2012 Olympic XC - Mens

[Boeing]

Péraud in an upset (based on his second to Millar in TDF stage 12; good form and hungry)

Start List

Catriel Soto (ARG)
Daniel McConnell (AUS)
Alexander Gehbauer (AUT)
Karl Markt (AUT)
Sven Nys (BEL)
Kevin van Hoovels (BEL)
Rubens Valeriano (BRA)
Geoff Kabush (CAN)
Max Plaxton (CAN)
Tong Weisong (CHN)
Hector Paez (COL)
Paolo Montoya (CRC)
Marios Athanasiadis (CYP)
Ondřej Cink (CZE)
Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE)
Jan Škarnitzl (CZE)
Carlos Coloma-Nicolas (ESP)
José Antonio Hermida (ESP)
Sergio Mantecon-Gutiérrez (ESP)
Julien Absalon (FRA)
Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)
Stéphane Tempier (FRA)
Liam Killeen (GBR)
Robert Förstemann (GER)
Manuel Fumic (GER)
Moritz Milatz (GER)
Periklis Ilias (GRE)
Derek Horton (GUM)
Chan Chun Hing (HKG)
András Parti (HUN)
Marco Aurelio Fontana (ITA)
Gerhard Kerschbaumer (ITA)
Kohei Yamamoto (JPN)
Marc Bassingthwaighte (NAM)
Rudi van Houts (NED)
Michael Vingerling (NED)
Sam Bewley (NZL)
Piotr Brzózka (POL)
Marek Konwa (POL)
David Rosa (POR)
Philip Buys (RSA)
Burry Stander (RSA)
Evgeniy Pechenin (RUS)
Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA)
Ralph Näf (SUI)
Nino Schurter (SUI)
Florian Vogel (SUI)
Sergiy Rysenko (UKR)
Samuel Schultz (USA)
Todd Wells (USA)

 

[ramjambunath]

Absalon, Kulhavy, Schurter should be favourites and Stander's more than just a dark horse for this.

 

[pastronef]

rubber boots

http://www.cyclingnews.com/2012-olympic-games/olympic-mens-mountain-bike-race/photos/235485

 

[3wheeler]

Awesome Race... Not sure what happened to the Spanish Guy He was right in the Mix then suddenly went missing,, Some said he Blew. But I reckon he must of had a Problem as he closed up again when they were going hard.

 

[D Avoid]

I met the Greek guy Periklis at a race track on Thursday and when he was leaving I asked when was the race and are there any tickets available, my friends on seeing him asked who he was, tall and incredibly slim, so I told him, he got some tickets but didn't call for them on time, so the day wasn't that great after all. My poor friend who went to the Village to see him on Saturday night got such a run around by the traffic Nazis that he never got in. I mean talk about bad organisation.

 

[Koub3cc]

Perfect race!

Amazing interesting route,lot of fans and wonderfull fight between Kulhavy and Schurter!

Well done Jaroslav!

 

[jae2460]

Great men's race with the top 3 going at it like they did. Kudos to all 3 men.

Absalon showed no class dropping out before the end of lap 2 because he flatted and lost time. As defending Olympic Champion, he should've stayed in the race and finished.

 

[Boeing]

on a full suspension no less. word