![]() Cédric Ravanel during the 2011 MTB French Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Cédric Ravanel | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Sallanches, France | 26 November 1978|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Mountain biking | |||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Cross-country | |||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Orbea | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Team Lapierre International | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Lapierre International | |||||||||||||||||
2011– | GT Skoda Chamonix | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cédric Ravanel (born 26 November 1978 in Sallanches, Haute-Savoie) is a French former professional mountain biker. [1] He won two silver medals in men's cross-country racing at the 2004 UCI World Championships in Les Gets, and at the second stage of the 2007 UCI World Cup series in Offenburg, Germany. [2] [3] Ravanel also represented his nation France at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been training and racing professionally for numerous seasons on Team Lapierre International and GT Skoda Chamonix. [4]
Ravanel qualified for the French squad, along with his teammates Jean-Christophe Péraud and defending Olympic champion Julien Absalon in the men's cross-country race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving one of the nation's three available berths from the French Cycling Association ( French: Fédération Française de Cyclisme) and the Union Cycliste Internationale based on his best performance at the World Championships, World Cup series, and Mountain Biking World Rankings. [5] Ravanel rounded out his team's roster as the third Frenchman to complete a 4.8-km sturdy, treacherous cross-country course, finishing outside the two-hour barrier and picking up a fourteenth spot in 2:01:38. [6] [7] [8]
![]() Cédric Ravanel during the 2011 MTB French Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Cédric Ravanel | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Sallanches, France | 26 November 1978|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Mountain biking | |||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Cross-country | |||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Orbea | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Team Lapierre International | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Lapierre International | |||||||||||||||||
2011– | GT Skoda Chamonix | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cédric Ravanel (born 26 November 1978 in Sallanches, Haute-Savoie) is a French former professional mountain biker. [1] He won two silver medals in men's cross-country racing at the 2004 UCI World Championships in Les Gets, and at the second stage of the 2007 UCI World Cup series in Offenburg, Germany. [2] [3] Ravanel also represented his nation France at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been training and racing professionally for numerous seasons on Team Lapierre International and GT Skoda Chamonix. [4]
Ravanel qualified for the French squad, along with his teammates Jean-Christophe Péraud and defending Olympic champion Julien Absalon in the men's cross-country race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving one of the nation's three available berths from the French Cycling Association ( French: Fédération Française de Cyclisme) and the Union Cycliste Internationale based on his best performance at the World Championships, World Cup series, and Mountain Biking World Rankings. [5] Ravanel rounded out his team's roster as the third Frenchman to complete a 4.8-km sturdy, treacherous cross-country course, finishing outside the two-hour barrier and picking up a fourteenth spot in 2:01:38. [6] [7] [8]