title: 2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
text: # 2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
  
  The 2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Val di Sole, Italy from 17 to 22 June 2008. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 19th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 23rd edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.
  
  Future three-time road world champion and seven-time Tour de France points classification winner Peter Sagan won the junior men's cross-country title.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cross-country | Christoph Sauser (SUI) | Florian Vogel (SUI) | Ralph Näf (SUI) |
  | Under 23 cross-country | Nino Schurter (SUI) | Burry Stander (RSA) | Matthias Flückiger (SUI) |
  | Junior cross-country | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Arnaud Jouffroy (FRA) | Matthias Rupp (SUI) |
  | Downhill | Gee Atherton (GBR) | Steve Peat (GBR) | Sam Hill (AUS) |
  | Junior downhill | Josh Bryceland (GBR) | Sam Dale (GBR) | Rémi Thirion (FRA) |
  | Four-cross | Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lu (ESP) | Roger Rinderknecht (SUI) | Mickael Deldycke (FRA) |
  | Trials, 20 inch | Benito Ros Charral (ESP) | Rafal Kumorowski (POL) | Sebastian Hoffmann (GER) |
  | Trials, 26 inch | Gilles Coustellier (FRA) | Vincent Hermance (FRA) | Daniel Comas Riera (ESP) |
  | Junior trials, 20 inch | Abel Mustieles (ESP) | Loris Braun (SUI) | James Barton (CAN) |
  | Junior trials, 26 inch | Loris Braun (SUI) | James Barton (CAN) | Kevin Aglae (FRA) |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cross-country | Margarita Fullana (ESP) | Sabine Spitz (GER) | Irina Kalentieva (RUS) |
  | Under 23 cross-country | Tanja Žakelj (SLO) | Nathalie Schneitter (SUI) | Aleksandra Dawidowicz (POL) |
  | Junior cross-country | Laura Abril (COL) | Barbara Benkó (HUN) | Mona Eiberweiser (GER) |
  | Downhill | Rachel Atherton (GBR) | Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) | Emmeline Ragot (FRA) |
  | Junior downhill | Anais Pajot (FRA) | Myriam Nicole (FRA) | Mélanie Pugin (FRA) |
  | Four-cross | Melissa Buhl (USA) | Jana Horáková (CZE) | Romana Labounková (CZE) |
  | Trials | Gemma Abant Condal (ESP) | Karin Moor (SUI) | Julie Pesenti (FRA) |
  
  ### Team events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Cross-country | France Jean-Christophe Péraud Arnaud Jouffroy Laurence Leboucher Alexis Vuillermoz | Switzerland Florian Vogel Matthias Rupp Petra Henzi Nino Schurter | Italy Marco Aurelio Fontana Gerhard Kerschbaumer Eva Lechner Cristian Cominelli |
  | Trials | Spain | France | Switzerland |
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Spain (ESP) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
  | 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
  | 3 | France (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
  | 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
  | 5 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 13 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 15 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
  