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.^[1][2]

Women's cross country elite podium in Albstadt (from left): Linda Indergand, Maja Włoszczowska, Yana Belomoyna, Jolanda Neff, Rebecca Henderson

Men's cross country elite podium in Albstadt (from left): David Valero, Mathieu van der Poel, Nino Schurter, Anton Cooper, Maxime Marotte

2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

Date(s)	(2017-04 - 2017-10)April–October 2017
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The Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE) was included as a UCI World Cup discipline for the first time since 2014.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

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 from 30 to 40. The field sizes for the downhill finals were reduced from 20 to 15 (plus protected riders) for the Elite Women and from 30 to 20 for the Junior Men.^[2]

Cross-country

Elite

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)
20–21 May	Nové Město na Moravě[6][7]	Nino Schurter	Annika Langvad
		David Valero Serrano	Sabine Spitz
		Julien Absalon	Linda Indergand
27–28 May	Albstadt[8][9][10]	Nino Schurter	Yana Belomoyna
		Mathieu van der Poel	Maja Włoszczowska
		Anton Cooper	Jolanda Neff
1–2 July	Vallnord[11][12]	Nino Schurter	Yana Belomoyna
		Mathias Flückiger	Annika Langvad
		Jordan Sarrou	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå
8–9 July	Lenzerheide[13][14]	Nino Schurter	Annie Last
		Jaroslav Kulhavý	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå
		Anton Sintsov	Yana Belomoyna
5–6 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne[15][16]	Nino Schurter	Yana Belomoyna
		Stéphane Tempier	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
		Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Catharine Pendrel
26–27 August	Val di Sole	Nino Schurter	Jolanda Neff
		Stéphane Tempier	Yana Belomoyna
		Julien Absalon	Maja Włoszczowska

Nino Schurter was the first Cross-country mountain biker to accomplish a Perfect season. Additionally he won at the World Championships the gold medal at the single and at the mixed race and the Cape Epic.^[17]

Under 23

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)
20–21 May	Nové Město na Moravě[18]	Petter Fagerhaug	Kate Courtney
		Mārtiņš Blūms	Evie Richards
		Sebastian Fini Carstensen	Sina Frei
27–28 May	Albstadt[8]	Nadir Colledani	Evie Richards
		Georg Egger	Kate Courtney
		Peter Disera	Sina Frei
1–2 July	Vallnord[19][20]	Simon Andreassen	Sina Frei
		Alan Hatherly	Kate Courtney
		Mārtiņš Blūms	Evie Richards
8–9 July	Lenzerheide[21][22]	Mārtiņš Blūms	Kate Courtney
		Maximilian Brandl	Sina Frei
		Nadir Colledani	Evie Richards
5–6 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne[23][24]	Mārtiņš Blūms	Kate Courtney
		Nadir Colledani	Sina Frei
		Simon Andreassen	Lucie Urruty
26–27 August	Val di Sole	Nadir Colledani	Kate Courtney
		Mārtiņš Blūms	Sina Frei
		Petter Fagerhaug	Evie Richards

Eliminator

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)
5–6 May	Volterra[25]	Lorenzo Serres
		Alberto Mingorance
		Jeroen Van Eck
3–4 June	Columbus[25]	Simon Rogier
		Alberto Mingorance
		Seth Kemp
24–25 June	Waregem[26]	Simon Gegenheimer
		Titouan Perrin-Ganier
		Dominik Prudek
26–27 August	Winterberg[25]	Torjus Bern Hansen
		Titiouan Perrin-Ganier
		Jeroen Van Eck
2–3 September	Apeldoorn[25]	Simon Gegenheimer
		Alberto Mingorance
		Lehvi Braam
23–24 September	Antwerp[25]	Hugo Briatta
		Simon Gegenheimer
		Lorenzo Serres

