The 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup was a series of races in Olympic Cross-Country (XCO), Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE), and Downhill (DHI). Each discipline had an Elite Men and an Elite Women category. There were also men's and women's under-23 categories in the XCO and junior men's and women's categories in the DHI. The cross-country series had six rounds and the downhill series had seven rounds.[1][2]
| Date(s) | April–October 2017 |
|---|---|
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The Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE) was included as a UCI World Cup discipline for the first time since 2014.[3] The XCE schedule for 2017 had six rounds. The XCE World Cup events had previously been held alongside the XCO and DHI races, but in 2017 they were held as separate events.[4][5]
The Junior Women's Downhill category was included as a World Cup discipline for the first time in 2017.
New regulations were introduced in 2017 to reduce the numbers of competitors in the UCI World Cup downhill events. The minimum number of UCI points required to compete in a World Cup was increased from 30 to 40. The field sizes for the downhill finals were reduced from 20 to 15 (plus protected riders) for the Elite Women and from 30 to 20 for the Junior Men.[2]
Cross-country
Elite
Nino Schurter was the first Cross-country mountain biker to accomplish a Perfect season. Additionally he won at the World Championships the gold medal at the single and at the mixed race and the Cape Epic.[17]
Under 23
| Date | Venue | Podium (Men) | Podium (Women) |
| 20–21 May |  Nové Město na Moravě[18] |   Petter Fagerhaug |  Kate Courtney |
  Mārtiņš Blūms |  Evie Richards | ||
  Sebastian Fini Carstensen |  Sina Frei | ||
| 27–28 May |  Albstadt[8] |  Nadir Colledani | Evie Richards |
| Georg Egger | Kate Courtney | ||
 Peter Disera | Sina Frei | ||
| 1–2 July |  Vallnord[19][20] | Simon Andreassen | Sina Frei |
 Alan Hatherly | Kate Courtney | ||
| Mārtiņš Blūms | Evie Richards | ||
| 8–9 July | Lenzerheide[21][22] | Mārtiņš Blūms | Kate Courtney |
| Maximilian Brandl | Sina Frei | ||
| Nadir Colledani | Evie Richards | ||
| 5–6 August | Mont-Sainte-Anne[23][24] | Mārtiņš Blūms | Kate Courtney |
| Nadir Colledani | Sina Frei | ||
| Simon Andreassen |  Lucie Urruty | ||
| 26–27 August | Val di Sole | Nadir Colledani | Kate Courtney |
| Mārtiņš Blūms | Sina Frei | ||
| Petter Fagerhaug | Evie Richards | ||
Eliminator
| Date | Venue | Podium (Men) |
| 5–6 May | Volterra[25] | Lorenzo Serres |
 Alberto Mingorance | ||
 Jeroen Van Eck | ||
| 3–4 June | Columbus[25] | Simon Rogier |
| Alberto Mingorance | ||
| Seth Kemp | ||
| 24–25 June |  Waregem[26] | Simon Gegenheimer |
| Titouan Perrin-Ganier | ||
| Dominik Prudek | ||
| 26–27 August | Winterberg[25] | Torjus Bern Hansen |
| Titiouan Perrin-Ganier | ||
| Jeroen Van Eck | ||
| 2–3 September | Apeldoorn[25] | Simon Gegenheimer |
| Alberto Mingorance | ||
| Lehvi Braam | ||
| 23–24 September | Antwerp[25] | Hugo Briatta |
| Simon Gegenheimer | ||
| Lorenzo Serres | ||
Downhill
Elite
| Date | Venue | Podium (Men) | Podium (Women) | |
| 29–30 April | Lourdes[25] | Alexandre Fayolle | Rachel Atherton | |
| Mark Wallace |  Tracey Hannah | |||
 Marcelo Gutiérrez Villegas | Tahnée Seagrave | |||
| 3–4 June | Fort William | Greg Minnaar | Tracey Hannah | |
