1997 World Championships at Chateau d'Oex in Switzerland from 18 to 21 September. The Chateau D'Oex World Championship reports a bad accident for Francois Gachet after which he decided to stop competitive activity. the French talent, who won the world title and the World Cup in 1994, broke his leg during practice (We have made the photo opposite clickable but it is not suitable for the most sensitive! PICTURES). But despite everything the event must continue and the next day there are the finals.
Nothing changes, the 2 champions are reconfirmed Nico Vouilloz e Anne Caroline Chausson. In the men's field, they bow to Vouilloz john tomac e Cedric Grace, the latter in his 1st year among the Elite. In females in 2nd and 3rd place we find Switzerland Marielle Saner and Finnish Katja Repo.

Among the male Juniors, the Frenchman wins Mickael Pascal while among females Switzerland Sarah Stieger.

EL-M
	Nicolas VOUILLOZ	Sunn	6:22.62
2	John TOMAC	Answer / Giant / Manitou	6.19s
3	Cedric GRACIA	Sunn	6.22s
4	Marcus KLAUSMANN	Sintesi-Verlicchi	7.79s
5	Jürgen BENEKE	Schwinn	9.05s
6	Steve PEAT		10.70s
7	Myles ROCKWELL	VOLVO CANNONDALE	10.85s
8	Tomas MISSER VILASECA		13.10s
9	Johan ENGSTRÖM	SCOTT INT.	13.15s
10	Bas DE DRINK	VSB-BATAVUS	13.67s
11	Dave CULLINAN	SCHWINN OAKLEY	13.89s
12	Eric CARTER	Rotec Cycles	14.85s
13	Gianluca BONANOMI		15.59s
14	Cyril LAGNEAU	Scott	15.98s
15	William BALAUD	GT bikes	16.73s
16	Shaun PALMER	MTNDEW / Specialized	16.81s
17	Oscar SAIZ CASTAÑE		17.12s
18	Alexandre BALAUD	Scott	17.60s
19	Pascal CLOSSET		18.83s
20	Michael RONNING	Gary Fisher	18.86s
21	Maxime GARDELLA	SYNTHESIS	18.98s
22	Kristian ERIKSSON		19.55s
23	Andreas STEFFEN		20.14s
24	Eric ANSELMO		21.68s
25	John KIRKCALDIE	Foes	22.75s
26	Gerwin PETERS	VSB-BATAVUS	23.42s
27	Florent POUSSIN	Sunn	23.54s
28	Sean MCCARROLL	Giant	23.78s
29	Urs THOMA	TISSOT-WHEELER	24.55s
30	Rob WARNER		25.41s

EL W
	Anne-Caroline CHAUSSON	Sunn	6:59.92
2	Marielle SANER	SCOTT ELEVIA	19.63s
3	Katja REPO	TUNTURI	22.92s
4	Elke BRUTSAERT	SCHWINN TOYOTA	27.05s
5	Giovanna BONAZZI		32.65s
6	Kim SONIER	VOLVO CANNONDALE	33.57s
7	Mercedes GONZALEZ		34.17s
8	Leigh DONOVAN	Mongoose	36.94s
9	Nolvenn LE CAER	GT bikes	37.57s
10	Katrina MILLER	KHS Bicycles Inc	49.28s
11	Helen MORTIMER		52.55s
12	Malin LINDGREN	CYCLEPRO	53.83s
13	Nathalie PHELPS		59.98s
14	Carole GRANGE	Scott	1:03.33
15	Daamiann SKELTON	Norco	1:12.12
16	Sabine DELMAS		1:12.35
17	Mikki DOUGLASS	MTNDEW / Specialized	1:12.80
18	Helena KURANDOVA	KANGAROO	1:14.10
19	Lisa SHER	BARRACUDA / NAUTILIS	1:17.08
20	Mami MASUDA	GIANT JAPAN	1:17.93
21	Christiane RUMPF	TURRO	1:18.60
22	Karen VAN MEERBECK		1:20.58
23	Edelin RECCHIA		1:21.71
24	Irene VALLAZZA	DH – SIEGERLAND	1:26.07
25	Maren JÜLLICH	wheeler	1:27.63
26	Elladee BROWN	Rocky Mountain Cycles	1:32.22
27	Bettina LATZKE	BIOGRIP / Uvex	1:35.44
28	Petra WINTERHALDER	Syncros	1:36.17
29	Rachael GRUNDY		1:39.97
30	Carole VUILLAUME	SUNN SUISSE	1:40.00

JUN M
	Mickael PASCAL	Sunn	6:34.46
2	David VAZQUEZ LOPEZ		8.02s
3	Tobias WESTMAN	CRESCENT	10.31s
4	Fabien BAREL	Sunn	12.10s
5	Livio ZAMPIERI		18.54s
6	Adrian VESENBECK	DYNAMICS	18.79s
7	Jeffrey ARCHER	KAESTLE-SACHS	23.62s
8	Gary HOUSEMAN	I must	24.05s
9	Jacky SERIOUS		25.53s
10	Nathan RENNIE	RAPID DESCENT	26.99s
11	Colin BAILEY	Yeti	28.17s
12	Andre WAGENKNECHT	TRC	29.01s
13	Benjamin OCT		29.91s
14	Damien MERMOUD		30.32s
15	Mickael DELDYCKE	PEUGEOT POSTE	36.67s
16	Marcus SCOTT		37.20s
17	Davide SOTTOCORNOLA		41.15s
18	Jason LEE		41.21s
19	Gertje THOLEN	THO TAKKENKAMP	42.83s
20	Caue Cordeiro WEISS	BRAZIL	45.36s

JUN W
	Sarah STIEGER	Rocky Mountain Cycles	7:44.32
2	Tracy MOSELEY		2.97s
3	Sabrina JONNIER	SYNTHESIS	4.18s
4	Miriam BLAS OTONDO		25.48s
5	Nicole STOCKALPER		34.03s
6	Johanna RÜBEL-TÖDT	GT bikes	44.17s
7	Melissa MILLER	TEAM DEVO	1:10.06
8	Patricia LOUREIRO		1:28.94
9	Saree JÖRGENSEN	MTB CYCLETECH	1:30.39
10	Isabell KARCHER		1:49.81
11	Talitha FITZGERALD	DOWN UNDER / QT	2:23.01
12	Bree ETTINGER	Kovachi	2:27.46
13	Kim HUARD	Balfa	2:45.50
14	Anne BOWERS	TEAM DEVO	3:19.48
15	Briann PHILIPS	BIKEWORK / QR	6:56.04

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