2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

September 2024 Kaprun, Austria 24 August – 1 September 2002 MTB: 12Trials: 7 2001 2003 The 2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Kaprun, Austria from 24 August to 1 September 2002. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. This was the first UCI world championship in which four-cross was included, replacing the dual that had been run at the previous two championships. The event was the 13th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 17th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships. It was also the first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships to be held in Austria. Roland Green of Canada successfully defended his world title in the men's cross-country. Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway won her first world title in the women's cross-country. French riders won three of the four downhill events, including the two elite categories. Nicolas Vouilloz won his seventh world title in the men's downhill. Having won the junior downhill world title three times, this was his tenth world title overall. Anne-Caroline Chausson won her seventh consecutive world title in the women's downhill. Riders from Australia won three of the four world titles in the junior mountain bike (cross-country and downhill) events. Medal summary Men's events Cross-country Roland Green CAN Filip Meirhaeghe BEL Thomas Frischknecht SUIUnder 23 cross-country Julien Absalon FRA Ralph Näf SUI Ryder Hesjedal CANJunior cross-country Trent Lowe AUS Iouri Trofimov RUS Tony Longo ITADownhill Nicolas Vouilloz FRA Steve Peat GBR Chris Kovarik AUSJunior downhill Sam Hill AUS Gee Atherton GBR Justin Havukainen AUSFour-cross Brian Lopes USA Cédric Gracia FRA Eric Carter USATrials, 20 inch Marco Hösel GER Juan Antonio Linares ESP Peter Bartak SVKTrials, 26 inch Kenny Belaey BEL Marc Vinco FRA Marc Caisso FRAJunior trials, 20 inch Gilles Coustellier FRA Diego Barrio Roa ESP Giacomo Coustellier FRAJunior trials, 26 inch Giacomo Coustellier FRA Gilles Coustellier FRA Marc Soulas FRA Women's events Cross-country Gunn-Rita Dahle NOR Anna Szafraniec POL Sabine Spitz GERJunior cross-country Lisa Mathison AUS Elisabeth Osl AUT Petra Bublova CZEDownhill Anne-Caroline Chausson FRA Fionn Griffiths GBR Missy Giove USAJunior downhill Emmeline Ragot FRA Claire Bauchet FRA Diana Marggraff ECUFour-cross Anne-Caroline Chausson FRA Katrina Miller (cyclist) Katrina Miller pl AUS Sabrina Jonnier FRATrials Karin Moor SUI Lucie Miramond FRA Floriane Combe FRA Team events Cross-country Ryder HesjedalRoland GreenMax PlaxtonAlison Sydor Julien AbsalonJean EudesLaurence LeboucherCedric Ravanel Florian VogelThomas FrischknechtLukas FlückingerPetra HenziTrials, 20 inch Trials, 26 inch Medal table 9 6 5 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also 2002 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships References http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2002/MTBworlds02/?id=xc September 1 – Elite Men's Cross Country – Green does the double in Kaprun mudfest 30 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2002/MTBworlds02/?id=U23xc September 1 – U23 Cross Country – Absolutely Absalon 30 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2002/MTBworlds02/?id=wxc September 1 – Women's Cross Country – Viking chicks rule in Kaprun, OK? 30 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2002/MTBworlds02/?id=jrxc August 30 – Junior Cross Country – Aussies sweep junior cross-country 30 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2002/MTBworlds02/?id=dh August 29–31 – Downhill – Vouilloz vaults to victory in men's DH for 10th World Title – Chausson crushes women again to gain 7th World Crown 30 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2002/MTBworlds02/?id=4x August 31 – Four Cross – Lopes Wins Gold in Four Cross 30 August 2016 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2002/MTBworlds02/?id=teamrelay August 28 – Team Relay – Canada too strong for late charging France 30 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 30 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 Austria UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships Category:Mountain biking events in Austria Category:Zell am See District Category:2002 in Austrian sport Category:Sports competitions in Salzburg (state) Category:August 2002 sports events in Europe Category:September 2002 sports events in Europe