FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship

The FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship was the premier championship of Rally raid racing, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), from 1999 to 2021 (from 1999 and 2002 as World Cup). Asides the main championship, there were 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
Folded2021
Last Drivers' champion Matthias Walkner (moto) (2021)
Manuel Andújar (quad) (2021)
Last 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.

From 2022, the cup merged with the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies to become the World Rally-Raid Championship.

Winners
Season Rider (Moto)
World Cup
1999 Thierry Magnaldi (KTM)
2000 Fabrizio Meoni (KTM)
2001 Carlo de Gavardo (KTM)
2002 Richard Sainct (KTM)
World Championship
Open 450cc
2003 Cyril Despres (KTM) N/A
2004 Pål Anders Ullevålseter (KTM) Carlo de Gavardo (KTM)
2005 Marc Coma (KTM) Carlo de Gavardo (KTM)
2006 Marc Coma (KTM) Francisco López Contardo (Honda)
2007 Marc Coma (KTM) Jacek Czachor (KTM)
Open Production Open Sport 450cc Production 450cc Sport
2008 Marek Dabrowski (KTM) Oscar Polli (KTM) Jacek Czachor (KTM) Víctor Rivera (Pacific)
Open (Overall)
2009 Cyril Despres (KTM)
Open 450cc
2010 Marc Coma (KTM) David Casteu (Sherco)
World Championship[2]
2011 Hélder Rodrigues (Yamaha)
2012 Marc Coma (KTM)
2013 Paulo Gonçalves (Honda)
2014 Marc Coma (KTM)
2015 Matthias Walkner (KTM)
2016 Pablo Quintanilla (Husqvarna)
2017 Pablo Quintanilla (Husqvarna)
2018 Toby Price (KTM)
2019 Sam Sunderland (KTM)
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Matthias Walkner (KTM)
Rally-Raid Championship
2022

Quads World Cup
Season Rider (Quad)[3]
2005 Ricardo Leal Dos Santos (Yamaha)
2006 Cristophe Declerck (KTM)
2007 Sebastian Husseini (Suzuki)
2008 Karim Dilou (Yamaha)
2009 Lionel Laine (KTM)
2010 Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2011 Dmitry Pavlov (Honda)
2012 Łukasz Łaskawiec (Yamaha)
2013 Rafał Sonik (Honda)
2014 Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2015 Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2016 Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2017 Kees Koolen (Barren)
2018 Aleksandr Maksimov (Yamaha)
2019 Rafał Sonik (Yamaha)
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Manuel Andújar (Yamaha)

Women's World Cup
Season Rider (Moto)[4]
2003 Katryn Lyda (KTM)
2004 N/A
2005 N/A
2006 N/A
2007 N/A
2008 N/A
2009 Camelia Liparoti (KTM)
2010 Camelia Liparoti (KTM)
2011 Camelia Liparoti (Yamaha)
2012 Camelia Liparoti (Yamaha)
2013 Camelia Liparoti (Yamaha)
2014 Camelia Liparoti (Yamaha)
2015 Anastasiya Nifontova (Husqvarna)
2016 Laia Sanz (KTM)
2017 Laia Sanz (KTM)
2018 N/A
2019 Laia Sanz (KTM)
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Anastasiya Nifontova (Husqvarna)

Junior World Cup
Season Rider (Quad)[5]
2012 Łukasz Łaskawiec (Yamaha)
2013 Mohammed Abu Issa (Yamaha)
2014 Jakub Piatek (KTM)
2015 Jakub Piatek (KTM)
2016 José Ignacio Cornejo (KTM)
2017 Maciej Giemza (KTM)
2018 Maciej Giemza (KTM)
2019 Luciano Benavides (KTM)
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Konrad Dabrowski (KTM)

Open & 450cc World Cup
Season Rider (Moto)
Open Production Open Sport 450cc Production 450cc Sport
2009 Jacek Czachor (KTM) Cyril Despres (KTM) Daniel Carmignani (Honda) Olivier Pain (Yamaha)

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "News | FIM".
  4. "FIM Cross Country Rallies World Cup".
  5. "FIM Cross-Country Rallies Junior World Cup; FIM".
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