Every podium of the 2010 mountain bike and trials world championships
Nineteen world titles were awarded at Mont-Sainte-Anne between 1 and 5 September 2010, thirteen in mountain biking and six in trials. The tables below list every medallist; a short reading of the overall picture follows.
Cross-country
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elite men | José Antonio Hermida (ESP) | Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE) | Burry Stander (RSA) |
| Elite women | Maja Włoszczowska (POL) | Irina Kalentieva (RUS) | Willow Koerber (USA) |
| Under-23 men | Mathias Flückiger (SUI) | Thomas Litscher (SUI) | Patrik Gallati (SUI) |
| Under-23 women | Alexandra Engen (SWE) | Annie Last (GBR) | Paula Gorycka (POL) |
| Junior men | Michiel van der Heijden (NED) | Julien Trarieux (FRA) | Julian Schelb (GER) |
| Junior women | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) | Yana Belomoyna (UKR) | Helen Grobert (GER) |
| Team relay | Switzerland | Germany | Czech Republic |
Downhill
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elite men | Sam Hill (AUS) | Steve Smith (CAN) | Greg Minnaar (RSA) |
| Elite women | Tracy Moseley (GBR) | Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) | Emmeline Ragot (FRA) |
| Junior men | Troy Brosnan (AUS) | Neko Mulally (USA) | Lewis Buchanan (GBR) |
| Junior women | Lauren Rosser (CAN) | Fanny Lombard (FRA) | Julie Berteaux (FRA) |
Four-cross
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Tomáš Slavík (CZE) | Jared Graves (AUS) | Michal Prokop (CZE) |
| Women | Caroline Buchanan (AUS) | Jana Horáková (CZE) | Romana Labounková (CZE) |
Trials
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elite men 20-inch | Benito Ros Charral (ESP) | Abel Mustieles Garcia (ESP) | Rick Koekoek (NED) |
| Elite men 26-inch | Kenny Belaey (BEL) | Benito Ros Charral (ESP) | Marc Caisso (FRA) |
| Junior men 20-inch | Ion Areitio (ESP) | Raphael Pils (GER) | Marius Merger (FRA) |
| Junior men 26-inch | Ion Areitio (ESP) | David Bonzon (SUI) | Maxime Tolu (FRA) |
| Women | Gemma Abant Condal (ESP) | Karin Moor (SUI) | Tatiana Janicková (SVK) |
| Team | Spain | France | Germany |
Reading the results
Spain topped the title count, but mostly through trials: five of its six titles came from that discipline, with Hermida's elite cross-country win the exception. This is a feature of the combined championships of the period, which added up two sports with quite different national strengths.
Switzerland owned the under-23 cross-country with a clean sweep, and won the relay. France won only one title, the junior women's cross-country, yet collected medals almost everywhere: both minor places in elite and junior women's downhill, silver in junior men's cross-country and several trials medals.
Gravity events favoured nations with a BMX tradition. The Czech Republic took four of the six four-cross medals, and Australia won three titles in total: elite men's downhill, junior men's downhill and women's four-cross.
The host nation took two medals, both in downhill: Steve Smith's elite silver and Lauren Rosser's junior gold. Catharine Pendrel's fourth place in the elite women's cross-country hinted at what came next; she won the world title in Champéry the following year.
Detailed pages
- Cross-country: distances, course and nation rankings, with PDF summaries
- Downhill · Four-cross · Trials
Sources
- Wikipedia, "2010 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships" (medal tables by event and by nation).
- UCI official result sheets, 2010 cross-country events and junior women's downhill.
- Wikipedia, "2011 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships" (Pendrel's title).