Appointment in Canada for the MTB World Championships (14/20 September). Christophe Dupouey (FRA) wins his 1st world title, preceding his national teammate Jerome Chiotti (world champion in 41) by 1996 seconds and the Belgian Filip Meirhaeghe by 1'43”.
Laurence Leboucher (FRA) easily wins the women's event by batting in order Gunn-Rita Dahle (NOR) and Alison Sydor (CAN). The Frenchwoman attacked on the first climb and raced alone.
Olympic and world champion Paola Pezzo (ITA) suffered severe back pain and withdrew towards the halfway point of the race.
| EL-M | ||
 |  DUPOUEY Christophe | 2h13'27 " |
| 2 | CHIOTTI Jerome | 41" |
| 3 |  MEIRHAEGHE Phil | 1'43" |
| 4 |  VAN DOOREN Bas | 2'23" |
| 5 |  KRISTENSEN Lennie | 3'31" |
| 6 | TOLHOEK Patrick | 4'08" |
| 7 | RASMUSSEN Michael | 4'27" |
| 8 |  PALLHUBER Hubert | 5'42" |
| 9 | CIONI Dario David | 6'06" |
| 10 |  WABEL Beat | 6'13" |
| 11 | HERISSET Christophe | 6'15" |
| 12 |  HYDAHL Runes | 6'24" |
| 13 | VOLLET Gregory | 6'50" |
| 14 | FRISCHKNECHT Thomas | 6'59" |
| 15 | ARNOULD Dominique | 7'26" |
| 16 |  LEZAUN Roberto | 7'34" |
| 17 | BRENTJENS Bart | 8'06" |
| 18 |  BRENES Andres | 9'25" |
| 19 | AGERGAARD Jesper | 9'29" |
| 20 |  TAVELL Philip | 10'23" |
| 21 | JUAREZ Tinker | 10'54 |
| 22 |  ROWNEY Paul | 11'09 |
| 23 | BRUSCHI Mirko | 11'13 |
| 24 | DEBERTOLIS Maximus | 11'14 |
| 25 | BINKERT Markus | 11'22 |
| 26 |  CRAIG Nick | 11'29 |
| 27 |  WOODS Rob | 11'36 |
| 28 |  TCHERKASSOV Pavel | 11'46 |
| 29 | LARSEN Tom | 11'56 |
| 30 |  SHEPPARD Chris | 12'23 |
| 31 |  SWENSON Carl | 12'53 |
| EL W | ||
| LEBOUCHER Laurence | 2h12'40 " |
| 2 | DAHLE Gunn-Rita | 1'53" |
| 3 | SYDOR Alison | 4'18" |
| 4 | I RIP Annabella | 5'49" |
| 5 | DUNLAP Alison | 6'11" |
| 6 | FULLANA Margarita | 8'50" |
| 7 | REDDEN Chrissy | 9'14" |
| 8 | TEMPORELLI Sandra | 10'28" |
| 9 | TOMLINSON Lesley | 10'43" |
| 10 | ALEXANDER Caroline | 11'34" |
| 11 | DAUCOURT Chantal | 12'07" |
| 12 | GEYSEN Hanneke | 13'03" |
| 13 | CHORNEY Amber | 13'51" |
| 14 | BLATTER Barbara | 14'15" |
| 15 | MATTHES Ruth | 16'15" |
| 16 | EPIFANOVA Alla | 16'35" |
| 17 | JACQUES Tammy | 17'12" |
| 18 |  ZU PUTLITZ Hedda | 18'35" |
| 19 |  FLORIT JUAREZ Jimena | 19'07" |
| 20 | MARSHMAN Kidney | 19'33" |
| JUN W | ||
| RAVANEL RODE Cecile | 1h23'39 " |
| 2 | HANSEN Severine | 14" |
| 3 | GUIRONNET Sandrine | 33" |
| 4 | FLUECKIGER Lea | 5'03" |
| 5 | POTTS Cecilia | 5'22" |
| 6 | TUCK Carrie | 6'07" |
| 7 | BERGER Verena | 6'25" |
| 8 |  SZAFRANIEC Ana | 7'25" |
| 9 | RUPF Katja | 7'36" |
| 10 |  BEJSTOVA Jindriska | 8'47" |
| U23 M | ||
| MARTINEZ Miguel | 1h51'45 " |
| 2 | SAUSER Christoph | 2'07" |
| 3 | PAULISSEN Roel | 2'31" |
| 4 | EVANS Cadel | 3'27" |
| 5 | FRUET Martin | 3'46" |
| 6 | HOCHSTRASSER Thomas | 4'35" |
| 7 | FUMIC Lado | 4'57" |
| 8 | POULY Peter | 6'06" |
| 9 | MCGRATH Seamus | 6'34" |
| 10 | KALBERER Thomas | 7'16" |
| JUN M | ||
| ABSALON Julien | 1h36'18 " |
| 2 | HESJEDAL Ryder | 1'21" |
| 3 | MODIN Fredrik | 1'57" |
| 4 | BOWER Patrick | 2'32" |
| 5 |  BARRIGA Rodrigo | 2'47" |
| 6 | NAEF Ralph | 3'13" |
| 7 | STEINER Manfred | 4'04" |
| 8 | GROSDIDIER Remy | 4'24" |
| 9 | TRUNSCHKA Tomas | 4'28" |
| 10 | FILIPPI Nicolas | 4'57" |
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