Cycling championship held in Rotorua, New Zealand
2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Venue Rotorua , New ZealandDate(s) (2006-08-22 - 2006-08-27)22–27 August 2006 Events MTB: 13 ← 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
Women's events
Team events
Medal table
See also
References
^ "U23 women cross country - Chengyuan Ren heralds Chinese charge in women's cross-country" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28.
^ "Elite men cross-country - three-peats with last lap attack" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28.
^ "Elite women cross country - Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå makes it three from three" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28.
^ "Elite men downhill - Hill hurtles to Australia's first-ever senior men's DH title" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28.
"Under-23 men cross country - Switzerland lands yet another rainbow" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28."Junior men cross country - All Switzerland, all the time in junior men's cross-country" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28."Junior men downhill - Victory at last for the home team as Kiwi juniors go one-two" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28.^ "Four-cross - Kintner returns for gold; Prokop claims men's title" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28.
^ "Elite men trials - Hosel breaks Charral's run in 20in trials" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28.
^ "1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch . Retrieved 2016-08-28.
"Junior women cross country - Tanja Žakelj makes history for Slovenia" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28."Elite women downhill - Jonnier inherits Chausson's jersey" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28."Junior women downhill - Hannah blows away fellow juniors" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28."Women trials - Results" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28."Team relay - Score one for the Swiss in World Championship opener" . cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 2016-08-28.
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Julien Absalon (FRA)
Christoph Sauser (SUI)
Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)
Tony Longo (ITA)
Max Plaxton (CAN)
Sam Hill (AUS)
Greg Minnaar (RSA)
Cameron Cole (NZL)
Michal Prokop (CZE)
Guido Tschugg (GER)
Carles Diaz Codina (ESP)
Kenny Belaey (BEL)
Ben Slinger (GBR)
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (NOR)
Irina Kalentieva (RUS)
Ren Chengyuan (CHN)
Tanja Žakelj (SLO)
Jill Kintner (USA)
Anneke Beerten (NED)
Anita Molcik (AUT)
Switzerland (SUI)
United States (USA)
Poland (POL)