Downhill

Elite

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)
29–30 April	Lourdes[25]	Alexandre Fayolle	Rachel Atherton
		Mark Wallace	Tracey Hannah
		Marcelo Gutiérrez Villegas	Tahnée Seagrave
3–4 June	Fort William	Greg Minnaar	Tracey Hannah
		Jack Moir	Myriam Nicole
		Aaron Gwin	Emilie Siegenthaler
10–11 June	Leogang[25]	Aaron Gwin	Tahnée Seagrave
		Loris Vergier	Tracey Hannah
		Greg Minnaar	Myriam Nicole
1–2 July	Vallnord[27][28]	Troy Brosnan	Myriam Nicole
		Greg Minnaar	Tahnée Seagrave
		Danny Hart	Marine Cabirou
8–9 July	Lenzerheide[29][30]	Greg Minnaar	Myriam Nicole
		Troy Brosnan	Rachel Atherton
		Danny Hart	Emilie Siegenthaler
5–6 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne	Aaron Gwin	Tahnee Seagrave
		Dean Lucas	Myriam Nicole
		Danny Hart	Tracey Hannah
26–27 August	Val di Sole[31][32]	Aaron Gwin	Tahnee Seagrave
		Amaury Pierron	Myriam Nicole
		Loïc Bruni	Tracey Hannah

Junior

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)
29–30 April	Lourdes[25]	Finnley Iles	Mélanie Chappaz
		Kaos Seagrave	Flora Lesoin
		Sylvain Cougoureux	Alessia Missiaggia
3–4 June	Fort William	Matt Walker	Megan James
		Finnley Iles	Mélanie Chappaz
		Sylvain Cougoureux	Flora Lesoin
10–11 June	Leogang[25]	Finnley Iles	Paula Zibasa
		Matt Walker	Mélanie Chappaz
		Kade Edwards	Alessia Missiaggia
1–2 July	Vallnord[33]	Finnley Iles	Megan James
		Matt Walker	Mélanie Chappaz
		Kade Edwards	Beatrice Migliorini
8–9 July	Lenzerheide[34]	Finnley Iles	Paula Zibasa
		Joe Breeden	Mélanie Chappaz
		Sylvain Cougoureux	Shania Rawson
5–6 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne	Finnley Iles	Mélanie Chappaz
		Sylvain Cougoureux	Mazie Hayden
		Joe Breeden	Kaytlin Melvin
26–27 August	Val di Sole[31][32][35]	Finnley Iles	Mélanie Chappaz
		Matt Walker	Paula Zibasa
		Sylvain Cougoureux	Beatrice Migliorini

Series classification

Men

Cross-country[36] Pos Rider Points 1. Nino Schurter 1500 2. Stéphane Tempier 850 3. Maxime Marotte 772 4. David Valero 691 5. Jordan Sarrou 685 6. Titouan Carod 592 7. Anton Cooper 530 8. Julien Absalon 520 9. Manuel Fumic 507 10. Florian Vogel 496

Under-23 cross-country[37] Pos Rider Points 1. Martins Blums 420 2. Nadir Colledani 363 3. Petter Fagerhaug 207 4. Georg Egger 180 5. Alan Hatherly 153 6. Simon Andreassen 151 7. Peter Disera 151 8. Gioele Bertolini 125 9. Vlad Dascalu 120 10. Sebastian Carstensen 120

Downhill[38] Pos Athletes Points 1. Aaron Gwin 1149 2. Troy Brosnan 990 3. Greg Minnaar 974 4. Loïc Bruni 752 5. Loris Vergier 700 6. Danny Hart 692 7. Jack Moir 682 8. Mark Wallace 641 9. Laurie Greenland 587 10. Alexandre Fayoll 490

Women

Cross-country[39] Pos Rider Points 1. Yana Belomoyna 1250 2. Maja Włoszczowska 770 3. Annika Langvad 744 4. Jolanda Neff 715 5. Linda Indergand 711 6. Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå 704 7. Annie Last 653 8. Irina Kalentieva 652 9. Emily Batty 649 10. Anne Tauber 601

Under-23 cross-country[40] Pos Rider Points 1. Kate Courtney 500 2. Sina Frei 420 3. Evie Richards 340 4. Haley Batten 192 5. Martina Berta 177 6. Malene Degn 173 7. Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez 172 8. Nicole Koller 163 9. Lena Gerault 153 10. Isla Short 147

Downhill[38] Pos Athletes Points 1. Myriam Nicole 1375 2. Tahnée Seagrave 1284 3. Tracey Hannah 1270 4. Rachel Atherton 932 5. Emilie Siegenthaler 852 6. Manon Carpenter 644 7. Eleonora Farina 638 8. Marine Cabirou 567 9. Miranda Miller 387 10. Carina Cappellari 295

See also

• 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships