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
2017 CairnsJunior (XCO)
2018 LenzerheideJunior (XCO)
European Championships
2017 Darfo Boario TermeJunior (XCO)
2018 GrazJunior (XCO)
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
2018 InnsbruckJunior road race

To date, Stigger is the only cyclist to win both the Road World Championship and the Mountain Bike World Championship the same year, winning both titles within twenty-two days.[6] [7] 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.[8] It was the same when she was younger still.[9][10]

Major results
2017
UEC European Junior Mountain Bike Championships
1st European Mountain Bike Championships – Junior women's mountain bike race (XCO)[11]
UCI Junior Mountain Bike World Championships
1st Mountain Bike race (XCO)[2][12]
2018
UEC European Junior Mountain Bike Championships
1st European Mountain Bike Championships – Junior women's mountain bike race (XCO)[13]
UCI Junior Mountain Bike World Championships
1st Mountain Bike race (XCO)[2][6]
2018 UCI Road World Championships
1st Junior women's Road race[7]

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. "Individual Road Race - Innsbruck-Tirol - 27 Sep 2018 Results". UCI. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  8. "Laura Stigger". MTBCrossCountry.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. "2014 UEC European Youth Mountainbike Championship Results" (PDF). UEC. Retrieved 5 October 2018. see page 22
  10. "2016 UEC European Youth Mountainbike Championships Results" (PDF). UEC. Retrieved 5 October 2018. see page 1
  11. "European Continenal Championships - XCO-XCE-XCR Women Junior". MTBCrossCountry.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  12. "Cross-country Olympic - Cairns - 07 Sep 2017 Results". UCI. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  13. "European Continental Championships - XCO - XCE for U23/Juniors - XCR". MTBCrossCountry.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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