The Elite XCC races were highly contested at the 2023 UCI MTB World Championships with riders battling for positions lap after lap.
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Elite Female
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1st – Pauline Ferrand Prevot – France
2nd – Puck Pieterse – Netherlands
3rd – Evie Richards – Great Britain
Elite Male
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1st – Sam Gaze – New Zealand
2nd – Victor Koretzky – France
3rd – Tom Pidcock – Great Britain