Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohu a Ravanel mo te kapa French, me ona hoa kapa a Jean-Christophe Péraud me te kaitautoko o te whakataetae Olympic a Julien Absalon i te whakataetae
Ko te whakataetae whakawhiti-whenua a nga taane i te 2008 Summer Olympics i Beijing, ma te whiwhi i tetahi o nga waahi e toru o te motu mai i te French Cycling Association () me te Union Cycliste Internationale i runga i tana mahi pai i nga Whakataetae o te Ao, te raupapa Ipu o te Ao, me nga Whakatauranga o te Ao Mountain Biking. I whakaotihia e Ravanel te raarangi o tana roopu hei tuatoru o nga Frenchman ki te whakaoti i te 4.8-km pakari, te huarahi whakawhiti-whenua, ka mutu i waho o te aukati e rua-haora ka kohi i te wahi tekau ma wha i te 2:01:38.