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Julien Absalon

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Absalon at the Albstadt round of the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

Personal information
Full name
Julien Absalon
Born
(1980-08-16) 16 August 1980 (age 38)
Remiremont, France
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team
Team Absolute Absalon
Discipline
Mountain bike racing
Role
Rider
Rider type
Cross-country
Amateur team(s)
1996–2000
Scott France

Professional team(s)
2001–2006
Bianchi
2007–2012
Orbea
2013–2018
BMC Mountainbike Racing Team


Medal record












































































































































































Men's mountain bike racing
Representing  France












































Event
 1st
 2nd
 3rd

Olympic Games
 2
 0
 0

World Championships
 5
 2
 2

World Cup
 7
 2
 3

European Championships
 5
 4
 0

European Games
 0
 0
 0

Total
19
8
5


Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens
Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing
Cross-country

World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Les Gets Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2005 Livigno Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2006 Rotorua Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2007 Fort William Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2014 Hafjell Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2009 Canberra Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2015 Vallnord Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Champéry Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Nové Město Cross-country

World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2006 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2007 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2008 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2009 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2014 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2016 Overall Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2010 Overall Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2015 Overall Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Overall Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Overall Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Overall Cross-country

European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Lamosano Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bern Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2014 St. Wendel Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2015 Alpago Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2016 Huskvarna Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2003 Graz Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2005 Kluisbergen Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2007 Göreme Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2011 Dohňany Cross-country



Julien Absalon (born 16 August 1980) is a French cross-country mountain biker.



Career


[1]


2003: Absalon won his first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.


2004: Gold at World Champions and the Athens Olympic Games.


2005 Absalon again won the World Championships.


2006: Winner at the World Championships, European Championships, French Championships and the overall World Cup.


2007: World Champion and World Cup Champion


2008: Won 2nd Gold Medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, World Cup Champion


2009: Number 1 World Ranking for all but 5 days of the year. Winner of UCI MTB World Cup for the 5th time, silver at the World Championships


2010: 2nd Overall at World Championships


2011: 3rd at the World Championships and World Cup


2012: At the 2012 Summer Olympics cross-country race, he suffered a tyre puncture in the opening lap. After changing tyre and noticing that he was trailing the leader by 55 seconds, he decided to abandon the race, seeing that his chances of winning a medal had disappeared.[2][3]


2013: Won European Championships


2014: Wins 5th World Championship title, French and European Championships. His season was cut short when, that November, he suffered a broken collarbone during a cyclocross race.


2015: Absalon wins the European Championships, French Championships, and finished second overall in the World Championships. Completed the season ranked world number 1.


2016: Finishes the Rio Olympic Games in 8th place.


He has been overall winner of the World Cup mountain bike cross-country series seven times (2003, 2006–2009, 2014, 2016) and has won a record 33 World Cup cross-country races as of September 4, 2016. He won five cross-country Mountain Bike World Championships (2004–2007, 2014). He has also won all fourteen French cross-country championships between 2003 and 2016, and five European Championships (2006, 2013–2016). He currently rides for the BMC Racing Team. He previously rode for Bianchi (2001–2006) and Orbea (2007–2012).



References





  1. ^ http://www.bmc-switzerland.com/us-en/experience/racing-teams/bmc-mountainbike-racing-team/team/julien_absalon/


  2. ^ "Absalon crashes as Kulhavy wins Olympic mountain bike gold". Reuters. Retrieved 14 August 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "2-time Olympic champ Absalon fails to finish after puncture in Olympic mountain bike race". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 August 2012.




External links



  • Official website in French

  • Julien Absalon profile

  • 2012 Olympic Games biography
















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