September 13, 2003 – The final race of the World Cup calendar returned to the 2002 World Championship site of Kaprun Austria. Utilizing courses virtually identical to the previous seasons finale, this year's event held all the promise of success and closure.

The entire week leading up the to event's weekend was rainy, cold and miserable with the snow level dropping in the surrounding mountains. The cross-country course held many tricky lines that were difficult during dry weather and virtually impossible during the wet. The mud itself was thankfully fluid for most of the week with the threat of the drying sun seeming more probable as Sunday's race day approached. The short and somewhat innocuous downhill run was seemingly carved from the pasture hillside meaning that many corners were impossible to navigate. Additionally, the 4X course held the same problems but a helicopter worked around the clock dropping buckets of gravel to help soak up the water and present a solid course.

Friday's 4X event was initially rescheduled for Saturday but then abandoned altogether due to a potentially dangerous course with mud nearly knee deep in places.

Saturday's downhill event saw Trek-Volkswagen's Mio Suemasa qualify in a career high 4th place. With extremely muddy terrain and light rain falling, the afternoon finals proved to be a battle of equipment attrition as much as physical skill. Suemasa finished in 11th place while Marla Streb (Luna Women'Mountain Bike) took the victory on the day.

Sunday cross-country dawned sunny and warm with occasional clouds. Tire choice certainly became a critical issue as the course became sticky and muddy. The women's event saw Alison Sydor (Trek-Volkswagen) take an early lead with Marga Fullana (Orbea), Gunn-Rita Dahle (Merida) and Sabine Spitz (Merida) hot on her wheel. This elite group began to pull away from the field over the course of the first lap. With repeated accelerations, Dahle shed most of the group with only teammate Spitz able to keep her in sight. An unfortunate rear puncture took Sydor out of contention and chasing hard to regain lost positions. At the finish it was Dahle taking both the victory and the overall title. Sydor continued chasing to the end rolling across the line in 13th spot with teammate Susan Haywood in 20th.

The men'race saw newly crowned World Champion, Filip Meirhaeghe (Specialized) take the victory. Trek-Volkswagen's Roland Green spent the week at home, recovering from illness.

Results
Women's Downhill
1. Marla Streb, Luna Women'sMountain Bike Team
2. Sabrina Jonnier, Intense
3. Fionn Griffiths, Azonic-Foes
11. Mio Suemasa, Trek-Volkswagen

Women'sDownhill Overall
1. Sabrina Jonnier, Intense
2. Fionn Griffiths, Azonic-Foes
3. Tracey Moseley, Kona-Clarks
11. Mio Suemasa, Trek-Volkswagen

Women'sCross Country
1. Gunn-Rita Dahle, Merida
2. Sabine Spitz, Merida
3. Marie-Helene Premont, Oryx
13.Alison Sydor, Trek-Volkswagen

19. Kiara Bisaro (Can) GearsRacing
31. Trish Sinclair (Can) GearsRacing
47. Sandra Walter (Can) Marin

Women's Cross Country Overall
1. Gunn-Rita Dahle, Merida
2. Sabine Spitz, Merida
3. Irina Kalientava, Merida
7. Alison Sydor, Trek-Volkswagen
10.Susan Haywood, Trek-Volkswagen

Men's Cross Country
1. Filip Meirhaeghe, Specialized
2. Thomas Frishknecht, Swiss Power
3. Julien Absalon, Motorex-Bianchi

16. Chris Sheppard /Haro Lee Dungarees
19. Seamus McGrath /Haro Lee Dungarees
20. Ryder Hesjedal / Subaru Gary Fisher

Men's Cross Country Overall
1. Julien Absalon, Motorex-Bianchi
2. Christoph Sauser, Siemens-Cannondale
3. Jose Hermida, Motorex-Bianchi

Women's 4X Overall
1. Katrina Miller, Jamis
2. Sabrina Jonnier, Intense
3. Mio Suemasa, Trek-Volkswagen

Men's 4X Overall
1. Eric Carter, Mongoose-Hyundai
2. Cedric Gracia, Siemens-Cannondale
3. Mike King, Haro-Lee Dungarees
4. Wade Bootes, Trek-Volkswagen