2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

August 2022 2004 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships - Les Gets - Men's Elite XC 2.jpg Start of the Men's Elite Cross Country at the 2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Les Gets, France Les Gets, France 8–12 September 2004 MTB: 12Trials: 6 2003 2005 The 2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Les Gets, a ski station in the French Alps, from 8 to 12 September 2004. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 15th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 19th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships. Julien Absalon won the elite men's cross-country, the first of his five elite world titles. The bronze medal in the event was won by Thomas Frischknecht, the last of his seven medals in the category, the first of which having been his silver medal in the inaugural UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in 1990. Reigning UCI World Cup and Olympic champion Gunn-Rita Dahle won the elite women's cross-country, the second of her four elite world titles. She became the first and so far only woman to win the Olympic Games, UCI World Championship, and UCI World Cup in the same year. Alison Sydor won the bronze medal, the last of her ten medals in the event. The junior men's cross country was won by future Olympic mountain bike champion and five-time elite world champion Nino Schurter, in front of Frenchmen Stéphane Tempier and Maxime Marotte. The elite women's downhill was won by Vanessa Quin of New Zealand. Anne-Caroline Chausson, who had won the previous eight world titles, did not start the event due to an injury sustained in training. Fabien Barel of France won the elite men's downhill after Steve Peat, who had been first in qualifying, crashed near the finish while leading by more than a second. Daniel Comas became the first Spanish UCI World Champion in the men's 26" trials, an event previously dominated by French riders. Fellow Spaniard Benito Ros Charral won the second of his ten world titles in the men's 20" trials. Swiss rider Karin Moor won the fourth of her nine world titles in the women's trials. Medal summary thumb|Gunn-Rita Dahle winning the women's cross-country thumb|Roel Paulissen competing in the men's cross-country thumb|Quarter finals of the men's four-cross thumb|26" trials final with the cross-country course in the background thumb|20" trials final – section in Les Gets town centre Men's events Cross-country Julien Absalon FRA Cedric Ravanel FRA Thomas Frischknecht SUIUnder-23 cross-country Manuel Fumic GER Liam Killeen GBR Florian Vogel SUIJunior cross-country Nino Schurter SUI Stéphane Tempier FRA Maxime Marotte FRADownhill Fabien Barel FRA Greg Minnaar RSA Sam Hill AUSJunior downhill Romain Saladini FRA Florent Payet FRA Kyle Strait USAFour-cross Eric Carter USA Mickael Deldycke FRA Michal Prokop CZETrials, 20-inch Benito Ros Charral ESP Marco Hösel GER Rafal Kumorowski POLTrials, 26-inch Daniel Comas ESP Vincent Hermance FRA Marc Caisso FRAJunior trials, 20-inch James Hyland GBR Ben Savage GBR Felix Heller GERJunior trials, 26-inch Ben Savage GBR Florent Tournier FRA Sébastian Hoffmann GER Women's events Cross-country Gunn-Rita Dahle NOR Maja Włoszczowska POL Alison Sydor CANJunior cross-country Nathalie Schneitter SUI Laura Metzler FRA Tereza Hurikova CZEDownhill Vanessa Quin NZL Mio Suemasa JPN Celine Gros FRAJunior downhill Scarlett Hagen NZL Rachel Atherton GBR Audrey Le Corguille FRAFour-cross Jana Horáková CZE Jill Kintner USA Tara Llanes USATrials Karin Moor SUI Ann-Christin Bettenhausen GER Mireia Abant Condal ESP Team events Cross-country Geoff KabushMaximiliam PlaxtonKiara BisaroRaphaël Gagné Ralph NäfFlorian VogelNino SchurterBarbara Blatter Marcin KarczynskiKryspin PyrgiesPawel SzpilaMaja WłoszczowskaTrials Medal table 3 7 4 3 1 3 3 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 See also UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships References 30em http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004/MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds0414 Cross-Country Elite Men – Absalon adds World Title to Olympic gold 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds044 Cross Country U/23 Men – Fumic takes first world title for Germany 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds043 Cross Country Junior Men – Schurter wins it for Switzerland 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds049 Downhill Elite Men – Title to Barel as Peat crashes out 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds048 Downhill Junior Men 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds0410 4-Cross Men – Carter at long last 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds0413 Cross-Country Elite Women – Triple Dahle! 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds042 Cross Country Junior Women – Results 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds046 Downhill Elite Women – Quin wins; Chausson DNS 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds047 Downhill Juniors Women 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds0411 4-Cross Women – BMX skills pay off for Czech newcomer 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2004//MTBworlds04/?id=results/MTBworlds041 Team Relay, 25.2km – Canada takes world's opener 29 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/66/41/UCITrialsWorldChampionships1986-2014-winners_Neutral.pdf 1986–2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners 29 August 2016 uci.ch External links Results for the mountain-bike events on cyclingnews.com Results for the trials events on uci.ch Category:UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Category:International cycle races hosted by France UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships Category:Mountain biking events in France Category:September 2004 sports events in France Category:Sport in Haute-Savoie Category:21st century in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur