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The men’s cross-country mountain biking at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Laoshan Mountain Bike Course on August 23 2008.France’s Julien Absalon pulled away from a pack of mountain bikers at the start to defend his Olympic title in the event with a gold-medal time in 1:55:59. Absalon also enjoyed his teammate Jean-Christophe Péraud taking home the silver in 1:57:06 as the Frenchmen climbed on top of the podium with a spectacular 1–2 finish.

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bronze medalist
Nino Schurter
games
2008 Summer
gold medalist
Julien Absalon
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siler medalist
Jean-Christophe Péraud

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