2008 UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE & TRIALS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Venue	Val di Sole, Italy
Date(s)	17–22 June 2008
Events	MTB: 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


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
13	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

References

^ "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

[m_e_xc-1] "Elite men cross country – Sauser, Swiss slam men's cross country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[m_u23_xc-2] "U23 men cross country, 34.9km – Swiss take title and dominate U23 race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[m_j_xc-3] "Junior men cross country, 29.4km – Sagan wins junior world title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[m_e_dh-4] "Elite men downhill finals – Atherton scores Britain's third gold medal in a day". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[mw_j_dh-5] "Junior men and women downhill finals – Great Britain and France go downhill fastest". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[mw_e_4x-6] "4X Finals – US and Spain victorious in 4X". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[m_e_t20-7] "Elite men trials – 20" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[m_e_t26-8] "Elite men trials – 26" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[m_j_t20-9] "Junior men trials – 20" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[m_j_t26-10] "Junior men trials – 26" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[w_e_xc-11] "Elite women cross country – Fullana claims third world title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[w_u23_xc-12] "U23 women cross country, 23.4 km – Žakelj solos to win for Slovenia". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[w_j_xc-13] "Junior women cross country, 17 km – Colombian captures her nation's first cross country world title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[w_e_dh-14] "Elite women downhill finals – Atherton surprises defending champion". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[w_t-15] "Elite women trials – 20" / 26" – Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[team_xc-16] "Team relay – French team captures a slippery opening relay". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[team_t-17] "1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

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