Rider Profile
Julien Absalon
BMC Mountainbike Racing Team

Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2014 - BMC Mountainbike Racing Team
- 2013 - BMC Mountainbike Racing Team
- 2012 - Orbea Racing Team
- 2011 - Orbea
- 2010 - Orbea
- 2008 - ORBEA
- 2007 - ORBEA
- 2006 - BIANCHI AGOS
- 2005 - BIANCHI AGOS
Biography:
Key Results
Olympic Games cross-country gold medallist 2004, '08
Cross-Country World Champion 2004-07, '14
1st place World Cup overall 2003, '06-09, '14, '16
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By Dave McElwaine in Windham, New York published
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Dry and dusty at the Fort
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Absalon staying on top
By Cycling News published
By Gunter Hauspie Every so often one rider comes along to dominate a cycling discipline. Julien...

Staying on top
By Cycling News published
Frenchman Julien Absalon was 20 minutes late for the interview in the isolated Hohnech - one of the...

Favorites ready for Euro cross country championships
By Miwako Sasaki published
After a week off following three consecutive cross country mountain bike World Cup events, favorites...

Three in a row for Absalon
By Luke Webber in Madrid, Spain published
By Luke Webber in Madrid, Spain In Madrid last weekend, Julien Absalon captured his third World Cup...

Kalentieva and Absalon win in Offenburg
By Cycling News published
By Luke Webber in Offenburg, Germany Irina Kalentieva, World Champion showed she is back on top of...

Unlucky weekend for the Multivan Merida
By Luke Webber published
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