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.
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| Venue | Val di Sole, Italy |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 17–22 June 2008 |
| Events | MTB: 13 Trials: 6 |
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
editMen's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country[1] | |||
| Under 23 cross-country[2] | |||
| Junior cross-country[3] | |||
| Downhill[4] | |||
| Junior downhill[5] | |||
| Four-cross[6] | |||
| Trials, 20 inch[7] | |||
| Trials, 26 inch[8] | |||
| Junior trials, 20 inch[9] | |||
| Junior trials, 26 inch[10] |
Women's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country[11] | |||
| Under 23 cross-country[12] | |||
| Junior cross-country[13] | |||
| Downhill[14] | |||
| Junior downhill[5] | |||
| Four-cross[6] | |||
| Trials[15] |
Team events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country[16] | Jean-Christophe Péraud Arnaud Jouffroy Laurence Leboucher Alexis Vuillermoz |
Florian Vogel Matthias Rupp Petra Henzi Nino Schurter |
Marco Aurelio Fontana Gerhard Kerschbaumer Eva Lechner Cristian Cominelli |
| Trials[17] |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (17 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
See also
editReferences
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