2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships 847.jpg Rotorua, New Zealand 22–27 August 2006 MTB: 13Trials: 6 2005 2007 The 2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Rotorua, New Zealand, from 22 to 27 August 2006. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 17th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 21st edition of the UCI Trials World Championships. This was the first UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships held in New Zealand and the second held in Oceania after the 1996 World Championships in Cairns, Australia. A women's under-23 race was included in the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships for the first time in 2006 and was won by Ren Chengyuan from China. Julien Absalon of France and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå of Norway each won their third consecutive elite cross-country world titles. Sam Hill became the first Australian to win the elite men's downhill world title. Medal summary Men's events Cross-country Julien Absalon FRA Christoph Sauser SUI Fredrik Kessiakoff SWEUnder 23 cross-country Nino Schurter SUI Tony Longo ITA Max Plaxton CANJunior cross-country Mathias Flückiger SUI Martin Fanger SUI Pascal Meyer SUIDownhill Sam Hill AUS Greg Minnaar RSA Nathan Rennie AUSJunior downhill Cameron Cole NZL Samuel Blenkinsop NZL Antoine Badouard FRAFour-cross Michal Prokop CZE Roger Rinderknecht SUI Guido Tschugg GERTrials, 20 inch Marco Hösel GER Carles Diaz Codina ESP Benito Ros Charral ESPTrials, 26 inch Kenny Belaey BEL Vincent Hermance FRA Gilles Coustellier FRAJunior trials, 20 inch Marco Thomä GER Aurélien Fontenoy FRA Matthias Mrohs GERJunior trials, 26 inch Aurélien Fontenoy FRA Ben Slinger GBR Matthias Mrohs GER Women's events Cross-country Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå NOR Irina Kalentieva RUS Marie-Helene Premont CANUnder 23 cross-country Ren Chengyuan CHN Liu Ying CHN Sarah Koba SUIJunior cross-country Tanja Žakelj SLO Julie Krasniak FRA Nadja Roschi SUIDownhill Sabrina Jonnier FRA Tracy Moseley GBR Rachel Atherton GBRJunior downhill Tracey Hannah AUS Floriane Pugin FRA Micayla Gatto CANFour-cross Jill Kintner USA Anneke Beerten NED Anita Molcik AUTTrials Karin Moor SUI Mireia Abant Condal ESP Gemma Abant Condal ESP Team events Cross-country Florian VogelMartin FangerPetra HenziNino Schurter Tony LongoCristian CominelliEva LechnerJader Zoli Marcin KarczynskiAdrian DzialakiewiczMaja WłoszczowskaKryspin PyrgiesTrials Medal table 4 4 2 4 3 3 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also 2006 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships References 30em http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds0614 Elite men cross-country - three-peats with last lap attack 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds066 Under-23 men cross country - Switzerland lands yet another rainbow 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds064 Junior men cross country - All Switzerland, all the time in junior men's cross-country 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds0611 Elite men downhill - Hill hurtles to Australia's first-ever senior men's DH title 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds069 Junior men downhill - Victory at last for the home team as Kiwi juniors go one-two 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds0613 Elite women cross country - Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå makes it three from three 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds063 U23 women cross country - Chengyuan Ren heralds Chinese charge in women's cross-country 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds062 Junior women cross country - Tanja Žakelj makes history for Slovenia 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds0610 Elite women downhill - Jonnier inherits Chausson's jersey 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds068 Junior women downhill - Hannah blows away fellow juniors 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds067 Four-cross - Kintner returns for gold; Prokop claims men's title 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds0612 Elite men trials - Hosel breaks Charral's run in 20in trials 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds065 Women trials - Results 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2006/aug06/mtbworlds06/?id=results/mtbworlds061 Team relay - Score one for the Swiss in World Championship opener 2016-08-28 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 2016-08-28 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 New Zealand UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships Category:Sport in Rotorua Category:Mountain biking in New Zealand Category:August 2006 sports events in New Zealand Category:2006 in New Zealand sport