caption fullname ridertype updated birth_place majorwins discipline birth_date role image article_title name
christoph sauser in the world champion 's kit christoph sauser cross-country , marathon may 25 , 2009 sigriswil , switzerland uci 2005 -rrb- absa cape epic champion -lrb- 2006 , 2011 world , 2012 , 2013 , 2015 -rrb- cup , cross country -lrb- 2004 , mountain bike 13 april 1976 rider christoph sauser sea otter portrait.jpg christoph sauser
 christoph sauser
christoph sauser

christoph sauser -lrb- born april 13 , 1976 in sigriswil , switzerland -rrb- is a cross-country mountain biker who won the bronze medal at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney , australia .
he currently races on the specialized cross country team .
he was the overall winner of the uci world cup in 2004 and 2005 , along with taking 2nd in 2002 and 2003 , with a 3rd in 2001 .
he has won a total of 10 world cups .
in 2006 sauser won his first absa cape epic with partner silvio bundi .
he then partnered up with burry stander winning back to back in 2011 and 2012 .
sauser partnered up with jaroslav kulhavy in 2013 , once again claiming 1st in the marathon stage race .
at the 2015 absa cape epic sauser rode himself in the race 's history books by becoming the first person to the win it a landmark five times .
he won first place in the 2008 mountain bike world championships , came second in the 2005 , and third in 2001 .
he is four times the swiss champion .
in his early years of racing he started in both xc and dh races .
he is one of the top mountain bikers in the last few years .
