2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
VenueVal di Sole, Italy
Date(s) (2008-06-17 - 2008-06-22)17–22 June 2008
EventsMTB: 13
Trials: 6
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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

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[1]  Christoph Sauser (SUI)  Florian Vogel (SUI)  Ralph Näf (SUI)
Under 23 cross-country[2]  Nino Schurter (SUI)  Burry Stander (RSA)  Matthias Flückiger (SUI)
Junior cross-country[3]  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Arnaud Jouffroy (FRA)  Matthias Rupp (SUI)
Downhill[4]  Gee Atherton (GBR)  Steve Peat (GBR)  Sam Hill (AUS)
Junior downhill[5]  Josh Bryceland (GBR)  Sam Dale (GBR)  Rémi Thirion (FRA)
Four-cross[6]  Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lu (ESP)  Roger Rinderknecht (SUI)  Mickael Deldycke (FRA)
Trials, 20 inch[7]  Benito Ros Charral (ESP)  Rafal Kumorowski (POL)  Sebastian Hoffmann (GER)
Trials, 26 inch[8]  Gilles Coustellier (FRA)  Vincent Hermance (FRA)  Daniel Comas Riera (ESP)
Junior trials, 20 inch[9]  Abel Mustieles (ESP)  Loris Braun (SUI)  James Barton (CAN)
Junior trials, 26 inch[10]  Loris Braun (SUI)  James Barton (CAN)  Kevin Aglae (FRA)

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[11]  Margarita Fullana (ESP)  Sabine Spitz (GER)  Irina Kalentieva (RUS)
Under 23 cross-country[12]  Tanja Žakelj (SLO)  Nathalie Schneitter (SUI)  Aleksandra Dawidowicz (POL)
Junior cross-country[13]  Laura Abril (COL)  Barbara Benkó (HUN)  Mona Eiberweiser (GER)
Downhill[14]  Rachel Atherton (GBR)  Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)  Emmeline Ragot (FRA)
Junior downhill[5]  Anais Pajot (FRA)  Myriam Nicole (FRA)  Mélanie Pugin (FRA)
Four-cross[6]  Melissa Buhl (USA)  Jana Horáková (CZE)  Romana Labounková (CZE)
Trials[15]  Gemma Abant Condal (ESP)  Karin Moor (SUI)  Julie Pesenti (FRA)

Team events

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 		 Italy
Marco Aurelio Fontana
Gerhard Kerschbaumer
Eva Lechner
Cristian Cominelli
Trials[17]  Spain
  France
   Switzerland

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain (ESP)6017
2 Switzerland (SUI)36413
3 France (FRA)35614
4 Great Britain (GBR)3205
5 Colombia (COL)1001
 Slovakia (SVK)1001
 Slovenia (SLO)1001
 United States (USA)1001
9 Germany (GER)0123
10 Canada (CAN)0112
 Czech Republic (CZE)0112
 Poland (POL)0112
13 Hungary (HUN)0101
 South Africa (RSA)0101
15 Australia (AUS)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (17 entries)19191957

See also

References

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  2. ^ "U23 men cross country, 34.9km – Swiss take title and dominate U23 race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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  4. ^ "Elite men downhill finals – Atherton scores Britain's third gold medal in a day". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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