2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

Lugano, Switzerland 31 August – 7 September 2003 MTB: 14Trials: 5 2002 2004 The 2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Lugano, Switzerland from 31 August to 7 September 2003. The disciplines included were cross-country, cross-country marathon, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 14th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 18th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships. This was the first year that the cross-country marathon was included in the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. From 2004 onwards, the cross-country marathon was run as a separate world championship. Anne-Caroline Chausson of France won her eighth consecutive world title in the women's downhill. As of 2016, no other rider has won more than two consecutive world titles in the event. Greg Minnaar of South Africa won the world title in the men's downhill. He thus became the first rider from the continent of Africa to win a mountain biking world championship in an elite category. Medal summary Men's events Cross-country Filip Meirhaeghe BEL Ryder Hesjedal CAN Roel Paulissen BELUnder 23 cross-country Balz Weber SUI Manuel Fumic GER Ivan Alvarez ESPJunior cross-country Jaroslav Kulhavý CZE Nino Schurter SUI Oleksandr Yakymenko UKRCross-country marathon Thomas Frischknecht SUI Bart Brentjens NED Carsten Bresser GERDownhill Greg Minnaar RSA Mickael Pascal FRA Fabien Barel FRAJunior downhill Sam Hill AUS Gee Atherton GBR Cyrille Kurtz FRAFour-cross Michal Prokop CZE Eric Carter USA Brian Lopes USATrials, 20 inch Benito Ros Charral ESP Marco Hösel GER Vincent Hermance FRATrials, 26 inch Giacomo Coustellier FRA Marc Caisso FRA Kenny Belaey BELJunior trials, 20 inch Diego Barrio Roa ESP Gilles Coustellier FRA Remy Morgan FRAJunior trials, 26 inch Gilles Coustellier FRA Alexis Touteau FRA Thibault Veuillet FRA Women's events Cross-country Sabine Spitz GER Alison Sydor CAN Irina Kalentieva RUSJunior cross-country Lisa Mathison AUS Eva Lechner ITA Almut Grieb GERCross-country marathon Maja Włoszczowska POL Magdalena Sadlecka POL Sandra Klose GERDownhill Anne-Caroline Chausson FRA Sabrina Jonnier FRA Nolvenn Le Caer FRAJunior downhill Emmeline Ragot FRA Scarlett Hagen NZL Bernardita Pizarro CHIFour-cross Anne-Caroline Chausson FRA Sabrina Jonnier FRA Jill Kintner USATrials Karin Moor SUI Ann-Christin Bettenhausen GER Lucie Miramond FRA Team events Cross-country Marcin KarczynskiPiotr FormickiAnna SzafraniecKryspin Pyrgies Ralph NäfBalz WeberNino SchurterBarbara Blatter Roland GreenRicky FederauMax PlaxtonChristina Redden Medal table 5 6 7 3 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also 2003 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships References http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2003/MTBworlds03/?id=xc September 7 - Elite Men's Cross Country 2016-08-30 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2003/MTBworlds03/?id=U23xc September 5 - U23 Cross Country 2016-08-30 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2003/MTBworlds03/?id=wxc September 7 - Women's Cross Country 2016-08-30 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2003/MTBworlds03/?id=jrxc September 3–5 - Junior Cross Country 2016-08-30 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2003/MTBworlds03/?id=marathon August 31 - Marathon - Frischknecht and Wloszcowska win first event of MTB Champs 2016-08-30 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2003/MTBworlds03/?id=dh September 6 - Downhill 2016-08-30 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2003/MTBworlds03/?id=4x September 5 - Four-cross 2016-08-30 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2003/MTBworlds03/?id=teamrelay Team Relay - Poland win another Gold 2016-08-30 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 2016-08-30 uci.ch External links Results for the mountain-bike events on cyclingnews.com Category:UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Category:International cycle races hosted by Switzerland UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships Category:Mountain biking events in Switzerland Category:Sport in Lugano Category:Organised events in Lugano Category:2003 in Swiss sport Category:August 2003 sports events in Europe Category:September 2003 sports events in Europe Category:August 2003 in Switzerland Category:September 2003 in Switzerland