Laura Stigger

Laura Stigger (born 25 September 2000) is an Austrian racing cyclist.[1] She won the women's junior road race at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships and the junior Mountain Bike race (XCO)[2] event at the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.[3][4][5] She also won the junior Mountain Bike race (XCO) event at the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.[2]

Laura Stigger
Personal information
Born (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Team information
Current teamURC Ötztal
DisciplineCross-country mountain biking, Road bicycle racing
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  Austria
Women's mountain bike race
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 CairnsJunior (XCO)
Gold medal – first place 2018 LenzerheideJunior (XCO)
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Darfo Boario TermeJunior (XCO)
Gold medal – first place 2018 GrazJunior (XCO)
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 InnsbruckJunior road race

To date, Stigger is the only cyclist to win both the Road World Championship and the Mountain Bike World Championship in the same year, winning both titles within twenty-two days.[6] The former was only her second road race ever.[5]

In 2017 and 2018, she won every Junior Mountain Bike race she participated in, a total of 26 races, with most of them at international level.[7] It was the same when she was younger still.[8][9]

She competed in the cross-country race at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10]

Major results

Mountain bike
2017
1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
1st Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
2018
1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
1st Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
2020
1st Cross-country, National Championships
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Gstaad
1st Rund um den Roadlberg
2021
National Championships
1st Short track
1st Eliminator
1st Overall Cape Epic (with Sina Frei)
1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Basel
1st Coppa Citta' Di Albenga
2nd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Leogang
2021
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Leogang
2023
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Nové Město

Road
2018
1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

References
  1. "Laura Stigger". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. "Stigger and Balmer win Junior XCO titles". nextmedia Pty Ltd. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "2018: World Championships – World Championships WJ – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  4. "UCI World Championships – Laura Stigger claims women's junior title". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  5. "Austrian Laura Stigger wins junior women's World Championship road race in front of home crowds". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  6. "Cross-country Olympic – Lenzerheide – 05 Sep 2018 Results". UCI. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  7. "Laura Stigger". MTBCrossCountry.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  8. "2014 UEC European Youth Mountainbike Championship Results" (PDF). UEC. Retrieved 5 October 2018. see page 22
  9. "2016 UEC European Youth Mountainbike Championships Results" (PDF). UEC. Retrieved 5 October 2018. see page 1
  10. "Tokyo 2020 – Cycling Mountain Bike – Results". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

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