{"id":5752,"date":"2025-11-09T07:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=5752"},"modified":"2025-11-09T07:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:53:59","slug":"five-uci-world-titles-for-four-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/five-uci-world-titles-for-four-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Five UCI world titles for four nations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fifth and final day of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, saw world titles awarded to China\u2019s Sun Sibei and France\u2019s Anthony Jeanjean in BMX Freestyle Park, and Elite trials rainbow jerseys won by Spain\u2019s Alba Riera (Women), Great Britain\u2019s Charlie Rolls (26\u201d) and Spain\u2019s Alejandro Montalvo (20\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Abu Dhabi last year, Riera beat Vera B\u00e1ron by just 10 points to claim her first Women Elite world title, at the expense of her Spanish countrywoman. Fast forward almost a year to Saudi Arabia and the two athletes were favourites again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riera hit 60 on section 1, and 2021 UCI World Champion B\u00e1ron replied in kind. After three of five rounds it was 170-160 in Riera\u2019s favour, both having scored two 60s, with France\u2019s Nina Vabre the closest challenger on 100 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the tense final two sections, the Spanish pair was evenly matched. B\u00e1ron gave everything but slipped on the last obstacle, and Riera, the youngest rider in the final, maintained her 10-point advantage just as she had 12 months earlier. Vabre took bronze ahead of Czechia\u2019s Eli\u0161ka Hr\u00edbkov\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alba Riera has done it, AGAIN!!!! \ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\ude4c<br><br>Another jersey added to the rainbow legacy \ud83c\udf08<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Riyadh2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Riyadh2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trials?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trials<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/24zebVDYfq\">pic.twitter.com\/24zebVDYfq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UCI Trials (@UCI_Trials) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCI_Trials\/status\/1987213411009077624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After watching Riera and B\u00e1ron dominate the Women Elite final and Spain win all three Junior trials titles on Friday, fellow Spaniards Daniel B\u00e1ron, Mart\u00ed Veyreda, Toni Guillen and Julen S\u00e1enz had a lot to live up to. Facing them was a strong British contingent: although reigning World Champion Jack Carthy was absent due to illness, young Oliver Weightman, and the in-form Charlie Rolls, recovering from a knee injury, had high ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Guillen hit a maximum 60 points on the first section, S\u00e1enz matched him, then swapped the lead with Rolls over the following three rounds. After they both scored 60 on the penultimate round<strong>,<\/strong> S\u00e1enz scored 40 in the last round, putting him on 230 in provisional gold position with just two riders left to go\u2026 the Britons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weightman started on 180, needing 50 to go to the front, but trouble in the sandpit saw him running out of time. His score of 30 put him in bronze medal position that he couldn\u2019t lose. The pressure was on the last rider, Rolls, who achieved the 40 points to give him the Elite rainbow bands for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been so close, I\u2019ve been in grasping distance, but wow! It\u2019s unbelievable to actually make it, get the gold, bring it home to the UK, it\u2019s amazing!\u201d said the jubilant UCI World Champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From silver \ud83e\udd48 to gold \ud83c\udf08<br><br>Charlie Rolls \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 claims the Men Elite 26\u201d World Champion title at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Riyadh2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Riyadh2025<\/a>! \ud83d\udca5<br><br>\ud83d\udcf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZubikoPhoto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZubikoPhoto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rEpyvl4K5y\">pic.twitter.com\/rEpyvl4K5y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UCI Trials (@UCI_Trials) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCI_Trials\/status\/1987129209832026408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Four different nations were represented in the Men Elite 20\u201d final, starting with the Austrian powerhouse Thomas Pechhacker, followed by the first Italian in a UCI World Championships 20\u201d final, Marco Bonalda, then Finland\u2019s young Niilo Stenvall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were up against the three formidable Spanish riders: Borja Conejos, Eloi Palau and 2022, 2023 and 2024 UCI World Champion Alejandro Montalvo &#8211; who had scored three completely clean rounds in the semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UCI Trials World Cup overall winner Montalvo cleaned the first two sections, but hit 40 on section 3 to total 160. With Palau on 150 and Stenvall on 140, there were just 20 points between the top three riders with two sections remaining. It went down to the last section where 40 points each meant Montalvo claimed his third successive UCI world title with 260 points, pushed all the way by 2022 UCI World Champion Palau (250), and Stenvall (230).