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In the town of Oz-en-Oisans, Julien Absalon (Orbea) won his seventh consecutive national title in the cross country.
Absalon set his own pace from the start and finished over four minutes ahead of Jean-Christophe Peraud (Massi), who ended up second. Absalon had already said he aimed to keep his national jersey for another year.
"This is an important race, because it's always an honour to wear your country's jersey. I was very pleased with this weekend's win, as it's the first in the second part of the season."
Cédric Ravanel (LaPierre International) won a bronze medal, despite a heavy fall and a few technical problems during the race.
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| 1 | Julien Absalon (Orbea) | 1:38:20 |
| 2 | Jean Christophe Peraud (Massi) | 0:04:24 |
| 3 | Cedric Ravanel (Lapierre International) | 0:05:41 |
| 4 | Jérôme Chevallier (Amicale Cycliste Bisontin) | 0:06:45 |
| 5 | Stephane Tempier (Tx Active Bianchi) | 0:07:11 |
| 6 | François Bailly Maitre (Scott Valloire Galibier) | 0:08:01 |
| 7 | Maxime Marotte (BH-Suntour) | 0:09:01 |
| 8 | Arnaud Grosjean (BH-Suntour) | 0:09:58 |
| 9 | Ludovic Dubau (New Cycling) | 0:10:35 |
| 10 | Jeremy Mounier (Creuse Oxygene Specialized) | 0:11:08 |
| 11 | Sébastien Hansen (BH-Suntour) | 0:12:37 |
| 12 | Frédéric Frech (Scott Valloire Galibier) | 0:13:25 |
| 13 | Marc Colom (Calvisson VTT) | 0:13:54 |
| 14 | Jonathan Galante (Creuse Oxygene Specialized) | 0:14:37 |
| 15 | Simon Raymond (Look Beaumes De Venise) | 0:16:17 |
| 16 | Pierre Lebreton (BH-Suntour) | 0:16:45 |
| 17 | Guillaume Perrin (Pro Fermetures Wilier) | 0:17:09 |
| 18 | Steven Garcin (BH-Suntour) | 0:18:22 |
| 19 | Alexis Swetloff (Keops) | 0:19:53 |
| 20 | Emilien Mourier (Creuse Oxygene Specialized) | 0:20:29 |
| 21 | Pierre Yves Facomprez (VS Nivernais Morvan) | 0:20:50 |
| 22 | Giovanni Gonthier (Velo Club De Saint Denis) | 0:21:00 |
| 23 | Sebastien Lefevre (Sefic Scapin Xtrabike.Com) | 0:21:24 |
| 24 | Paul Remy (Irwego Commencal) | 0:23:17 |
| 25 | Damien Guillemet (Uc Darnetal) | 0:23:56 |
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