Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's cross-country
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These are the official results of the Men's Mountainbike Race
at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney, Australia. There were a total number of 49 participants, with twelve non-finishers, in this event over 49.5 kilometres, held on September 24, 2000 at the Fairfield City Farm.
Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking.-Medal table:-Road cycling:-Track cycling:MenWomen-Mountain biking:-References:*...
at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney, Australia. There were a total number of 49 participants, with twelve non-finishers, in this event over 49.5 kilometres, held on September 24, 2000 at the Fairfield City Farm.
Medalists
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| Miguel Martinez Miguel Martinez (cyclist) Miguel Martinez is a French cyclist specializing in competitive cross-country mountain biking. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia after having finished in third place in the inaugural event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:... , |
Filip Meirhaeghe Filip Meirhaeghe Filip Meirhaeghe is a Belgian racing cyclist. His primary focus was in mountain bike racing, however, he has also taken part in elite road, cyclo-cross and track cycling. He has won four Mountain Bike World Championships medals, one Olympic medal and a total of eleven mountain bike World Cup events... , |
Christoph Sauser Christoph Sauser Christoph Sauser is a cross-country mountain biker, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He currently races on the Specialized Cross Country Team.... , |
Final classification
| RANK | |CYCLIST | NOC | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miguel Martinez Miguel Martinez (cyclist) Miguel Martinez is a French cyclist specializing in competitive cross-country mountain biking. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia after having finished in third place in the inaugural event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:... |
02:09:02 | |
| 2 | Filip Meirhaeghe Filip Meirhaeghe Filip Meirhaeghe is a Belgian racing cyclist. His primary focus was in mountain bike racing, however, he has also taken part in elite road, cyclo-cross and track cycling. He has won four Mountain Bike World Championships medals, one Olympic medal and a total of eleven mountain bike World Cup events... |
+ 1.03 | |
| 3 | Christoph Sauser Christoph Sauser Christoph Sauser is a cross-country mountain biker, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He currently races on the Specialized Cross Country Team.... |
+ 2.18 | |
| 4 | José Antonio Hermida José Antonio Hermida José Antonio Hermida Ramos is a Spanish cyclist specializing in competitive mountain biking. He won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece after having finished in fourth place in the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Career highlights:20002001José Antonio Hermida Ramos is a Spanish... |
+ 2.40 | |
| 5 | Lado Fumic | + 2.55 | |
| 6 | Thomas Frischknecht Thomas Frischknecht Thomas Frischknecht is a Swiss mountain bike and cyclo-cross racer, often called Europe's Elder Statesman of mountain biking, because of his extraordinarily long career at the top level of the sport... |
+ 3.39 | |
| 7 | Cadel Evans Cadel Evans Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in... |
+ 4.29 | |
| 8 | Carsten Bresser | + 4.34 | |
| 9 | Geoff Kabush | + 4.58 | |
| 10 | Paul Rowney Paul Rowney Born December 2, 1970 in Botany, Australia, Rowney placed 10th in the Men's Mountainbike Race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He has won three Australian championships in mountain biking.... |
+ 5.19 | |
| 11 | Bas van Dooren | + 5.34 | |
| 12 | Bart Brentjens Bart Brentjens Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens is a Dutch racing cyclist in mountain biking.Brentjens won a gold medal for mountain biking in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first to recognize cross-country mountain biking as an event. He followed this with bronze in the 2004 Summer Olympics... |
+ 5.39 | |
| 13 | Rob Woods | + 5.39 | |
| 14 | Roland Green | + 6.16 | |
| 15 | Roberto Lezaun | + 6.54 | |
| 16 | Marco Bui | + 7.06 | |
| 17 | Kashi Leuchs Kashi Leuchs Kashi Leuchs from Dunedin, New Zealand is a former world class cross country mountain biker who represented New Zealand in mountain biking at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the 2004 games in Athens and the 2008 Games in Beijing... |
