Les Gets – 9/12 September 2004. A new star is born in the international XC world and it goes by the name of Julian Absalon, who at just 24 years old went on to score a historic double: Olympics and World Championships in the same year. On this occasion he trails his compatriot by 57". Cedric Ravanel and 1'44” Thomas Frischknecht, MTB legend who won a bronze medal at the world championships 14 years after the first Olympics in Durango (where he won silver).

Nothing to do against it Gunn-Rita Dahle. The thirty-two year old Norwegian won her second world title in Livigno by inflicting very heavy gaps, with only her feet Marja Wloszczowska (Poland, 2nd) e Alison Sydor (Canada, 3rd) to stay under 4 minutes behind. In this race, however, the Norwegian found a very strong rival, the 21-year-old Polish Wloszczowska who will certainly be a future protagonist of international women's MTB.

EL-M
	Julien ABSALON	2h20'37 "
2	Cedric RAVANEL	57"
3	Thomas FRISCHKNECHT	1'44"
4	Roel Paulissen	1'48"
5	Marek Galinski	2'57"
6	Lado Fumic	3'18"
7	Kashi Leuchs	3'45"
8	Jean Christophe Peraud	5'48"
9	Martin Fruet	5'53"
10	Michael Weiss	7'14"
11	Christopher Sauser	8'28"
12	Karl Platt	8'41"
13	Igor Bodan	9'03"
14	Todd Wells	9'26"
15	Geoff Kabush	9'42"
16	Chris Sheppard	9'52"
17	Baltz Weber	9'58"
18	Christof Bischof	10'34"
19	Marco Bui	11'02"
20	Yohann Vachette	11'20"
21	Fredrik Kessiakoff	12'06"
22	Mirko Pirazzoli	13'10"
23	Jochen Kass	13'38"
24	Adam Craig	14'00"
25	Jeremiah Bishop	14'22"
26	Ricky Federau	14'54"
27	Andreas Kugler	15'01"
28	Maxim Gogolev	15'06"
29	Bart Brentjens	15'29"
30	Calle Friberg	15'32"

EL W
	Gunn Rita DAHLE FLESJA	2h02'12 "
2	Maja WLOSZCZOWSKA	1'06"
3	Alison SYDOR	1'45"
4	Marie-Helene Premont	4'21"
5	Sabine Spitz	4'33"
6	Irina Kalentieva	5'07"
7	Alison Dunlap	5'44"
8	Nina Gohl	8'29"
9	Ivonne Kraft	8'59"
10	Barbara Blatter	9'05"
11	Cecile Rode Ravanel	9'10"
12	Ana Szafraniec	9'16"
13	Laurence Leboucher	10'08"
14	Kiara Bisaro	10'39"
15	Jimena Florit	11'28"
16	Mary McConneloug	12'50"
17	Katrin Leumann	13'16"
18	Katerina Hanusova	13'38"
19	Nadja Walker	14'22"
20	Andrea Huser	14'41"

U23 M
	Manuel FUMIC	1h56'10 "
2	Liam KILLEEN	4"
3	Florian VOGEL	2'14"
4	Inaki Lejaretta	3'47"
5	Ruben Ruzafa	5'14"
6	Oleksandr Yakymenko	6'10"
7	Gion Manetsch	6'53"
8	Emil Lindgren	7'15"
9	Philip Eberl	7'35"
10	Tim Boehme	7'38"

JUN M
	Nino SCHURTER	1h34'24 "
2	Stephane TEMPIER	2'05"
3	Maxime MAROTTE	2'48"
4	Andi Weinhold	4'02"
5	Denis Vorontsov	4'46"
6	Fabian Giger	5'08"
7	Raphael Gagne	5'33"
8	Benjamin Giraud	5'42"
9	Hans becking	5'49"
10	shaun lewis	6'23"

JUN W
	Nathalie SCHNEITTER	1h44'11 "
2	Laura METZLER	11"
3	Tereza HURIKOVA	1'32"
4	Aleksandra Dawidowicz	2'18"
5	Emily Siegenthaler	3'41"
6	Hanna Israel	6'49"
7	Marlena Pyrgies	8'20"
8	Gudrun Stark	10'02"
9	Marianne Vos	10'36"
10	Catrine Josefsson	12'20"

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