France's Julien Absalon pulled away from a pack of mountain bikers at the start to defend his Olympic title in the event with a gold-medal time in 1:55:59.[1][2] Absalon also enjoyed his teammate Jean-Christophe Péraud taking home the silver in 1:57:06, as the Frenchmen climbed on top of the podium with a spectacular 1–2 finish.[3] Meanwhile, Switzerland's Nino Schurter delivered an exciting sprint challenge for the bronze in 1:57:52, edging out his teammate, three-time Olympian and reigning world champion Christoph Sauser by two seconds.[4][5] Among the 50 mountain bikers who competed in the cross-country race, only twenty-eight of them managed to complete the full distance.
The competition began at 15:00 with a mass-start in which riders are positioned according to their current world ranking so that the higher-ranked riders are near the front. The cross-country race also involved eight laps, with 172 m of elevation change for each, around the 4.45 km course at Laoshan Mountain Bike Course.[6] The overall distance of the race was 35.60 km.
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cycling, 2008, summer, olympics, cross, country, cross, country, mountain, biking, 2008, summer, olympics, took, place, laoshan, mountain, bike, course, august, 2008, cross, countryat, games, xxix, olympiadvenuelaoshan, mountain, bike, coursedatesaugust, 2008c. The men s cross country mountain biking at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Laoshan Mountain Bike Course on August 23 2008 Men s cross countryat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueLaoshan Mountain Bike CourseDatesAugust 23 2008Competitors50 from 33 nationsWinning time1 55 59MedalistsJulien Absalon FranceJean Christophe Peraud FranceNino Schurter Switzerland 20042012 France s Julien Absalon pulled away from a pack of mountain bikers at the start to defend his Olympic title in the event with a gold medal time in 1 55 59 1 2 Absalon also enjoyed his teammate Jean Christophe Peraud taking home the silver in 1 57 06 as the Frenchmen climbed on top of the podium with a spectacular 1 2 finish 3 Meanwhile Switzerland s Nino Schurter delivered an exciting sprint challenge for the bronze in 1 57 52 edging out his teammate three time Olympian and reigning world champion Christoph Sauser by two seconds 4 5 Among the 50 mountain bikers who competed in the cross country race only twenty eight of them managed to complete the full distance Contents 1 Competition format 2 Schedule 3 Results 4 ReferencesCompetition format EditThe competition began at 15 00 with a mass start in which riders are positioned according to their current world ranking so that the higher ranked riders are near the front The cross country race also involved eight laps with 172 m of elevation change for each around the 4 45 km course at Laoshan Mountain Bike Course 6 The overall distance of the race was 35 60 km Schedule EditAll times are China standard time UTC 8 7 Date Time RoundSaturday 23 August 2008 15 00 FinalResults EditRank Rider Country Time Julien Absalon France 1 55 59 Jean Christophe Peraud France 1 57 06 Nino Schurter Switzerland 1 57 524 Christoph Sauser Switzerland 1 57 545 Marco Aurelio Fontana Italy 1 59 596 Christoph Soukup Austria 2 00 117 Liam Killeen Great Britain 2 00 148 Inaki Lejarreta Spain 2 00 219 Sven Nys Belgium 2 01 0010 Jose Antonio Hermida Spain 2 01 0111 Manuel Fumic Germany 2 01 1612 Oliver Beckingsale Great Britain 2 01 2513 Marek Galinski Poland 2 01 2914 Cedric Ravanel France 2 01 3815 Burry Stander South Africa 2 01 5816 Moritz Milatz Germany 2 02 5917 Fredrik Kessiakoff Sweden 2 03 0918 Jaroslav Kulhavy Czech Republic 2 03 2019 Roel Paulissen Belgium 2 03 3020 Geoff Kabush Canada 2 03 5521 Rubens Donizete Brazil 2 05 1922 Ji Jianhua China 2 05 2923 Andras Parti Hungary 2 06 0024 Kashi Leuchs New Zealand 2 06 3025 Jakob Fuglsang Denmark 2 06 4126 Hector Paez Colombia 2 06 4627 Dario Alejandro Gasco Argentina 2 07 0428 Carlos Coloma Nicolas Spain 2 09 0529 Adam Craig United States LAP 1 lap 30 Yader Zoli Italy LAP 1 lap 31 Klaus Nielsen Denmark LAP 1 lap 32 Filip Meirhaeghe Belgium LAP 2 laps 33 Wolfram Kurschat Germany LAP 2 laps 34 Rudi van Houts Netherlands LAP 2 laps 35 Bilal Akgul Turkey LAP 2 laps 36 Cristobal Silva Chile LAP 2 laps 37 Bart Brentjens Netherlands LAP 2 laps 38 Emil Lindgren Sweden LAP 2 laps 39 Daniel McConnell Australia LAP 2 laps 40 Chan Chun Hing Hong Kong LAP 2 laps 41 Yury Trofimov Russia LAP 2 laps 42 Sergiy Rysenko Ukraine LAP 3 laps 43 Todd Wells United States LAP 3 laps 44 Seamus McGrath Canada LAP 3 laps 45 Mannie Heymans Namibia LAP 3 laps 46 Kohei Yamamoto Japan LAP 3 laps 47 Federico Ramirez Costa Rica LAP 5 laps 48 Antipass Kwari Zimbabwe LAP 6 laps Florian Vogel Switzerland DNFRobin Seymour Ireland DNFReferences Edit Absalon secures men s mountain bike gold ABC News Australia 23 August 2008 Retrieved 24 October 2013 Americans lapped as France s Absalon defends gold USA Today 1 September 2008 Retrieved 26 October 2013 French cyclists on top of the mountain France 24 24 August 2008 Archived from the original on 28 October 2013 Retrieved 27 October 2013 Fourth Olympic bronze for Switzerland Swissinfo 23 August 2008 Retrieved 24 October 2013 Jones Rob 23 August 2008 French dominate the rest of the World Cyclingnews com Archived from the original on 29 October 2013 Retrieved 24 October 2013 Mountain Biking Competition Format Beijing 2008 NBC Olympics Archived from the original on 29 October 2013 Retrieved 20 October 2013 Mountain Biking Results and Schedules Beijing 2008 NBC Olympics Archived from the original on 29 October 2013 Retrieved 20 October 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s cross country amp oldid 1042518231, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,