Italy opened up the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on home soil with their first gold medal in the Mixed Team Relay in 13 years, beating Switzerland and the United States in a thrilling come-from-behind team effort.
The event uses six riders from each nation, with one representative from the men’s and women’s junior, under-23 and elite teams, with the order of each rider’s start up to the individual nation.
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Results
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Rank
Team
Splits
Final time
1
Italy
Row 0 – Cell 2
1:08:06
Row 1 – Cell 0
Juri Zanotti
10:03
Row 1 – Cell 3
Row 2 – Cell 0
Paolo Costa
11:02
Row 2 – Cell 3
Row 3 – Cell 0
Martina Berta
11:29
Row 3 – Cell 3
Row 4 – Cell 0
Giorgia Pellizotti
13:00
Row 4 – Cell 3
Row 5 – Cell 0
Valentina Corvi
12:05
Row 5 – Cell 3
Row 6 – Cell 0
Fabio Bassignana
10:27
Row 6 – Cell 3
2
Switzerland
Row 7 – Cell 2
1:08:57
Row 8 – Cell 0
Nicolas Halter
10:08
Row 8 – Cell 3
Row 9 – Cell 0
Men Gygax
11:08
Row 9 – Cell 3
Row 10 – Cell 0
Jolanda Neff
12:04
Row 10 – Cell 3
Row 11 – Cell 0
Anina Hutter
12:14
Row 11 – Cell 3
Row 12 – Cell 0
Anja Grossmann
12:57
Row 12 – Cell 3
Row 13 – Cell 0
Luca Schatti
10:26
Row 13 – Cell 3
3
United States
Row 14 – Cell 2
1:09:37
Row 15 – Cell 0
Nicholas Konecny
10:43
Row 15 – Cell 3
Row 16 – Cell 0
Noah Scholnick
11:07
Row 16 – Cell 3
Row 17 – Cell 0
Haley Batten
11:45
Row 17 – Cell 3
Row 18 – Cell 0
Aida Linton
13:16
Row 18 – Cell 3
Row 19 – Cell 0
Bailey Cioppa
12:41
Row 19 – Cell 3
Row 20 – Cell 0
Riley Amos
10:05
Row 20 – Cell 3
4
Canada
Row 21 – Cell 2
1:10:27
Row 22 – Cell 0
Maxime St Onge
11:10
Row 22 – Cell 3
Row 23 – Cell 0
Ethan Wood
10:50
Row 23 – Cell 3
Row 24 – Cell 0
Isabella Holmgren
12:00
Row 24 – Cell 3
Row 25 – Cell 0
Eliane Blais
13:54
Row 25 – Cell 3
Row 26 – Cell 0
Marin Lowe
12:45
Row 26 – Cell 3
Row 27 – Cell 0
Cole Punchard
9:48
Row 27 – Cell 3
5
Denmark
Row 28 – Cell 2
1:10:46
Row 29 – Cell 0
Mikkel Lose
11:02
Row 29 – Cell 3
Row 30 – Cell 0
Johannes Braedstrup-Holm
10:58
Row 30 – Cell 3
Row 31 – Cell 0
Rose-Mai Damsgaard
13:32
Row 31 – Cell 3
Row 32 – Cell 0
Julie Lillelund
12:36
Row 32 – Cell 3
Row 33 – Cell 0
Caroline Bohe
12:22
Row 33 – Cell 3
Row 34 – Cell 0
Sebastian Fini Juul
10:16
Row 34 – Cell 3
6
Austria
Row 35 – Cell 2
1:10:59
Row 36 – Cell 0
Alexander Hammerle
10:35
Row 36 – Cell 3
Row 37 – Cell 0
Mario Bair
10:22
Row 37 – Cell 3
Row 38 – Cell 0
Michael Hettegger
10:45
Row 38 – Cell 3
Row 39 – Cell 0
Mona Mitterwallner
12:17
Row 39 – Cell 3
Row 40 – Cell 0
Johanna Piringer
14:21
Row 40 – Cell 3
Row 41 – Cell 0
