Indoor cycling world championships 2007

Indoor Cycling World Championships 2007
date		November 9-11, 2007
Host country		Switzerland
venue		Winterthur
winner
Bike ball		Germany
Artistic bike 1 series women		Germany
Artificial bike 1 series men		Germany
Artificial bike 2-person women		Germany
Artificial bike mixed 2		Germany
Artificial bike for 4 women		Germany
Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Germany	6th	3	2	11
2	Austria	0	3	0	3
3	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
4th	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
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The 2007 Indoor Cycling World Championships took place from November 9th to 11th, 2007 in Winterthur , Switzerland . The second indoor cycling World Championships in Winterthur after the first World Championships in 1997 again took place in the Eulachhallen . There were competitions in bike ball and artificial cycling . The world championships were a complete success for the German athletes , who all won gold medals.

A total of 144 athletes from 21 nations took part. The participating nations all came from Europe or Asia , with the exception of a team of Czech women who started for Chad .

organization

Marianne Kern, member of the RMV Pfungen and responsible for indoor cycling on the board of Swiss Cycling, initiated the initiative for another World Championship . Daniel Frei, sports manager and current president of the Winterthur Sport umbrella organization, took over the management of the project . The OC's candidacy for Winterthur was finally accepted by the UCI in January 2005 - after the competitors had already withdrawn when the Winterthur candidacy became known. Compared to the 1997 World Cup, which also took place in Winterthur and was regarded as a model event, a second Eulachhalle was now available, which created optimal conditions for the implementation of another World Cup.

There was a budget of CHF 750,000 for the event and months after the end of the World Cup the OC was even able to report a profit of CHF 29,600, this money was then shared among the event's helpers.

The organizing committee

• Daniel Frei, President
• Max Wullschleger, Finance
• Marianne Kern, sports
• Toni Hostettler, Marketing
• Daniel Spengler, infrastructure

The members of the OK were predominantly exponents from the city and region of Winterthur. Daniel Spengler used to be an active player and Toni Hostettler was managing director of Pfadi Winterthur for eight years . In the entire organization team, nine people with a handball background faced only six members from the indoor cycling area. However, the many voluntary helpers of the local cycling clubs are not included.

Venue

The whole event was held in the Eulachhallen in Winterthur, which is usually the home stadium of the Pfadi Winterthur handball club . One hall - usually the stadium of the first team of scouts - was used as a competition hall and the second as an event hall, in which the catering facilities and a cultural program were offered. In the entrance area in front of the competition hall, various exhibitors, a bar, the cloakroom and an information desk had their stands. The Eulachhalle was sold out during the entire event and with a total of 3280 spectators who found space in the Eulachhalle including the temporary stands, this was also the hall record.

World Cup vouchers were issued that were the only means of payment at the venue.

Bike ball

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

mode

The participants started in the three strength groups A, B and C, with A being the strongest group and there the world champion was determined. There was a round in all groups in which everyone played against everyone. After that there was only an intermediate round in Group A in which the second placed fifth in the preliminary round and the third placed fourth. The winners from the respective games moved into a final round together with the winner of the preliminary round. In the final round, all teams played against each other again, and the two strongest teams won the world championship title among themselves in a final game. In strength groups B and C, the table was already the final table after the preliminary round. In group C there was a round trip because of the few participating teams.

Group A

In Group A, Germany won the final against Austria 6-4 and became world champions. Third placed Switzerland was still tied with Austria at the top after the preliminary round, but in the final round Germany was able to secure the gold medal with wins against both teams. The Austrian Martin Lingg was the top scorer .

rank	country	Player 1	Player 2
1.	Germany	Thomas Abel	Christian Hess
2.	Austria	Martin Lingg	Markus Bröll
3.	Switzerland	Timo Reichen	Peter Jiricek
4th	Czech Republic	Robert Loskot	Pavel Vitula
5.	Croatia	Jasmine Fazlic	Michael Posedi
6th	Belgium	Rudy Covent	Peter Martens

Promotion-relegation game group A / B

Japan rose to the highest strength class, Belgium had to compete in group B at the next world championships.

