Indoor cycling world championships 2003

Indoor Cycling World Championships 2003
date		November 21-23, 2003
Host country		France
venue		Schiltigheim
winner
Bike ball		Czech Republic
Artistic bike 1 series women		Germany
Artificial bike 1 series men		Germany
Artificial bike 2-person women		Germany
Artificial bike 2 men		Germany
Artificial bike for 4 women		Switzerland
Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Germany	4th	5	0	9
2	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
3	Czech Republic	1	0	4th	5
4th	Austria	0	0	2	2
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The Indoor Cycling World Championships 2003 took place from November 21 to 23, 2003 in Schiltigheim , France . There were competitions in bike ball and artificial cycling . The most successful nation was Germany, which won four of the six gold medals.

Bike ball

A two-man team competition was held for the men.

mode

The tournament consisted of two groups: Group A with the six strongest nations from the previous year and Group B with nine weaker teams.

In Group A there was a round in which everyone played against everyone once. In the semifinals, the team in first place played against the team in fourth place and the team in second place against the team in third place. The two winners from the semi-finals eventually played out the world champions in the final. In group B there were two groups which all played against all once. After that, placement games were played in group B between those equally placed. The teams in fifth and sixth place in Group A had to face the winner and runner-up in Group B in the relegation round.

Group A

rank	country	player	player
1.	Czech Republic	Jiří Hrdlička	Miroslav Berger
2.	Switzerland	Paul Looser	Peter Jiricek
3.	Austria	Andreas Lubetz	Reinhard Schneider
4th	Germany	Jens houses	Thomas Abel
5.	Belgium	Christoph Baudu	Rik Deuvaert
6th	France	Michel Maillavin	Frédéric Marcoux

Group B

rank	country	player	player
1.	Japan	Tsuzuki Katsumi	Matsuda Ko
2.	Croatia	Daniel Tvardi	Andreas Szabo
3.	Romania	Dorian Doroftei	Robert Wasmer
4th	Serbia and Montenegro	Oliver Oltovanji	Christian Oltovanji
5.	United States	Cavin Yarbrough	Charles Berry
6th	Hong Kong	Tai Ho Wing	Fai Lo Man
7th	Malaysia	Zulkefli Senin	Samsinar Halim Abd
8th.	Macau	Kin Lei Hou	Man Keong Lei Sio
9.	Hungary	Tamas Szitas	Attila Tabacs

Promotion-relegation round

Belgium and France were able to secure the league preservation.

rank	country	player	player
1.	Belgium	Christoph Baudu	Rik Deuvaert
2.	France	Michel Maillavin	Frédéric Marcoux
3.	Japan	Tsuzuki Katsumi	Matsuda Ko
4th	Croatia	Daniel Tvardi	Andreas Szabo

Artistic cycling

There were competitions in 1-man, 2-man and 4-man artificial cycling for women and 1 and 2-man artificial cycling for men.

mode

Each participant or each team had to drive a freestyle. This lasted a maximum of six minutes and included 28 for the individual starters and 22 for the duos, each with a certain level of difficulty, which, added to the basic number of points, served as the basis for the assessment (submitted points). The end result was obtained after deducting the points of failure (points left out).

Women

singles

A total of 29 athletes took part in the competition.

Medalist

rank	country	driver	established	executed
1.	Germany	Astrid Ruckaberle	339.00	330.25
2.	Germany	Corinna Hein	337.20	325.89
3.	Czech Republic	Martina Stepànkovà	339.60	314.39

Double

A total of 17 teams from 12 nations took part in the competition.

Medalist

rank	country	Driver 1	Driver 2	established	executed
1.	Germany	Carolin Ingelfinger	Katja Knaack	318.40	293.30
2.	Germany	Nadine Wöhler	Katharina Urban	308.40	292.43
3.	Czech Republic	Iva Valesova	Andrea Petrickova	297.00	281.17

Team of 4

The field of participants consisted of nine teams.

Medalist

rank	country	Female drivers	established	executed
1.	Switzerland	Eliane Zeller Petra Storchenegger Jeanette Schneider Sabrina Lenherr	366.20	346.77
2.	Germany	Manuela Dieterle Simone Rudolf Katja Gaißer Christine Zimmermann	361.00	345.87
3.	Austria	Martina Schwar Silke Melbinger Melanie Melbinger Kathrin Hagen	351.20	341.23

Men's

singles

A total of 25 athletes took part in the competition.

Medalist

rank	country	driver	established	executed
1.	Germany	Martin Rominger	349.60	345.97
2.	Germany	Robin Hartmann	342.20	335.57
3.	Czech Republic	Arnost Pokorny	344.00	330.07

Double

A total of 11 duos from 9 nations took part.

Medalist

rank	country	Driver 1	Driver 2	established	executed
1.	Germany	Simon grandfather	Nico Kunert	332.00	323.07
2.	Germany	Heiko Rauch	Michael Rauch	328.60	309.28
3.	Czech Republic	Petr Bartunek	Kamil Bartunek	296.00	290.07

Web links

• All results on www.radball.at