2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Date(s)	March–August 2018
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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.^[1]

Women's cross country elite podium in Albstadt (from left): Alessandra Keller, Yana Belomoyna, Jolanda Neff, Anne Tauber, Elisabeth Brandau

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.^[2]

Cross-country

Elite

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)

10 March	Stellenbosch^[3]^[4]^[5]	Sam Gaze	Annika Langvad
		Nino Schurter	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
		Maxime Marotte	Anne Tauber

19–20 May	Albstadt^[6]^[7]^[8]	Nino Schurter	Jolanda Neff
		Stéphane Tempier	Yana Belomoyna
		Mathieu van der Poel	Anne Tauber

26–27 May	Nové Město na Moravě^[9]	Nino Schurter	Annika Langvad
		Anton Cooper	Jolanda Neff
		Maxime Marotte	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot

8 July	Val di Sole^[10]	Nino Schurter	Maja Włoszczowska
		Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Emily Batty
		Mathieu van der Poel	Jolanda Neff

15 July	Vallnord^[11]	Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå
		Nino Schurter	Jolanda Neff
		Mathieu van der Poel	Emily Batty

12 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne^[12]	Mathias Flückiger	Jolanda Neff
		Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Annika Langvad
		Titouan Carod	Emily Batty

26 August	La Bresse^[13]	Nino Schurter	Jolanda Neff
		Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Emily Batty
		Maxime Marotte	Annika Langvad

Under 23

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)

10 March	Stellenbosch^[3]^[14]^[15]	Petter Fagerhaug	Malene Degn
		Ben Oliver	Sina Frei
		Neïlo Perrin Ganier	Evie Richards

19–20 May	Albstadt^[6]^[16]^[17]	Joshua Dubau	Sina Frei
		Antoine Philipp	Evie Richards
		Jonas Lindberg	Malene Degn

26 May	Nové Město na Moravě^[9]	Vlad Dascălu	Sina Frei
		Filippo Colombo	Malene Degn
		Alan Hatherly	Marika Tovo

8 July	Val di Sole^[10]	Petter Fagerhaug	Sina Frei
		Joshua Dubau	Evie Richards
		Vlad Dascălu	Malene Degn

15 July	Vallnord^[11]	Joshua Dubau	Sina Frei
		Antoine Philipp	Evie Richards
		Filippo Colombo	Malene Degn

12 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne^[12]	Alan Hatherly	Sina Frei
		Christopher Blevins	Evie Richards
		José Gerardo Ulloa	Malene Degn

26 August	La Bresse^[13]	Petter Fagerhaug	Sina Frei
		Jofre Cullell	Evie Richards
		Simon Andreassen	Ronja Eibl

Downhill

Elite

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)

21–22 April	Lošinj^[18]	Aaron Gwin	Myriam Nicole
		Luca Shaw	Rachel Atherton
		Dean Lucas	Tahnée Seagrave

2–3 June	Fort William^[19]	Amaury Pierron	Tahnée Seagrave
		Loris Vergier	Myriam Nicole
		Troy Brosnan	Rachel Atherton

9–10 June	Leogang^[20]	Amaury Pierron	Rachel Atherton
		Aaron Gwin	Myriam Nicole
		Laurie Greenland	Tracey Hannah

6–7 July	Val di Sole^[10]	Amaury Pierron	Tahnée Seagrave
		Laurie Greenland	Rachel Atherton
		Danny Hart	Monika Hrastnik

13–14 July	Vallnord^[11]	Loris Vergier	Tahnée Seagrave
		Amaury Pierron	Rachel Atherton
		Brook McDonald	Tracey Hannah

10–11 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne^[12]	Loïc Bruni	Rachel Atherton
		Troy Brosnan	Tahnée Seagrave
		Danny Hart	Tracey Hannah

24–25 August	La Bresse^[13]	Martin Maes	Rachel Atherton
		Gee Atherton	Tahnée Seagrave
		Brook McDonald	Myriam Nicole

