2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
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| Venue | Val di Sole, Italy |
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| Date(s) | 17–22 June 2008 |
| Events | MTB: 13 Trials: 6 |
The 2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Val di Sole, Italy from 17 to 22 June 2008. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 19th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 23rd edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.
Future three-time road world champion and seven-time Tour de France points classification winner Peter Sagan won the junior men's cross-country title.
Medal summary
[edit]Men's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country[1] |  Christoph Sauser (SUI)
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Florian Vogel (SUI)
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Ralph Näf (SUI)
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| Under 23 cross-country[2] | Nino Schurter (SUI)
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 Burry Stander (RSA)
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Matthias Flückiger (SUI)
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| Junior cross-country[3] |  Peter Sagan (SVK)
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 Arnaud Jouffroy (FRA)
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Matthias Rupp (SUI)
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| Downhill[4] |  Gee Atherton (GBR)
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Steve Peat (GBR)
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 Sam Hill (AUS)
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| Junior downhill[5] | Josh Bryceland (GBR)
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Sam Dale (GBR)
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Rémi Thirion (FRA)
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| Four-cross[6] |  Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lu (ESP)
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Roger Rinderknecht (SUI)
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Mickael Deldycke (FRA)
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| Trials, 20 inch[7] | Benito Ros Charral (ESP)
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 Rafal Kumorowski (POL)
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 Sebastian Hoffmann (GER)
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| Trials, 26 inch[8] | Gilles Coustellier (FRA)
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Vincent Hermance (FRA)
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Daniel Comas Riera (ESP)
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| Junior trials, 20 inch[9] | Abel Mustieles (ESP)
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Loris Braun (SUI)
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 James Barton (CAN)
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| Junior trials, 26 inch[10] | Loris Braun (SUI)
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James Barton (CAN)
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Kevin Aglae (FRA)
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Women's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country[11] | Margarita Fullana (ESP)
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Sabine Spitz (GER)
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 Irina Kalentieva (RUS)
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| Under 23 cross-country[12] |  Tanja Žakelj (SLO)
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Nathalie Schneitter (SUI)
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Aleksandra Dawidowicz (POL)
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| Junior cross-country[13] |  Laura Abril (COL)
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 Barbara Benkó (HUN)
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Mona Eiberweiser (GER)
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| Downhill[14] | Rachel Atherton (GBR)
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Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)
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Emmeline Ragot (FRA)
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| Junior downhill[5] | Anais Pajot (FRA)
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Myriam Nicole (FRA)
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Mélanie Pugin (FRA)
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| Four-cross[6] |  Melissa Buhl (USA)
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 Jana Horáková (CZE)
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Romana Labounková (CZE)
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| Trials[15] | Gemma Abant Condal (ESP)
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Karin Moor (SUI)
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Julie Pesenti (FRA)
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Team events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country[16] | France Jean-Christophe Péraud Arnaud Jouffroy Laurence Leboucher Alexis Vuillermoz |
Switzerland Florian Vogel Matthias Rupp Petra Henzi Nino Schurter |
 ItalyMarco Aurelio Fontana Gerhard Kerschbaumer Eva Lechner Cristian Cominelli |
| Trials[17] | Spain |
France |
Switzerland |
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain (ESP) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Elite men cross country – Sauser, Swiss slam men's cross country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "U23 men cross country, 34.9km – Swiss take title and dominate U23 race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Junior men cross country, 29.4km – Sagan wins junior world title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite men downhill finals – Atherton scores Britain's third gold medal in a day". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Junior men and women downhill finals – Great Britain and France go downhill fastest". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b "4X Finals – US and Spain victorious in 4X". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite men trials – 20" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite men trials – 26" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Junior men trials – 20" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Junior men trials – 26" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite women cross country – Fullana claims third world title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "U23 women cross country, 23.4 km – Žakelj solos to win for Slovenia". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Junior women cross country, 17 km – Colombian captures her nation's first cross country world title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite women downhill finals – Atherton surprises defending champion". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Elite women trials – 20" / 26" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Team relay – French team captures a slippery opening relay". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Results for the mountain-bike events on cyclingnews.com
- Results for the trials events on uci.ch