Indoor cycling world championships 2011

Indoor Cycling World Championships 2011
date		November 4-6, 2011
Host country		Japan
venue		Kagoshima
winner
Bike ball		Austria
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	5	4th	1	10
2	Austria	1	0	0	1
3	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
4th	Czech Republic	0	0	2	2
5	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
6th	Macau	0	0	1	1
7th	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
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The 2011 Indoor Cycling World Championships took place from November 4th to 6th, 2011 in Kagoshima ( Japan ). There were competitions in bike ball and artificial cycling . The most successful nation was Germany, which won five gold medals. They were able to win all disciplines except for the cycling competition.

A total of 83 athletes took part, all of them from the European or Asian region, with the exception of a cycling duo, which started for Canada .

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 teams and Group B with 5 weaker teams. In both groups there was a round in which everyone played against everyone once. In the intermediate round of the Group A teams, the team placed second in the preliminary round met the fifth placed and the third placed fourth. The two winners of this intermediate round and the winner of the preliminary round qualified for the semi-finals. In the first semi-final, the winner of the preliminary round met the winner of the game between the second and fifth place. The loser of this game had to play in a second semi-final against the winner from the game between the third and fourth placed. The two winners from the semi-finals eventually played out the world champions in the final. The winner of group B finally competed against the sixth in group A for promotion or to remain in group A.

Group A

Preliminary round

rank	team							S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Austria		4: 3	2: 2	3: 1	10: 1	8: 1	4th	1	0	27-8	13
2.	Switzerland	3: 4		4: 3	5: 3	5: 1	10: 1	4th	0	1	27:12	12
3.	Germany	2: 2	3: 4		5: 2	7: 5	7: 1	3	1	1	24:14	10
4th	Czech Republic	1: 3	3: 5	2: 5		8: 3	5-0	2	0	3	19:16	6th
5.	France	1:10	1: 5	5: 7	3: 8		3: 3	0	1	4th	13:33	1
6th	Belgium	1: 8	1:10	1: 7	0: 5	3: 3		0	1	4th	6:33	1

Final round

Intermediate round
Switzerland	-	France	10-0
Germany	-	Czech Republic	4: 3
1st semifinals
Austria	-	Switzerland	1: 4
2nd semifinals
Austria	-	Germany	4: 2
FINAL
Switzerland	-	Austria	3: 4

Final score

rank	country	player	player
1.	Austria	Patrick Schnetzer	Dietmar Schneider
2.	Switzerland	Roman Schneider	Dominik Planzer
3.	Germany	Marco Rossmann	Roman Müller
4th	Czech Republic	Pavel Smid	Petr Skotak
5.	France	Stéphane Bauer	Frédéric Doell
6th	Belgium	Brecht ladies	Niels Dirikx

Group B

rank	team						S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1	Romania		4: 2	4: 2	14: 1	22: 0	4th	0	0	44: 5	12
2	Japan	2: 4		3: 1	8: 2	23: 2	3	0	1	36: 9	9
3	Hong Kong	2: 4	1: 3		10: 2	15: 0	2	0	2	28: 9	6th
4th	Malaysia	1: 14	2: 8	2:10		14: 0	1	0	3	19:32	3
5	Canada	0:22	2: 23	0:15	0: 14		0	0	4th	2:74	0

Final score

rank	country	player	player
1.	Romania	Dorian Toroftei	Mircea Tric
2.	Japan	Naoya Kinoshita	Ko Matsuda
3.	Hong Kong	Wing Tai Ho	Chun Hin Kwan
4th	Malaysia	Senin Zulkfli	Ibrahim Ibra Izuan
5.	Canada	Jean Saucier	Pierre Bernier

Promotion-relegation game group A / B

Belgium was able to successfully defend the league.

 Belgium - Romania 3: 3 (5: 4 aet)  

Artistic cycling

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

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 14 athletes from 8 nations took part in the competition.

Medalist

rank	country	driver	established	executed
1.	Germany	Corinna Hein	186.50	171.75
2.	Germany	Sandra Beck	182.60	169.71
3.	Czech Republic	Nikola Lebankova	168.40	156.85

Double

A total of 7 teams from five nations took part in the competition.

The German duo Schultheis / Sprinkmeier set a new world record in the final round with 160.43 points.

Medalist

rank	country	Driver 1	Driver 2	established	executed
1.	Germany	Katrin Schultheis	Sandra Sprinkmeier	166.90	160.43
2.	Germany	Katharina Wurster	Jasmine Soika	165.50	157.45
3.	Czech Republic	Andrea Petrickova	Iva Valesova	128.40	106.54

Team of 4

The field of participants consisted of only 3 teams.

Medalist

rank	country	Female drivers	established	executed
1.	Germany	Katharina Gülich Sonja Mauermeyer Ramona Strassner Christina Posch	219.50	189.74
2.	Switzerland	Carolin Noll Andrea Keller Maura Stiefel Nora Willener	206.80	167.69
3.	Slovakia	Korina Vas Dora Szabo Viktoria Csente Alica Vincze	178.40	112.76

Men's singles

A total of 13 athletes from 10 nations took part in the competition.

David Schnabel set a new world record in the final round with 208.91 points.

Medalist

rank	country	driver	established	executed
1.	Germany	David Schnabel	210.10	208.91
2.	Germany	Florian Blab	210.80	205.17
3.	Macau	Hang Cheong Wong	177.10	165.31

Mixed doubles

A total of four duos from three nations took part.

Luisa and Benedikt Bassmann set a new world record with 148.08 points.

Medalist

rank	country	Driver 1	Driver 2	established	executed
1.	Germany	Luisa Bassmann	Benedikt Bassmann	160.10	148.08
2.	Germany	Oliver Gronbach	Daniel Gronbach	155.40	135.87
3.	Hong Kong	Hin Bon Ip	Pok Man Yu	137.30	110.27

Web links

• Official website of the Indoor Cycling World Championships 2011
• All results on www.radball.at