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]

2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Date(s) (2017-04 - 2017-10)April–October 2017
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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

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

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Elite

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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

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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

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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

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Elite

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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

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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

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Women

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See also

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References

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