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Beijing 2008-Laoshan Mountain Bike Course

Olympic events: Mountain Bike

Seating: 15,000

Olympic dates: August 22-23

Opening hours: Two hours prior to the start of competition

Walking distances: The Mountain Bike Course has a total of four security check points: east of the Velodrome, on LAOSHAN Road, LAOSHAN South Road, and SHANGSZHUANG Street.

Spectator Tip

1. The Mountain Bike Course is in hilly, forested countryside, so smoking and lighting any kind of fire are strictly forbidden.

2. The points are some distance from the Mountain Bike Course itself, and the path is uneven and rugged. We recommend spectators come early and wear comfortable shoes.

Absalon successfully defends title in Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

Julien Absalon celebrates

Julien Absalon competes

(L-R) Jean Christophe Peraud, Julien Absalon and Nino Schurter

(BEIJING, August 23) -- Defending Olympic champion and four-time world champion Julien Absalon of France cruised to victory in the Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike, clocking 1:55:59 hours, 1:07 minutes faster than compatriot Jean-Christophe Peraud, who came in second. Bronze went to Switzerland's Nino Schurter in 1:57:52.

Date of Birth:	Aug 16 1980	Height(cm/ft in):	180cm / 5'11"
Gender:	Male	Weight(kg/lbs):	69 kg / 152 lbs
Place of Birth:	Remiremont (France)
Residence:	Saint-Amé (France)
Sport:	Cycling - Mountain Bike
Event(s):	Men's Cross Country

Rank	Event	Year	Venue	Result
Olympic Games
1	Cross Country	2004	Athens, GRE	2:15:02
World Championships
1	Cross Country	2007	Fort William, GBR	2:17:06
1	Cross Country	2006	Rotorua, NZL	2:09:07
1	Cross Country	2005	Livigno, ITA	2:07:34
1	Cross Country	2004	Les Gets, FRA	2:20:37
	Cross Country	2008	Val di Sole, ITA	DNF
World Cup
1	Cross Country	2008	Houffalize, BEL	2:06:56
1	Cross Country	2008	Offenburg, GER	1:58:42
1	Cross Country	2008	Madrid, ESP	2:12:30
1	Cross Country	2007	Offenburg, GER	2:18:54
1	Cross Country	2007	Champéry, SUI	2:12:44
1	Cross Country	2007	Mount Saint Anne, CAN	1:54:49
1	Cross Country	2007	Saint-Félicien, CAN	2:07:56
1	Cross Country	2006	Madrid, ESP	2:02:18
1	Cross Country	2006	Spa, BEL	2:14:53
1	Cross Country	2006	Fort William, GBR	2:16:34
1	Cross Country	2005	Spa, BEL	1:57:53
1	Cross Country	2005	Madrid, ESP	2:06:11
1	Cross Country	2004	Schladming, AUT	1:55:39
2	Cross Country	2007	Houffalize, BEL	2:05:10
2	Cross Country	2006	Curaçao, AHO	1:49:13
3	Cross Country	2006	Mount Saint Anne, CAN	2:03:24
3	Cross Country	2005	Willingen, GER	2:00:14
3	Cross Country	2004	Madrid, ESP	2:01:59
3	Cross Country	2004	Houffalize, BEL	2:07:02

Beijing 2008-Final result men's Cross Country

	1	ABSALON Julien	France	18.416	1:55:59
2	11	PERAUD Jean-Christophe	France	18.240	1:57:06	+1:07
3	6	SCHURTER Nino	Switzerland	18.122	1:57:52	+1:53
4	2	SAUSER Christoph	Switzerland	18.117	1:57:54	+1:55
5	20	FONTANA Marco Aurelio	Italy	17.802	1:59:59	+4:00
6	5	SOUKUP Christoph	Austria	17.772	2:00:11	+4:12
7	21	KILLEEN Liam	Great Britain	17.765	2:00:14	+4:15
8	19	LEJARRETA ERRASTI Inaki	Spain	17.748	2:00:21	+4:22
9	35	NYS Sven	Belgium	17.652	2:01:00	+5:01
10	8	HERMIDA RAMOS Jose Antonio	Spain	17.650	2:01:01	+5:02
11	17	FUMIC Manuel	Germany	17.614	2:01:16	+5:17
12	18	BECKINGSALE Oliver	Great Britain	17.592	2:01:25	+5:26
13	28	GALINSKI Marek	Poland	17.582	2:01:29	+5:30
14	14	RAVANEL Cedric	France	17.560	2:01:38	+5:39
15	12	STANDER Burry	South Africa	17.512	2:01:58	+5:59
16	23	MILATZ Moritz	Germany	17.368	2:02:59	+7:00
17	4	KESSIAKOFF Fredrik	Sweden	17.344	2:03:09	+7:10
18	15	KULHAVY Jaroslav	Czech Republic	17.318	2:03:20	+7:21
19	10	PAULISSEN Roel	Belgium	17.295	2:03:30	+7:31
20	9	KABUSH Geoff	Canada	17.237	2:03:55	+7:56
21	38	VALERIANO Rubens	Brazil	17.044	2:05:19	+9:20
22	46	JI Jianhua	China	17.022	2:05:29	+9:30
23	39	PARTI Andras	Hungary	16.952	2:06:00	+10:01
24	25	LEUCHS Kashi	New Zealand	16.885	2:06:30	+10:31
25	7	FUGLSANG Jakob Diemer	Denmark	16.860	2:06:41	+10:42
26	41	PAEZ Hector Leonardo	Colombia	16.849	2:06:46	+10:47
27	36	GASCO Dario Alejandro	Argentina	16.810	2:07:04	+11:05
28	30	COLOMA NICOLAS Carlos	Spain	16.547	2:09:05	+13:06
29	13	CRAIG Adam	United States		-1LAP
30	32	ZOLI Yader	Italy		-1LAP
31	44	NIELSEN Klaus	Denmark		-1LAP
32	40	MEIRHAEGHE Filip	Belgium		-2LAP
33	24	KURSCHAT Wolfram	Germany		-2LAP
34	22	van HOUTS Rudi	Netherlands		-2LAP
35	37	AKGUL Bilal	Turkey		-2LAP
36	26	SILVA Cristobal	Chile		-2LAP
37	29	BRENTJENS Bart	Netherlands		-2LAP
38	33	LINDGREN Emil	Sweden		-2LAP
39	31	McCONNELL Daniel	Australia		-2LAP
40	50	CHAN Chun Hing	Hong Kong,China		-2LAP
41	48	TROFIMOV Yury	Russian Fed.		-2LAP
42	34	RYSENKO Sergii	Ukraine		-3LAP
43	16	WELLS Todd	United States		-3LAP
44	27	McGRATH Seamus	Canada		-3LAP
45	49	HEYMANS Mannie	Namibia		-3LAP
46	43	YAMAMOTO Kohei	Japan		-3LAP
47	45	RAMIREZ Federico	Costa Rica		-5LAP
48	47	KWARI Antipass	Zimbabwe		-6LAP