Antonia Grangl
12:39
Row 41 – Cell 3
7
Czechia
Row 42 – Cell 2
1:12:07
Row 43 – Cell 0
Ondřej Cink
10:26
Row 43 – Cell 3
Row 44 – Cell 0
Kuchař Josef
11:19
Row 44 – Cell 3
Row 45 – Cell 0
Eliška Hanakova
12:55
Row 45 – Cell 3
Row 46 – Cell 0
Lucie Grohova
13:58
Row 46 – Cell 3
Row 47 – Cell 0
Adela Holubova
12:54
Row 47 – Cell 3
Row 48 – Cell 0
Ondřej Novotny
10:35
Row 48 – Cell 3
8
Germany
Row 49 – Cell 2
1:13:16
Row 50 – Cell 0
Niklas Michael Franz
10:43
Row 50 – Cell 3
Row 51 – Cell 0
Quirin Bach
11:18
Row 51 – Cell 3
Row 52 – Cell 0
Finja Lipp
13:15
Row 52 – Cell 3
Row 53 – Cell 0
Lina Huber
13:48
Row 53 – Cell 3
Row 54 – Cell 0
Adina Daubner
13:54
Row 54 – Cell 3
Row 55 – Cell 0
Lennart-Jan Krayer
10:18
Row 55 – Cell 3
9
Brazil
Row 56 – Cell 2
1:13:24
Row 57 – Cell 0
Alex Junior Malacarne
10:36
Row 57 – Cell 3
Row 58 – Cell 0
Leonardo Bernardes de Castro Filho
10:36
Row 58 – Cell 3
Row 59 – Cell 0
Angelina Santos da Silva
13:48
Row 59 – Cell 3
Row 60 – Cell 0
Raiza Goulao Henrique
13:15
Row 60 – Cell 3
Row 61 – Cell 0
Luiza Cocuzzi
14:05
Row 61 – Cell 3
Row 62 – Cell 0
Vinicius Howe
11:04
Row 62 – Cell 3
10
Spain
Row 63 – Cell 2
1:14:43
Row 64 – Cell 0
David Domingo Campos Motos
10:51
Row 64 – Cell 3
Row 65 – Cell 0
Marta Cano Espinosa
12:54
Row 65 – Cell 3
Row 66 – Cell 0
Pablo Rodriguez Romo
12:27
Row 66 – Cell 3
Row 67 – Cell 0
Estibaliz Sagardoy Zunzarren
13:49
Row 67 – Cell 3
Row 68 – Cell 0
Irene Garcia Crespo
14:08
Row 68 – Cell 3
Row 69 – Cell 0
Hugo Franco Gallego
10:34
Row 69 – Cell 3
11
Athlete Individual Neutral
Row 70 – Cell 2
1:16:30
Row 71 – Cell 0
Vadim Gvozdarev
11:29
Row 71 – Cell 3
Row 72 – Cell 0
Polina Timoshenko
14:51
Row 72 – Cell 3
Row 73 – Cell 0
Nikita Matveev
11:54
Row 73 – Cell 3
Row 74 – Cell 0
Elina Semenova
13:56
Row 74 – Cell 3
Row 75 – Cell 0
Tatiana Saitarova
13:09
Row 75 – Cell 3
Row 76 – Cell 0
Yaroslav Shvedov
11:11
Row 76 – Cell 3
12
Ukraine
Row 77 – Cell 2
1:20:50
Row 78 – Cell 0
Volodymyr Obukhivskyi
12:51
Row 78 – Cell 3
Row 79 – Cell 0
Mark Kovalchuk
12:43
Row 79 – Cell 3
Row 80 – Cell 0
Oleksandr Koniaiev
12:06
Row 80 – Cell 3
Row 81 – Cell 0
Ksenia Voronova
15:53
Row 81 – Cell 3
Row 82 – Cell 0
Yana Belomoina
13:11
Row 82 – Cell 3
Row 83 – Cell 0
Mariia Sukhopalova
14:06
Row 83 – Cell 3
13
Slovakia
Row 84 – Cell 2
Row 84 – Cell 3
Row 85 – Cell 0
Viliam Balog
11:25
Row 85 – Cell 3
Row 86 – Cell 0
David Moška
12:19
Row 86 – Cell 3
Row 87 – Cell 0
Tereza Kurnicka
15:15
Row 87 – Cell 3
Row 88 – Cell 0
Dorota Vojtiškova
15:45
Row 88 – Cell 3
Row 89 – Cell 0
Karolina Bortelova
2009
Row 89 – Cell 3
Row 90 – Cell 0
Michal Šichta
2008
Row 90 – Cell 3