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been working very hard all year.\u201d said Alejandro Montalvo. \u201cNow I can be happy, all the work is paying off, I won everything this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Three cheers for three-time glory! \ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47@alejandromontalvo  \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 keeps the rainbow alive \ud83c\udf08<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trials?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trials<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Riyadh2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Riyadh2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qmeGflF13O\">pic.twitter.com\/qmeGflF13O<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UCI Trials (@UCI_Trials) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCI_Trials\/status\/1987150213493223646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amongst the 12 finalists, China was the best represented nation with four athletes, including the two highest qualifiers, Sun Jiaqi followed by Sun Sibei. They faced Japan\u2019s Miharu Ozawa along with riders from the USA, Australia, Hungary, Germany and Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the evolution of women\u2019s BMX Freestyle Park in the last two years, 720 barspins, backflip tailwhips and truckdrivers over the 3.5-metre high spine don\u2019t guarantee a podium spot: Ozawa landed those tricks but it wasn\u2019t enough to compete with the Chinese delegation. Six-time UCI World Champion Hannah Roberts USA) made a mistake in run 1 and was under pressure to give everything in run 2, but ended in 10th position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s Fan Xiaotong tore the park apart with tricks including cliffhangers over the box \u2013 one that only a few male riders can do \u2013 a no-handed backflip, a frontflip and an opposite flair. That was good for a bronze medal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the sun went down in Riyadh, two Suns shone in the Women Park finals as Sun Jiaqi and Sun Sibei battled for the gold medal. Sibei\u2019s 360 tailwhips, 720s, flairs, a huge 360 over the spine and double barspins were all executed perfectly in her second run, and her score of 95.86 won her the 2025 UCI World Championships title. Jiaqi\u2019s run with double tailwhips, 360 double whips on the box, backflip with an X-up mixed in, and a tailwhip to barspin earned her 93.08 and the silver medal to confirm a full Chinese podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sibei Sun has done it!!!! \ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\ude4c<br><br>The Chinese national champion is now World Champion! \ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udf08<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Riyadh2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Riyadh2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BMXFreestyle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BMXFreestyle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bnFXjKnZkC\">pic.twitter.com\/bnFXjKnZkC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UCI BMX Freestyle (@UCI_BMX_FS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCI_BMX_FS\/status\/1987193168035549184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On his second run, 9th &#8211; placed qualifier Anthony Jeanjean scored 94.44 and became the one to beat for the men&#8217;s BMX Freestyle Park rainbow jersey. The Frenchman\u2019s run had opposite tricks and unique lines that were performed in a smooth and clean way, including his double flair on the quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcus Christopher came closest to Jeanjean, but the American\u2019s score was 0.43 short of victory. Christopher\u2019s first run was amazing but his second didn\u2019t go to plan and he settled for 2nd place. Former UCI World Champion and Olympic gold medalist Logan Martin of Austria grabbed bronze, edging out former World Champions Rimu Nakamura of Japan, Brandon Loupos of Australia and Justin Dowell of the USA, with 2024 Olympic Champion Jose Torres Gil of Argentina in 6th place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 ANTHONY JEANJEAN IS WORLD CHAMPION \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7<br><br>What an incredible run from the Frenchman, scoring 94.44. \ud83d\ude24<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Riyadh2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Riyadh2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BMXFreestyle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BMXFreestyle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TTZMxo4f9V\">pic.twitter.com\/TTZMxo4f9V<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UCI BMX Freestyle (@UCI_BMX_FS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCI_BMX_FS\/status\/1987227196864266444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the 2025 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships kicked off in G\u00f6ppingen, Germany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their farewell Act 4 performance, Switzerland\u2019s Stefanie Haas, Valerie Untern\u00e4hrer, Selina Niedermann, and Sarah Manser claimed a third consecutive world title, a perfect ending to their glorious careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a shaky qualification round left them in second place behind Germany, the Swiss team produced a near-flawless routine in the final to score 239.54 points. The German team, silver medalists in 2024 and UCI World Champions in 2022, composed of Milena Schwarz, Annika Rosenbach, Stella Rosenbach and Tijem Karatas, scored 237.75 points to again take silver medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tense battle for bronze saw Hong Kong (So Cheuk Lam, Wong Cheuk Sze, Ho Dong Qing, and Lam Cheuk Yu) edge out France (Justine Martz, Alice Rieb, Valentine Rieb, and Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Rietsch) after the French quartet suffered several falls, ending with 84.56 points to Hong Kong\u2019s 86.51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gracefulness on bikes! \ud83e\udd29<br><br>Team Switzerland \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded delivered a superb performance to bring the UCI rainbow stripes home in the Act 4 Artistic Cycling at the 2025 UCI Indoor Cycling Worlds. \ud83c\udf08<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G%C3%B6ppingen2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#G\u00f6ppingen2025<\/a> is well and truly in full swing! \ud83d\udd25 <br><br>\ud83d\udcf7 Tom Weller <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WsVoq7YREB\">pic.twitter.com\/WsVoq7YREB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UCI (@UCI_cycling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCI_cycling\/status\/1986891332321673686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Favourite Philipp-Thies Rapp of Tailfingen\/Germany, two-time silver medallist, topped the Single Men qualifications with 206.23 points, and enters the final as the clear favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his first Elite UCI World Championships, Linus Weber of Kirchdorf\/Germany also made a strong impression despite a fall during the \u201cMaute jump\u201d. With bonus points from a six-fold twist jump, he finished on 188.48 points to qualify for the final. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining places went to Yat Nam Chan of Hong Kong with 165.01 points and Czaba Varga of Hungary with 160.90 points, while Austria\u2019s Marcel Schnetzer made a noteworthy comeback, securing fifth place with 155.27 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reigning Pair World Champions Lea-Victoria Styber and Nico R\u00f6diger of Germany  dazzled the audience with multiple handlebar turns and impressive transitions, scoring a new World Championships personal best of 161.47 points to lead the Pair Open qualifications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellow Germans, last year&#8217;s World Championships silver medallists Niklas Kreuzmann and Celine Stapf, finished second with 132.58 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brothers Tsz Hin Jeff Lim and Tsz Leung Ron Lim competing for Hong Kong placed third with 130 points, while their compatriots Chun Wai Hui and Chun Yin Hui secured the last final spot with 114.46 points, despite a crash attempting a double Maute jump, which cost them ten points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arena was deafeningly loud at the first cycle-ball games of the new Elite League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defending champions Bernd Mlady and Raphael Kopp of Germany came from behind to beat the French duo of Quentin and Mathias Seyfried 6\u20131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Group B, Switzerland\u2019s Fr\u00f6hlich brothers, Timon and Yannick, narrowly defeated Austria\u2019s Patrick Schnetzer and Stefan Feurstein 7\u20136 in a thrilling duel between last year\u2019s top contenders. In the other duels, Hungary beat Japan 5\u20131, and Czechia outperformed Slovakia 6\u20131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Women\u2019s event, World Champions Danielle Holzer and Judith Wolf (GER) opened with a 3\u20131 win over Japan (Sayaka Tokuhiro\/ Nana Yamashita), while Switzerland\u2019s Sava Baumann and Chiara Dotoli dominated Czechia (Blanka Adamova\/ Veronika Kripnerova) to win 5\u20130.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth and final day of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, saw world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-5752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-cycling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed.jpg",2400,1600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/category\/newsbeat\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UCI-cycling_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5754,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5752\/revisions\/5754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}