Junior

Date	Venue	Podium (Men)	Podium (Women)

21–22 April	Lošinj^[18]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Kade Edwards	Nastasia Gimenez
		Kye A'Hern	Mille Johnset

2–3 June	Fort William^[19]	Kye A'Hern	Valentina Höll
		Thibaut Dapréla	Paula Zibasa
		Kade Edwards	Anna Newkirk

9–10 June	Leogang^[20]	Kye A'Hern	Valentina Höll
		Thibaut Dapréla	Nastasia Gimenez
		Henry Kerr	Ottilia Johansson Jones

6–7 July	Val di Sole^[10]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Henry Kerr	Anna Newkirk
		Patrick Butler	Mille Johnset

13–14 July	Vallnord^[11]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Henry Kerr	Anna Newkirk
		Kye A'Hern	Mille Johnset

10–11 August	Mont-Sainte-Anne^[12]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Kade Edwards	Samantha Soriano
		Henry Kerr	Mazie Hayden

24–25 August	La Bresse^[13]	Thibaut Dapréla	Valentina Höll
		Henry Kerr	Paula Zibasa
		Kade Edwards	Mille Johnset

World Cup standings

Standings after 7 of 7 events

Men

**Cross-country**
Pos	Athletes	Points
1.	Nino Schurter	1861
2.	Mathieu van der Poel	1355
3.	Maxime Marotte	1242
4.	Henrique Avancini	1213
5.	Gerhard Kerschbaumer	1154
6.	Mathias Flückiger	993
7.	Anton Cooper	978
8.	Florian Vogel	962
9.	Lars Förster	902
10.	Titouan Carod	867

**Under 23 cross-country**
Pos	Athletes	Points
1.	Petter Fagerhaug	390
2.	Joshua Dubau	360
3.	Filippo Colombo	280
4.	Antoine Philipp	220
5.	Alan Hatherly	211

**Downhill**
Pos	Athletes	Points
1.	Amaury Pierron	1178
2.	Danny Hart	884
3.	Troy Brosnan	860
4.	Loris Vergier	835
5.	Laurie Greenland	696
6.	Brook MacDonald	692
7.	Loïc Bruni	688
8.	Luca Shaw	649
9.	Gee Atherton	524
10.	Connor Fearon	511

**Junior downhill**
Pos	Athletes	Points
1.	Thibaut Dapréla	380
2.	Henry Kerr	192
3.	Kade Edwards	191
4.	Jamie Edmondson	186
5.	Kye A'Hern	100

Women

**Cross-country**
Pos	Athletes	Points
1.	Jolanda Neff	1930
2.	Annika Langvad	1743
3.	Emily Batty	1305
4.	Alessandra Keller	1275
5.	Anne Tauber	1240
6.	Maja Włoszczowska	1201
7.	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	1086
8.	Kate Courtney	1029
9.	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå	860
10.	Elisabeth Brandau	856

**Under 23 cross-country**
Pos	Athletes	Points
1.	Sina Frei	610
2.	Malene Degn	435
3.	Evie Richards	410
4.	Marika Tovo	267
5.	Lucie Urruty	183

**Downhill**
Pos	Athletes	Points
1.	Rachel Atherton	1476
2.	Tahnée Seagrave	1316
3.	Tracey Hannah	1055
4.	Myriam Nicole	810
5.	Monika Hrastnik	771
6.	Marine Cabirou	707
7.	Emilie Siegenthaler	476
8.	Mariana Salazar	436
9.	Katy Curd	419
10.	Cécile Ravanel	375

**Junior downhill**
Pos	Athletes	Points
1.	Valentina Höll	420
2.	Anna Newkirk	115
3.	Paula Zibasa	110
4.	Nastasia Gimenez	90
5.	Mille Johnset	85

