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Julien Absalon

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Julien Arnaud Absalon (born 16 August 1980) is a French former cross-country mountain biker, who competed as a professional from 2001 to 2018. He is considered to be one of the most successful cross-country cyclists of all time. Throughout his career, Absalon won gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, five World Championships (2004–2007, 2014), seven UCI World Cup overall titles (2003, 2006–2009, 2014, 2016) and 33 World Cup rounds, which was an all-time record before being broken by Nino Schurter in 2023. He also won all fourteen French cross-country championships between 2003 and 2016, and five European Championships (2006, 2013–2016). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Julien Absalon is the 550th most popular cyclist (up from 556th in 2024), the 5,582nd most popular biography from France (up from 5,611th in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Julien Absalon ranks 550 out of 1,613. Before him are Tadej Valjavec, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Sylvain Chavanel, Johan Capiot, Juan Antonio Flecha, and Michael Albasini. After him are Manuel Beltrán, Gustav Larsson, Francis Moreau, Haimar Zubeldia, Jakob Piil, and Rolf Aldag.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Julien Absalon ranks 461. Before him are Taishi Endo, Wolfgang Loitzl, Matthew Amoah, Michael Albasini, Nina Zilli, and Riki. After him are Vanessa Carlton, Gustav Larsson, Robertas Javtokas, Jani Liimatainen, Masashi Oguro, and André Luíz Baracho.

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In France

Among people born in France, Julien Absalon ranks 5,582 out of 6,770. Before him are Valérien Ismaël (1975), Sylvain Chavanel (1979), Christophe Lemaitre (1990), Alexis Jenni (1963), Francis Gillot (1960), and Aïssa Mandi (1991). After him are Fabien Roussel (1969), Aurélie Filippetti (1973), Cécile Nowak (1967), Julia Dietze (1981), Francis Moreau (1965), and Dika Mem (1997).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Julien Absalon ranks 67. Before him are Luc Leblanc (1966), Thomas Voeckler (1979), Thibaut Pinot (1990), Laurent Brochard (1968), Hervé Boussard (1966), and Sylvain Chavanel (1979). After him are Francis Moreau (1965), Jean-Christophe Péraud (1977), Cédric Vasseur (1970), Philippe Gaumont (1973), Alain Bondue (1959), and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (1992).

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