FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship

The FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship is the premier championship of Rally raid racing, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), since 1999 (from 1999 and 2002 as World Cup). Asides the main championship, there are World Cups for the following categories: Quads, Women, Junior, and over 450 cc.[1]

FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
CategoryRally raid
CountryInternational
Inaugural season1999
Drivers' champion Sam Sunderland (moto) (2019)
Rafał Sonik (quad) (2019)
Makes' championKTM (moto)
Yamaha (quad)
Official websiteOfficial website
Current season

The Cross-Country Rallies World Championship was contested for the first time in 1999. It was organized by FIM with the aim joining in a unique calendar the numerous cross-country rallies disputed all over the world in a totally uncoordinated way. The trophy awarded in early seasons was a simple "world cup" , but the large participation of drivers since the first edition pushed the FIM to set up a few years later a real "world championship".

A separate competition exists for "baja" style rally raids called the FIM Bajas World Cup.

Winners
Season Rider (moto)[2] Rider (quad)[3]
World Cup
1999 Thierry Magnaldi N/A
2000 Fabrizio Meoni N/A
2001 Carlo de Gavardo N/A
2002 Richard Sainct N/A
World Championship
2003 Cyril Despres (KTM) N/A
2004 Pål Anders Ullevålseter (KTM) N/A
2005 Marc Coma (KTM) Ricardo Leal Dos Santos (Yamaha)
2006 Marc Coma (KTM) Cristophe Declerck (KTM)
2007 Marc Coma (KTM) Sebastian Husseini (Suzuki)
2008 Marek Dabrowski (KTM) Karim Dilou (Yamaha)
2009 Cyril Despres (KTM) Lionel Laine (KTM)
2010 Marc Coma (KTM) Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2011 Hélder Rodrigues (Yamaha) Dmitry Pavlov (Honda)
2012 Marc Coma (KTM) Łukasz Łaskawiec (Yamaha)
2013 Paulo Gonçalves (Honda) Rafał Sonik (Honda)
2014 Marc Coma (KTM) Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2015 Matthias Walkner (KTM) Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2016 Pablo Quintanilla (Husqvarna) Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2017 Pablo Quintanilla (Husqvarna) Kees Koolen (Barren)
2018 Toby Price (KTM) Aleksandr Maksimov (Yamaha)
2019 Sam Sunderland (KTM) Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

References
  1. http://www.desafioruta40.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-Regulations-FIM-2013-ENG.pdf FIM CCWC Regulations
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2014-04-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sport/quads-cross-country-rallies/
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