References

^ "UCI Mountain Bike Calendar – 2018 Season – All Competitions". uci.ch. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "2018 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup". uci.ch. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Stellenbosch, South Africa". worldcupstellenbosch.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "Cross-country Olympic – Stellenbosch – 10 Mar 2018 – Men Elite". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
^ "Cross-country Olympic – Stellenbosch – 10 Mar 2018 – Women Elite". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Albstadt, Germany". www.world-cup-albstadt.de. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "Cross-country Olympic – Albstadt – 20 May 2018 – Men Elite". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "Cross-country Olympic – Albstadt – 20 May 2018 – Women Elite". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic". mtbnmnm.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Val di Sole Bikeland – UCI Mountain Bike World Cup". www.valdisolebikeland.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Vallnord, Andorra". www.vallnordworldcup.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada". www.velirium.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "UCI MTB World Cup 2018, France: XCO7/DH7 – August 25–26, 2018 – La Bresse". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "Cross-country Olympic – Stellenbosch – 10 Mar 2018 – Men Under 23". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
^ "Cross-country Olympic – Stellenbosch – 10 Mar 2018 – Women Under 23". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
^ "Cross-country Olympic – Albstadt – 19 May 2018 – Men Under 23". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^ "Cross-country Olympic – Albstadt – 20 May 2018 – Women Under 23". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Losinj, Croatia – 19.-22.April 2018". losinjworldcup.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Fort William, Great Britain". fortwilliamworldcup.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Bikepark, Leogang – Out of Bounds Festival". bikepark.saalfelden-leogang.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

External links

[uci_mtb_calendar-1] "UCI Mountain Bike Calendar – 2018 Season – All Competitions". uci.ch. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[uci_mtb_wc_calendar-2] "2018 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup". uci.ch. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[website_stellenbosch-3] "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Stellenbosch, South Africa". worldcupstellenbosch.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[results_stellenbosch_xc_e_m-4] "Cross-country Olympic – Stellenbosch – 10 Mar 2018 – Men Elite". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

[results_stellenbosch_xc_e_w-5] "Cross-country Olympic – Stellenbosch – 10 Mar 2018 – Women Elite". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

[website_albstadt-6] "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Albstadt, Germany". www.world-cup-albstadt.de. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[results_albstadt_xc_e_m-7] "Cross-country Olympic – Albstadt – 20 May 2018 – Men Elite". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[results_albstadt_xc_e_w-8] "Cross-country Olympic – Albstadt – 20 May 2018 – Women Elite". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[website_novemesto-9] "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic". mtbnmnm.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[website_valdisole-10] "Val di Sole Bikeland – UCI Mountain Bike World Cup". www.valdisolebikeland.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[website_vallnord-11] "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Vallnord, Andorra". www.vallnordworldcup.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[website_montsaintanne-12] "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada". www.velirium.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[redbull_labresse-13] "UCI MTB World Cup 2018, France: XCO7/DH7 – August 25–26, 2018 – La Bresse". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[results_stellenbosch_xc_u23_m-14] "Cross-country Olympic – Stellenbosch – 10 Mar 2018 – Men Under 23". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

[results_stellenbosch_xc_u23_w-15] "Cross-country Olympic – Stellenbosch – 10 Mar 2018 – Women Under 23". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

[results_albstadt_xc_u23_m-16] "Cross-country Olympic – Albstadt – 19 May 2018 – Men Under 23". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

[results_albstadt_xc_u23_w-17] "Cross-country Olympic – Albstadt – 20 May 2018 – Women Under 23". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[website_losinj-18] "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Losinj, Croatia – 19.-22.April 2018". losinjworldcup.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[website_fortwilliam-19] "UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Fort William, Great Britain". fortwilliamworldcup.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[website_leogang-20] "Bikepark, Leogang – Out of Bounds Festival". bikepark.saalfelden-leogang.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

Contents

Cross-country

Elite

Under 23

Downhill

Elite

Junior

World Cup standings

Men

Women

See also

References

External links

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