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Julien Absalon
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 43) Remiremont, France
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Mountain bike racing
Role
Rider
Rider type
Cross-country
Amateur team
1996–2000
Scott France
Professional teams
2001–2006
Bianchi
2007–2012
Orbea
2013–2018
BMC Mountainbike Racing Team
Major wins
Mountain bike
Olympic Games XC (2004, 2008)
World XC Championships (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014)
European XC Championships (2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
National XC Championships (2003–2016)
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
Total
19
8
5
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
Cross-country
2008 Beijing
Cross-country
World Championships
2004 Les Gets
Cross-country
2005 Livigno
Cross-country
2006 Rotorua
Cross-country
2007 Fort William
Cross-country
2014 Hafjell
Cross-country
2009 Canberra
Cross-country
2015 Vallnord
Cross-country
2011 Champéry
Cross-country
2016 Nové Město
Cross-country
World Cup
2003 Overall
Cross-country
2006 Overall
Cross-country
2007 Overall
Cross-country
2008 Overall
Cross-country
2009 Overall
Cross-country
2014 Overall
Cross-country
2016 Overall
Cross-country
2010 Overall
Cross-country
2015 Overall
Cross-country
2005 Overall
Cross-country
2011 Overall
Cross-country
2013 Overall
Cross-country
2019 Leogang
E-MTB Cross-country
European Championships
2006 Lamosano
Cross-country
2013 Bern
Cross-country
2014 St. Wendel
Cross-country
2015 Alpago
Cross-country
2016 Huskvarna
Cross-country
2003 Graz
Cross-country
2005 Kluisbergen
Cross-country
2007 Göreme
Cross-country
2011 Dohňany
Cross-country
2017 Darfo Boario Terme
Cross-country
Julien Arnaud Absalon (born 16 August 1980) is a French former cross-country mountain biker, who competed as a professional from 2001 to 2018. He is considered to be one of the most successful cross-country cyclists of all time. Throughout his career, Absalon gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, five World Championships (2004–2007, 2014), seven UCI World Cup overall titles (2003, 2006–2009, 2014, 2016) and 33 World Cup rounds, which was an all-time record before being broken by Nino Schurter in 2023. He also won all fourteen French cross-country championships between 2003 and 2016, and five European Championships (2006, 2013–2016).
Julien Arnaud Absalon (born 16 August 1980) is a French former cross-country mountain biker, who competed as a professional from 2001 to 2018. He is considered...
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Frenchman JulienAbsalon is a seven-time winner of the overall cross-country series. Status active Genre sports event Date(s)...
Orbea Orca Carbon to win the road race at the Beijing Olympics and JulienAbsalon won the mountain bike gold on an Orbea Alma. Craig Alexander, three...
part of the London Prepares series of events. Catharine Pendrel and JulienAbsalon won the races. The race took place over a 5.1 km course at Hadleigh...
finished in second place in Hafjell, Norway and ended up his season behind JulienAbsalon at the World Cup in Méribel. In 2015, Schurter fully committed to his...
Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09. Nayener, Julien (2018-11-29). "Un nouveau challenge European Mass Start Series" [A new challenge:...
Cunningham Gary Fisher Charlie Kelly Jacquie Phelan Tom Ritchey John Tomac JulienAbsalon (Team BMC) Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory Team) Warren Carne...
Games Gold Silver Bronze Men's details JulienAbsalon France José Antonio Hermida Spain Bart Brentjens Netherlands Women's details Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå...
pedals have been ridden to victory by many professionals, including JulienAbsalon (FRA), Greg LeMond (USA), Tom Boonen (BEL), Anna van der Breggen (NED)...
2019 Tim Neenan Myles Rockwell Rebecca Rusch Derek Westerlund 2020 JulienAbsalon Dafyyd Davis Stan Koziatek Tym Manley & Steve Behr Jason McRoy 2021...
Retrieved 6 May 2017. "Schurter takes first World Cup in Nove Mesto – Valero, Absalon trail Olympic champion". cyclingnews.com. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May...
forces and the 2.5 million member reserve militia were on alert. Born: JulienAbsalon, French cross-country mountain biker and Olympic gold medalist in 2004...
(11): 953–971. doi:10.1080/1057610X.2018.1431270. S2CID 116180694. JulienAbsalon (22 March 2016). "Attentats à Bruxelles: des contrôles renforcés à la...
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