France's Julian Absalon had company
 
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Julien Absalon (France)
 
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Julien Absalon (France)
 
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Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)
 
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Christoph Soukup (Austria)
 
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South African Burry Stander
 
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Canada's Seamus McGrath flatted
 
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Julien Absalon (France)
 
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This French fan has a son named Absalon.
 
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Julien Absalon (France) shares his win
 
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Fans line the final descent
 
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Julien Absalon (France)
 
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Julien Absalon celebrates his win.
 
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The Netherlands Bart Brentjens
 
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Adam Craig of the USA
 
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Fans packed the plaza 
 
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Spain's Jose Hermida
 
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Geoff Kabush (Canada)
 
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Germany's Moritz Milatz 
 
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The men's podium:
 
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Belgian cyclo-cross star Sven Nys
 
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France's Jean-Christophe Peraud
 
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Christoph Sauser was in contention all day
 
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American Todd Wells 
 
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Geoff Kabush (Canada) got the holeshot
 
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Canada's Geoff Kabush got the holeshot and led
 
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Early on lap one it was a bit
 
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It was a bit of a traffic jam
 
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Great Britain's Liam Killeen went down,
 
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Fredrik Kessiakoff was at
 
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Christophe Sauser (Switzerland)
 
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Manuel Fumic (Germany)
 
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Jose Hermida (Spain)
 
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Julien Absalon (France)
 
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Christoph Sauser and Jean-Christophe Peraud
 
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Adam Craig (United States)
 
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Jianhua Ji (China)
 
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Todd Wells (United States)
 
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Federico Ramirez (Costa Rica)
 
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World champion Christoph Sauser (Switzerland)
 
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Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)
 
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Seamus Mcgrath (Canada) rode the rim
 
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Julien Absalon (France)
 
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Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)
 
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Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy)
 
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Manuel Fumic (Germany)
 
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Jose Hermida (Spain)
 
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Fredrik Kessiakoff (Sweden)
 
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Burry Stander (South Africa)
 
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Christoph Soukup (Austria)
 
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Liam Killeen (Great Britain)
 
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Roel Paulissen (Belgium)
 
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Geoff Kabush (Canada)
 
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Jianhua Ji (China)
 
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Kashi Leuchs (New Zealand)
 
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Filip Meirhaeghe (Belgium)
 
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Todd Wells (United States)
 
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Seamus McGrath (Canada)
 
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Julien Absalon (France)
 
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Liam Killeen (Great Britain)
 
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Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)
 
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Adam Craig (United States)
 
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Bart Brentjens (Netherlands)
 
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Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)
 
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Christoph Sauser (Switzerland)
 
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Sven Nys (Belgium)
 
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Julien Absalon (France)
 
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Julien Absalon (France) was delighted with
 
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France's Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)
 
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Nino Schurter (Switzerland) takes the bronze
 
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Christoph Sauser (Switzerland) pounded
 
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Julien Absalon (France) was the
 
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Podium (L-R): Jean-Christophe Peraud (France), Julien Absalon (France)
 
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Christoph Sauser chased the bronze medal hard
 
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The Australian Daniel McConnell had some trouble
 
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The coach had to get a rock out
 
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Julian Absalon followed rule #1
 
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Absalon nows a thing about winning
 
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Absalon had to keep his body fluid.
 
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Niko Schurter decided to take the drink
 
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Absalon and the loneliness of the cross country
 
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Jean-Christophe Peraud completed France's triumph
 
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Sven Nys (Belgium)  scored a ninth place.
 
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Manuel Fumic was with the Swiss riders
 
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There were huge crowds at the course.
 
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Switzerland's Nino Schurter sprinted hard
 
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Absalon dominated his way
 
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Peraud ended the day in second
 
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