 Japan - Belgium 3: 2  

Group B

rank	country	Player 1	Player 2	TV	Pt.
1.	Japan	Naoya Kinoshita	Ko Matsuda	24:14	9
2.	Romania	Dorian Doroftei	Mircea Tric	14: 9	8th
3.	Spain	Daniel Cortés Balsalobre	Florencio Monge	11:15	4th
4th	Slovakia	Dalibor Roznik	Robert Rizmann	8:15	3
5.	France	Frédérique Marcoux	Michel Maillavin	12:15	2

Promotion-relegation game group B / C

Hong Kong was promoted to Group B while France was relegated to the weakest strength class.

 Hong Kong - France 6: 4  

Group C

rank	country	Player 1	Player 2	TV	Pt.
1.	Hong Kong	Man Fai Lo	Wing Tai Ho	39: 8	16
2.	Hungary	Tamás Szitás	Vilmos Toma	37:15	13
3.	Malaysia	Abd Halim Samsinar	Dahlan Mohd Zikri	28:19	6th
4th	Macau	U Hin Lai	Run Quin Lin	4:66	0

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

First there was always a qualification, the four best athletes with the most points made it to the final. A freestyle lasted six minutes and contained 28 different elements with a certain level of difficulty, which then served as the basis for the assessment (points awarded). The end result was the points scored.

Women

singles

A total of 23 athletes from 12 nations took part in the competition.

Table finals

rank	country	driver	established	inserted
1.	Germany	Anja Scheu	338.00	331.60
2.	Austria	Sarah Kohl	335.40	328.51
3.	Germany	Sandra Beck	336.80	326.35
4th	Czech Republic	Martina Trnková	336.60	322.27

Double

A total of 14 teams from nine nations took part in the competition. The German duo Schultheis / Sprinkmeier set a new world record in the qualifying round with 316.39 points.

Table finals

rank	country	Driver 1	Driver 2	established	inserted
1.	Germany	Katrin Schultheis	Sandra Sprinkmeier	325.40	311.61
2.	Germany	Jasmine Soika	Katharina Wurster	315.60	302.37
3.	Czech Republic	Andrea Petríckova	Iva Valesová	304.00	288.61
4th	Switzerland	Barbara Morf	Nina Bommeli	300.00	288.07

Team of 4

In addition to the finalists, Hungary and France provided a team, but neither had a chance of the final.

Table finals

rank	country	Athletes	established	inserted
1.	Germany	Manuela Dieterle Katja Gaisser Simone Rudolf Ines Rudolf	368.60	356.23
2.	Austria	Kathrin Hagen Melanie Melbinger Martina Schwar Silke Melbinger	371.80	352.31
3.	Switzerland	Angela Bolliger Daniela Keller Doris Roth Corinna Paul	365.00	345.87
4th	Czech Republic	Markéta Tobolíková Jana Oplocká Michaela Matousková Katerina Pribylová	366.80	331.47

Men's

singles

A total of 23 athletes from 13 nations took part in the competition.

Table finals

rank	country	driver	established	inserted
1.	Germany	Robin Hartmann	349.60	347.25
2.	Germany	David Schnabel	348.20	346.97
3.	Germany	Michael Brugger	346.20	342.81
4th	Czech Republic	Milan Krivánek	332.60	325.27

Double

A total of twelve duos from seven nations took part.

Table finals

rank	country	Driver 1	Driver 2	established	inserted
1.	Germany	Felix Niederberger	Jonas Niederberger	328.40	320.33
2.	Germany	Viktor Volk	Manuel Huber	321.80	306.88
3.	Switzerland	Beni Jost	Joel Schmid	299.00	294.53
4th	Hong Kong	Sum Yee Yu	Tin Hin Lo	298.20	290.30

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Indoor Cycling World Championships 2007 with a profit. July 3, 2008, archived from the original on May 26, 2015 ; Retrieved July 17, 2010 . 
2. ↑ Article experience for everyone involved , Der Landbote dated December 14, 2005 (reference for entire section)
3. ↑ Article handball players discover indoor cycling by Robert Blaser, Der Landbote from October 1, 2007

Web links

• Official website of the Indoor Cycling World Championships 2007 ( Memento from December 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive )