Rotorua – 22/27 August. While the women's race was resolved very early, the men's race gave the final result only during the last lap when Julian Absalon (France) managed to break away Christopher Sauser (Swiss). The others are much more detached with Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swedish) on the 3rd step of the podium. All the others clearly behind, demonstrating a very tough xc race.
In the feminine it is Norwegian Gunn Rita Dahle who already breaks away from everyone on the 1st lap and leads a race as usual, inflicting abysmal gaps. Second Irina Kalentieva (Russia) and third Marie-Helene Premont (Canada), separated by 2'45" and 4'22" respectively.
The Italians performed well in the youth categories: Cristian Cominelli's 4th place among the Juniors and Tony Longo's 2nd place among the U23s are worth mentioning.
| EL-M | ||
 |  Julien ABSALON | 2h09'08 " |
| 2 |  Christoph SAUSER | 43" |
| 3 |  Fredrik KESSIAKOFF | 1'58" |
| 4 | Ralph Naf | 4'22" |
| 5 |  Hector Leonardo Paez | 4'51" |
| 6 | Thomas Frischknecht | 5'19" |
| 7 |  Philip Meirhaeghe | 5'54" |
| 8 |  Jeremiah Bishop | 6'21" |
| 9 | Jean Christophe Peraud | 7'02" |
| 10 |  Liam Killeen | 7'13" |
| 11 |  Bart Brentjens | 7'39" |
| 12 | Roel Paulissen | 7'49" |
| 13 |  Yader Zoli | 8'07" |
| 14 | Johann Pallhuber | 8'44" |
| 15 |  Marti Gisbert Labarta | 8'56" |
| 16 |  Kashi Leuchs | 9'10" |
| 17 | Adam Craig | 9'16" |
| 18 | Cedric Ravanel | 9'47" |
| 19 |  Jochen Kaess | 9'57" |
| 20 | Florian Vogel | 10'04" |
| 21 | Karl Platt | 10'14" |
| 22 |  Alban Lakata | 10'17" |
| 23 | Martin Fruet | 10'59" |
| 24 | Ludovic Dubau | 11'39" |
| 25 |  Seamus McGrath | 12'01" |
| 26 | Bas Peters | 12'18" |
| 27 | Oliver Beckingsale | 12'21" |
| 28 |  Peter Riis Andersen | 12'42" |
| 29 | Dario Acquaroli | 12'53" |
| 30 | Christop Soukup | 13'23" |
| EL W | ||
|  Gunn Rita DAHLE FLESJA | 1h55'20 " |
| 2 |  Irina KALENTIEVA | 2'45" |
| 3 | Marie-Helene PREMONT | 4'22" |
| 4 |  Marja Wloszczowska | 6'30" |
| 5 | Margarita Fullana | 7'40" |
| 6 | Mary McConneloug | 10'07" |
| 7 | Anna Szafraniec | 10'21" |
| 8 | Petra Henzi | 10'35" |
| 9 | Alison Sydor | 10'52" |
| 10 | Rosara Joseph | 11'10" |
| 11 |  Jingjing Wang | 11'42" |
| 12 | Lene Byberg | 13'25" |
| 13 | Ivonne Kraft | 14'11" |
| 14 | Kiara Bisaro | 14'32" |
| 15 |  Blaza Klemencic | 14'55" |
| 16 |  Katerina Nash | 15'04" |
| 17 | Willow Koerber | 15'20" |
| 18 | Dara Marks | 15'20" |
| 19 | Daniela Louis | 15'23" |
| 20 | Georgia Gould | 16'01" |
| U23W | ||
| Ren CHENGYUAN | 1h31'17 " |
| 2 | Liu YING | 1'38" |
| 3 | Sarah KOBA | 4'56" |
| 4 | Tereza Hurikova | 6'35" |
| 5 | Nathalie Schneitter | 7'56" |
| 6 | Eve Lechner | 8'15" |
| 7 | Nina Homovec | 8'46" |
| 8 | Elisabeth Osl | 9'13" |
| 9 | You love Hunt | 10'17" |
| 10 | Adelheid Morath | 12'40" |
| U23 M | ||
| Nino SCHURTER | 1h54'58 " |
| 2 | Tony LONGO | 50" |
| 3 | Max PLAXTON | 2'34" |
| 4 | Stephane Tempier | 3'09" |
| 5 | Jakob Fuglsang | 3'34" |
| 6 | Michel Luginbuehl | 5'14" |
| 7 | Gion Manetsch | 5'51" |
| 8 | Evguen Petchenine | 6'07" |
| 9 | Luke Flueckinger | 6'29" |
| 10 | Emil Lindgren | 7'03" |
| JUN M | ||
| Mathias FLUCKIGER | 1h19'37 " |
| 2 | Martin FANGER | 52" |
| 3 | Pascal MEYER | 1'23" |
| 4 | Alexis Vuillermoz | 3'01" |
| 5 | Christian Cominelli | 3'16" |
| 6 | Daniel Braunsteins | 3'27" |
| 7 | Severin Disch | 3'55" |
| 8 | Freddy Betremieux | 4'07" |
| 9 |  Henry Avancini | 4'30" |
| 10 | Piot Brzozka | 4'32" |
| JUN W | ||
| Tanya ZAKELJ | |
| 2 | Julie KRASNIAK | 23" |
| 3 | Nadja ROSCHI | 1'13" |
| 4 | Katarzyna Solus | 1'57" |
| 5 | Catherine Stirnemann | 2'49" |
| 6 | Katharine Haase | 4'29" |
| 7 | Marta Sulek | 5'16" |
| 8 | Amy Thompson | 5'25" |
| 9 | Alexandra Engen | 6'23" |
| 10 | Ilke Dejongh | 7'27" |
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