2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

Val di sole.jpg Val di Sole, Italy 17–22 June 2008 MTB: 13Trials: 6 2007 2009 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 Cross-country Christoph Sauser SUI Florian Vogel SUI Ralph Näf SUIUnder 23 cross-country Nino Schurter SUI Burry Stander RSA Matthias Flückiger SUIJunior cross-country Peter Sagan SVK Arnaud Jouffroy FRA Matthias Rupp SUIDownhill Gee Atherton GBR Steve Peat GBR Sam Hill AUSJunior downhill Josh Bryceland GBR Sam Dale GBR Rémi Thirion FRAFour-cross Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lu ESP Roger Rinderknecht SUI Mickael Deldycke FRATrials, 20 inch Benito Ros Charral ESP Rafal Kumorowski POL Sebastian Hoffmann GERTrials, 26 inch Gilles Coustellier FRA Vincent Hermance FRA Daniel Comas Riera ESPJunior trials, 20 inch Abel Mustieles ESP Loris Braun SUI James Barton CANJunior trials, 26 inch Loris Braun SUI James Barton CAN Kevin Aglae FRA Women's events Cross-country Margarita Fullana ESP Sabine Spitz GER Irina Kalentieva RUSUnder 23 cross-country Tanja Žakelj SLO Nathalie Schneitter SUI Aleksandra Dawidowicz POLJunior cross-country Laura Abril COL Barbara Benkó HUN Mona Eiberweiser GERDownhill Rachel Atherton GBR Sabrina Jonnier FRA Emmeline Ragot FRAJunior downhill Anais Pajot FRA Myriam Nicole FRA Mélanie Pugin FRAFour-cross Melissa Buhl USA Jana Horáková CZE Romana Labounková CZETrials Gemma Abant Condal ESP Karin Moor SUI Julie Pesenti FRA Team events Cross-country FranceJean-Christophe PéraudArnaud JouffroyLaurence LeboucherAlexis Vuillermoz SwitzerlandFlorian VogelMatthias RuppPetra HenziNino Schurter ItalyMarco Aurelio FontanaGerhard KerschbaumerEva LechnerCristian CominelliTrials Spain France Switzerland Medal table 6 0 1 3 6 4 3 5 6 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships References http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds0818 Elite men cross country – Sauser, Swiss slam men's cross country 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds089 U23 men cross country, 34.9km – Swiss take title and dominate U23 race 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds085 Junior men cross country, 29.4km – Sagan wins junior world title 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds0815 Elite men downhill finals – Atherton scores Britain's third gold medal in a day 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds0817 Elite women cross country – Fullana claims third world title 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds083 U23 women cross country, 23.4 km – Žakelj solos to win for Slovenia 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds082 Junior women cross country, 17 km – Colombian captures her nation's first cross country world title 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds0814 Elite women downhill finals – Atherton surprises defending champion 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds0813 Junior men and women downhill finals – Great Britain and France go downhill fastest 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds0816 4X Finals – US and Spain victorious in 4X 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds088 Elite men trials – 20" – Results 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds0812 Elite men trials – 26" – Results 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds087 Junior men trials – 20" – Results 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds0811 Junior men trials – 26" – Results 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds084 Elite women trials – 20" / 26" – Results 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/2008/jun08/mtbworlds08/?id=results/mtbworlds081 Team relay – French team captures a slippery opening relay 2016-08-28 cyclingnews.com http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/66/41/UCITrialsWorldChampionships1986-2014-winners_Neutral.pdf 1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners 2016-08-28 uci.ch External links Official website Results for the mountain-bike events on cyclingnews.com Results for the trials events on uci.ch June 2017 Category:UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Category:International 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