinez, Catharine Pendrel or Mary McConneloug have taken part in it. Włoszczowska became the world champion in elite cross-country mountain biking in 2010. At the 2011 World Championships, she was well-positioned to retain her title, but lost over a minute due to a flat tire and finished in second place, 28 seconds behind Catharine Pendrel. In June 2015, she won the bronze medal in cross-country mountain biking at the inaugural European Games. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Di Sole
Val may refer to: Val-a Film * ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo Military equipment * Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies * AS Val, a Soviet assault rifle Music *''Val'', album by Val Doonican *VAL (band), Belarusian pop duo People * Val (given name), a unisex given name * Rafael Merry del Val (1865–1930), Spanish Catholic cardinal * Val (sculptor) (1967–2016), French sculptor * Val (footballer, born 1983), Lucivaldo Lázaro de Abreu, Brazilian football midfielder * Val (footballer, born 1997), Valdemir de Oliveira Soares, Brazilian football defensive midfielder Places * Val (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic * Val (Tábor District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic * Vál, a village in Hungary * Val, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Val, Italy, a ''frazione'' in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Cooper
Anton Cooper (born 11 August 1994) is a New Zealand cross-country cyclist who races for the Trek Factory Racing XC Team. He is the 2015 World Under 23 Cross-country Mountain bike champion and the 2012 World Junior Cross-country Mountain bike champion. One of the two contenders for the country's 2016 Summer Olympics quota spot, he developed chronic fatigue earlier in 2016 and the nomination went to Sam Gaze instead. Cooper represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing sixth in the Men's Cross-country Mountain Bike final. Early life and education Cooper is from Woodend, a town in the Waimakariri District north of Christchurch. His parents are Paul and Laila Cooper, and he has several sisters. He received his education at Christchurch Boys' High School and he graduated in 2012. He has since moved to the Christchurch hill suburb Westmorland, not far from the Christchurch Adventure Park. Cycling career Cooper started racing aged 11, encouraged by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Van Der Poel
Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Dutch cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTeam . He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, gravel cycling, and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport and is best known for winning the Cyclo-cross World Championships in Tábor in 2015, Bogense in 2019, Dübendorf in 2020 and Ostend in 2021, the Junior Road Race World Championships in Florence in 2013, and twice winning the Junior Cyclo-cross World Championships, in Koksijde in 2012 and Louisville in 2013; the first rider to win multiple titles at that level. As well as this, Van der Poel was the winner of the 2018 Dutch National Road Race Championships in Hoogerheide, as well as the 2019 editions of Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Brabantse Pijl, and the Amstel Gold Race. Born in Kapellen, van der Poel comes from a family of professional cyclists; his brother David is also prominent in cyclo-cross racing, winning the 2013 National Under-23 Championships i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Belomoyna
Yana Belomoyna ( uk, Яна Беломоіна, also transliterated Iana Belomoina, born 2 November 1992) is a Ukrainian cross-country mountain biker. She holds the 2017 UCI Cross-country Women's Elite #1 ranking. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 13th place. She was the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup The 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup included three disciplines: cross-country, cross-country eliminator and downhill. Cross-country Elite U23 Cross-country Eliminator Downhill Classification Men's Women's See also *2014 UCI Mo ... champion in the U23 category. Career achievements Major results ;2020 : 3rd European Mountain Bike Championships XCO References External links * (2012 Summer Olympics) * (2016 Summer Olympics) * Cross-country mountain bikers Ukrainian female cyclists 1992 births Sportspeople from Lutsk Living people Olympic cyclists for Ukraine Cyclists at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Tempier
Stéphane Tempier (born 5 March 1986) is a French cross-country mountain biker who races for the Trek Factory Racing. He won the silver medal in the junior cross country at the 2004 world championships in Les Gets, France. At the 2005 world championships he won the bronze medal in the cross country team relay, riding the men's under-23 leg for the French team. Tempier represented France in the mountain bike cross country at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 11th place, 2:23 behind the winner. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished 6th. The following year he won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in Mont-Sainte Anne, Canada. Palmares Olympic Games ; Mountain bike, men * 11th in 2012 World Championships ; Junior cross-country * 2nd in 2004 ; Under-23 cross-country * 30th in 2005 * 4th in 2006 * 27th in 2007 * 5th in 2008 ; Elite men cross-country * 12th in 2009 * 15th in 2010 * 30th in 2011 * 9th i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Neff
Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who primarily rides in the cross-country cycling and cyclo-cross disciplines, for the Trek Factory Racing team. She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career She was the overall winner of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 2014 and 2015. She was triple Under-23 Mountain Bike World Champion (2012, 2013 and 2014). At the 2017 UCI World Championships in Cairns she became the elite world champion. In June 2015, she won the first gold medal for Switzerland in the women's cross country event at the European Games in Baku. Later the same month, she went on to win the Swiss National Road Race Championships. Neff won the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in 2016 and Mountain Bike XCO World Championship in 2017. She also won the European Mountain Bike Championships in August 2018 at Cathkin Braes, just outside of Glasgow. In October 2018, Neff announced that she wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albstadt
Albstadt () is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Jura mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. Geography Albstadt is spread across a variety of hills and valleys, its elevation ranges between above sea level and . One valley is the river Schmiecha, a left-hand tributary of the Danube, a second valley is the river of upper Eyach, a tributary of the Neckar. To Albstadt belongs also the Raichberg hill in the north, on which there is the Raichberg Transmitter and an observation tower located. South of Albstadt is the Heuberg Military Training Area. History Settlement in the region dates back to at least the Iron Age. A Hallstatt cemetery in Albstadt was excavated by amateur archaeologists in the late nineteenth century and revealed a wide range of pottery and metal artefacts. Known as the 'Degerfeld Barrow' cemetery, a substantial collection was built up by the local anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Tauber
Anne Tauber (born 19 May 1995) is a female Dutch cross-country mountain biker and marathon speed skater, who currently rides for UCI mountain bike team CST POSTNL BAFANG and skates for Van Ramshorst / Blue Dune. She is qualified to represent the Netherlands at the 2020 Olympics along with fellow cyclist Anne Terpstra. In 2018 Tauber won the 200-kilometer long Alternative Elfstedentocht speed skating marathon classic on the Austrian Weissensee. Major results ;2016 : 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup : 3rd Cross-country, National Championships ;2017 : 1st Cross-country, National Championships : 3rd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2019 : 1st Cross-country, National Championships ;2020 : 2nd Cross-country, National Championships ;2021 : 3rd Cross-country, UEC European Championships ;2022 : Swiss Bike Cup ::3rd Gstaad ;2023 : 1st Sittard : XCO French Cup ::2nd Marseille–Luminy : 2nd Cross-country, National Championships A national championship(s) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