+ 7.35 | |
| 18 | Ludovic Dubau | + 7.46 | |
| 19 | Roel Paulissen | + 7.52 | |
| 20 | Pavel Cherkassov | + 8.19 | |
| 21 | Marek Galinski | + 8.33 | |
| 22 | Michael Rasmussen Michael Rasmussen Michael Rasmussen is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who rides for the Danish team Christina Watches-Onfone. In the 2007 Tour de France, Rasmussen, while in the yellow jersey, had his contract terminated by his team and was removed from the Tour... |
+ 9.13 | |
| 23 | Oli Beckingsale Oli Beckingsale Oliver James Beckingsale , is a professional mountain biker. He represented Britain at the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008, and England at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006... |
+ 9.14 | |
| 24 | Ziranda Madrigal | + 10.31 | |
| 25 | Nick Craig Nick Craig Nicholas Ian Craig is a professional racing cyclist specialising in cross country mountain bike racing and cyclo-cross, and a multiple national champion.-Cyclo-cross:199419951996199819992002200420052007-MTB:... |
+ 10.57 | |
| 26 | Mannie Heymans Mannie Heymans Mannie Heymans is a Namibian cyclist. He was born in Krugersdorp, South Africa.-Personal:Heymans moved to Namibia in 1984 while the country was still controlled by his native South Africa... |
+ 11.29 | |
| 27 | Sergiy Rysenko | + 11.37 | |
| 28 | Robin Seymour Robin Seymour Robin Seymour is a professional Mountain bike racer and cyclo cross racer that rides for the WORC team. Seymour is a former Motorbike racer that turned to cycling... |
+ 11.37 | |
| 29 | Radim Korinek Radim Korínek Radim Kořínek is a former competitive bicyclist. He was born in Olomouc, Czech Republic. His career began when he was 10 years old and it was MTB biking. He was in Olpran racing team and then he went to Česká spořitelna MTB team in which he had most of his achievements... |
+ 12.06 | |
| 30 | Tinker Juarez Tinker Juarez David Juarez is a former professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross racer and current top mountain bike racer whose prime competitive years in BMX were from 1978 to 1984 and in mountain bike racing 1986 to the present. Since 1986, he has been a mountain bike racer and since late 2005, competing... |
+ 10.57 | |
| 31 | Hubert Pallhuber | + 13.53 | |
| 32 | Travis Brown Travis Brown (cyclist) Travis Brown is an American professional bicycle racer. He competes in cross-country mountain bike and cyclo-cross races but has also raced on road bicycles.-External links:**... |
+ 13.59 | |
| 33 | José Adrian Bonilla José Adrián Bonilla José Adrián Bonilla Bonilla is a Costa Rican professional road bicycle racer born on April 28, 1978 in Paraíso, Costa Rica.He debuted professionally in 2004 with the team Comunidad Valenciana.... |
+ 21.00 | |
| 34 | Raita Suzuki | + 1 lap | |
| 35 | Tom Larsen | + 1 lap | |
| 36 | Jesper Agergaard | + 1 lap | |
| 37 | Primoz Strancar | + 1 lap | |
| — | Woo Kang-Dong | DNF | |
| — | Ken Muhindi | DNF | |
| — | Renato Seabra | DNF | |
| — | Christophe Dupouey Christophe Dupouey Christophe Dupouey was a French mountain biker. In 1996 he won the gold medal in the men's cross country section of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. In 1998 he won the gold medal in the same section of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships... |
DNF | |
| — | Diego Garavito | DNF | |
| — | Ignacio Gili | DNF | |
| — | Peter Van Den Abeele | DNF | |
| — | Patrick Tolhoek Patrick Tolhoek Patrick Tolhoek is a retired Dutch professional cyclist. His father Ko Tolhoek was also a professional cyclist.In 1985, Tolhoek won the national road race for militaries. In 1989 and 1990, Tolhoek rode the Tour de France. During his first years as professional cyclist, he had problems with his... |
DNF | |
| — | Rok Drasler | DNF | |
| — | Derek Horton | DNF | |
| — | Thomas Hochstrasser | DNF | |
| — | Rune Høydahl Rune Høydahl Rune Høydahl is a former Norwegian mountain biker. He won 11 World Cup races, and three times came second overall. He is the only mountain biker with World Cup victories in both downhill and cross country.... |
DNF |
See also
- Women's Cross Country RaceCycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's cross-countryThese are the official results of the Women's Mountainbike Race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There were a total number of 30 participants, with one non-finisher, in this event over 35.5 kilometres, held on September 23, 2000 at the Fairfield City Farm.-Medalists:-Final...