Double Olympic Champion Julien Absalon of France clinched victory in the men’s mountain bike cross country race in La Bresse on Sunday (May 29), the third event of the World Cup series.
The 35-year-old Absalon, who won Olympic golds in 2004 and in 2008, secured his 31st World Cup win in front of his home crowd. His compatriots Maxime Marotte and Victor Koretzky finished second and third respectively to complete a clean sweep of podium places for France.
Nino Schurter of Switzerland, who won in Albstadt, Germany and in Cairns, Australia, had two punctures and finished in fourth place.
(Ben Bernaldez, Eagle News)