| Jack Moir | Myriam Nicole | |||
| Aaron Gwin | Emilie Siegenthaler | |||
| 10–11 June |  Leogang[25] | Aaron Gwin | Tahnée Seagrave | |
| Loris Vergier | Tracey Hannah | |||
| Greg Minnaar | Myriam Nicole | |||
| 1–2 July | Vallnord[27][28] | Troy Brosnan | Myriam Nicole | |
| Greg Minnaar | Tahnée Seagrave | |||
| Danny Hart | Marine Cabirou | |||
| 8–9 July | Lenzerheide[29][30] | Greg Minnaar | Myriam Nicole | |
| Troy Brosnan | Rachel Atherton | |||
| Danny Hart | Emilie Siegenthaler | |||
| 5–6 August | Mont-Sainte-Anne | Aaron Gwin | Tahnee Seagrave | |
| Dean Lucas | Myriam Nicole | |||
| Danny Hart | Tracey Hannah | |||
| 26–27 August | Val di Sole[31][32] | Aaron Gwin | Tahnee Seagrave | |
| Amaury Pierron | Myriam Nicole | |||
| Loïc Bruni | Tracey Hannah | |||
Junior
| Date | Venue | Podium (Men) | Podium (Women) | |
| 29–30 April | Lourdes[25] | Finnley Iles | Mélanie Chappaz | |
| Kaos Seagrave | Flora Lesoin | |||
| Sylvain Cougoureux | Alessia Missiaggia | |||
| 3–4 June | Fort William | Matt Walker | Megan James | |
| Finnley Iles | Mélanie Chappaz | |||
| Sylvain Cougoureux | Flora Lesoin | |||
| 10–11 June | Leogang[25] | Finnley Iles | Paula Zibasa | |
| Matt Walker | Mélanie Chappaz | |||
| Kade Edwards | Alessia Missiaggia | |||
| 1–2 July | Vallnord[33] | Finnley Iles | Megan James | |
| Matt Walker | Mélanie Chappaz | |||
| Kade Edwards | Beatrice Migliorini | |||
| 8–9 July | Lenzerheide[34] | Finnley Iles | Paula Zibasa | |
| Joe Breeden | Mélanie Chappaz | |||
| Sylvain Cougoureux |  Shania Rawson | |||
| 5–6 August | Mont-Sainte-Anne | Finnley Iles | Mélanie Chappaz | |
| Sylvain Cougoureux | Mazie Hayden | |||
| Joe Breeden | Kaytlin Melvin | |||
| 26–27 August | Val di Sole[31][32][35] | Finnley Iles | Mélanie Chappaz | |
| Matt Walker | Paula Zibasa | |||
| Sylvain Cougoureux | Beatrice Migliorini | |||
Series classification
Men
| Pos | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Martins Blums | 420 |
| 2. | Nadir Colledani | 363 |
| 3. | Petter Fagerhaug | 207 |
| 4. | Georg Egger | 180 |
| 5. | Alan Hatherly | 153 |
| 6. | Simon Andreassen | 151 |
| 7. | Peter Disera | 151 |
| 8. | Gioele Bertolini | 125 |
| 9. |  Vlad Dascalu | 120 |
| 10. | Sebastian Carstensen | 120 |
| Pos | Athletes | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aaron Gwin | 1149 |
| 2. | Troy Brosnan | 990 |
| 3. | Greg Minnaar | 974 |
| 4. | Loïc Bruni | 752 |
| 5. | Loris Vergier | 700 |
| 6. | Danny Hart | 692 |
| 7. | Jack Moir | 682 |
| 8. | Mark Wallace | 641 |
| 9. | Laurie Greenland | 587 |
| 10. | Alexandre Fayoll | 490 |
Women
| Pos | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kate Courtney | 500 |
| 2. | Sina Frei | 420 |
| 3. | Evie Richards | 340 |
| 4. | Haley Batten | 192 |
| 5. | Martina Berta | 177 |
| 6. | Malene Degn | 173 |
| 7. | Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez | 172 |
| 8. | Nicole Koller | 163 |
| 9. | Lena Gerault | 153 |
| 10. | Isla Short | 147 |
| Pos | Athletes | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Myriam Nicole | 1375 |
| 2. | Tahnée Seagrave | 1284 |
| 3. | Tracey Hannah | 1270 |
| 4. | Rachel Atherton | 932 |
| 5. | Emilie Siegenthaler | 852 |
| 6. | Manon Carpenter | 644 |
| 7. | Eleonora Farina | 638 |
| 8. | Marine Cabirou | 567 |
| 9. | Miranda Miller | 387 |
| 10. | Carina Cappellari | 295 |