2020 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

The 2020 Mercedes-Benz 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 under-23 categories in the XCO and junior categories in the DHI. The cross-country series had two rounds and the downhill series four rounds.

2020 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Thirty-first edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Details
DatesSeptember–November 2020
Races2 (XCO)
4 (DHI)
Champions
Male individual championNone
Female individual championNone
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Cross-country

UCI decided to not award World Cup standings points as just two races were run.[1]

Elite

DateVenuePodium (Men)Podium (Women)
1 October Nové Město[2][3]    Simon Andreassen (DEN)    Loana Lecomte (FRA)
   Maxime Marotte (FRA)    Anne Terpstra (NED)
   Milan Vader (NED)    Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
4 October Nové Město[4][5]    Henrique Avancini (BRA)    Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
   Milan Vader (NED)    Anne Terpstra (NED)
   Nino Schurter (SUI)    Loana Lecomte (FRA)

Under 23

DateVenuePodium (Men)Podium (Women)
1 October Nové Město[6][7]    Tom Pidcock (GBR)    Giorgia Marchet (ITA)
   Alexandre Balmer (SUI)    Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)
   Vital Albin (SUI)    Haley Batten (USA)
3 October Nové Město[8][9]    Tom Pidcock (GBR)    Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)
   Christopher Blevins (USA)    Marika Tovo (ITA)
   Vital Albin (SUI)    Hélène Clauzel (FRA)

Downhill

Elite

DateVenuePodium (Men)Podium (Women)
16 October Maribor[10][11]    Loris Vergier (FRA)    Marine Cabirou (FRA)
   Rémi Thirion (FRA)    Myriam Nicole (FRA)
   Thibaut Dapréla (FRA)    Tracey Hannah (AUS)
18 October Maribor[12][13]    Loris Vergier (FRA)    Nina Hoffmann (GER)
   Loïc Bruni (FRA)    Marine Cabirou (FRA)
   Matt Walker (GBR)    Eleonora Farina (ITA)
30 October Lousã[14][15]    Greg Minnaar (RSA)    Myriam Nicole (FRA)
   Matt Walker (GBR)    Marine Cabirou (FRA)
   Loïc Bruni (FRA)    Tahnée Seagrave (GBR)
1 November Lousã[16][17]    Loïc Bruni (FRA)    Marine Cabirou (FRA)
   Greg Minnaar (RSA)    Nina Hoffmann (GER)
   Matt Walker (GBR)    Tahnée Seagrave (GBR)

Junior

DateVenuePodium (Men)Podium (Women)
16 October Maribor[18][19]    Oisin O'Callaghan (IRL)    Léona Pierrini (FRA)
   Dan Slack (GBR)    Siel van der Velden (BEL)
   Nuno Reis (POR)    Anastasia Thiele (GER)
18 October Maribor[20][21]    Oisin O'Callaghan (IRL)    Léona Pierrini (FRA)
   Nuno Reis (POR)    Siel van der Velden (BEL)
   Dante Silva (USA)    Ella Erickson (USA)
30 October Lousã[22][23]    Ethan Craik (GBR)    Léona Pierrini (FRA)
   Pau Menoyo (ESP)    Lauryne Chappaz (FRA)
   Christopher Grice (USA)    Aina González (ESP)
1 November Lousã[24][25]    Dante Silva (USA)    Lauryne Chappaz (FRA)
   Gonçalo Bandeira (POR)    Aina González (ESP)
   Ethan Craik (GBR)    Siel van der Velden (BEL)

Cross-country eliminator

DateVenuePodium (Men)Podium (Women)
20 September Waregem[26][27]    Jeroen van Eck (NED)    Gaia Tormena (ITA)
   Hugo Briatta (FRA)    Coline Clauzure (FRA)
   Simon Gegenheimer (GER)    Didi de Vries (NED)
14 November Barcelona[28][29]    Jeroen van Eck (NED)    Gaia Tormena (ITA)
   Lorenzo Serres (FRA)    Marion Fromberger (GER)
   Simon Gegenheimer (GER)    Sara Gay (ESP)

World Cup standings

bold denotes race winners.

Cross-country

Men's

Top 5 Men's Under 23 Standings
RankRiderCZE
CZE
Total
Points
1 Tom Pidcock9090180
2 Vital Albin6060120
3 Christopher Blevins3570105
4 Martín Vidaurre503585
5 Alexandre Balmer701484

Women's

Top 5 Women's Under 23 Standings
RankRiderCZE
CZE
Total
Points
1 Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado7090160
2 Giorgia Marchet9040130
3 Haley Batten6050110
4 Hélène Clauzel246084
5 Marika Tovo107080

Downhill

Men's

Top 5 Men's Junior Standings[31]
RankRiderSLO
SLO
POR
POR
Total
Points
1 Ethan Craik25166030131
2 Oisin O'Callaghan606000120
3 Nuno Reis30402020110
4 Dante Silva23006092
5 Dan Slack401425079

Women's

Top 5 Women's Junior Standings[33]
RankRiderSLO
SLO
POR
POR
Total
Points
1 Léona Pierrini60606010190
2 Siel van der Velden4040520105
3 Lauryne ChappazDNSDNS4060100
4 Aina GonzálezDNSDNS204060
5 Ella Erickson102010545

Cross-country eliminator

Top 5 Women's Elite Standings[35]
RankRiderCZE
ESP
Total
Points
1 Gaia Tormena9090180
2 Marion Fromberger602989
2 Coline Clauzure60DNS60
3 Didi de Vries45DNS45
= Sara GayDNS4545
5 Sara MéndezDND3838

See also

References