2016 World University Cycling Championship

2016 World University Cycling Championship
Host city Tagaytay, Philippines
Date(s)  (2016-03-17 - 2016-03-20)March 17–20, 2016
Nations participating 16
Cyclists participating 120
Events 8
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The 2016 World University Cycling Championship was the 7th edition of the World University Cycling Championship. The tournament was hosted by the Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines (FESSAP), sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The championship proper took place in Tagaytay, Philippines from March 17–20, 2016 with the opening ceremonies held in March 16.[1][2] It is the first FISU World University Cycling Championship to be held outside of Europe and the first in Asia.[3][4]

Race details

Four races was conducted in the Tagaytay-Batangas City route: Road Race spaning 122-km, Criterium spanning 80-km, Cross-country cycling spanning 35-km and, Cross Country Eliminator spanning 1.2 km.[5]

Participants

120 cyclists from 16 nations entered the tournament.[6]

Schedule

Thursday, March 17, 2016
Friday, March 18, 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Sunday March 20, 2016

Source[2]

Events summary

Road Cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Criterium[7]
details
Ryan Cayubit
 Philippines
19 pts Alexander Weifenbach
 Germany
18 pts Cyrus Monk
 Australia
11 pts
Road Race[8]
details
Cyrus Monk
 Australia
3:13:17 Maral-Erdene Batmunkh
 Mongolia
3:13:42 Alexander Weifenbach
 Germany
3:13:52
Women's events
Criterium[7]
details
Romy Kasper
 Germany
23 pts Nikol Plosaj
 Poland
16 pts Monika Brzezna
 Poland
11 pts
Road Race[8][9]
details
Romy Kasper
 Germany
2:42:48 Nikol Plosaj
 Poland
2:47:00 Marella Salamat
 Philippines
2:47:01

Mountainbiking

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Cross Country Eliminator
details
Marcin Kawalec
 Poland
Louis Wolf
 Germany
Kohei Maeda
 Japan
Cross Country[10]
details
Piotr Kurczab
 Poland
1:31:20.60 Marcin Kawalec
 Poland
1:31:20.61 Louis Wolf
 Germany
1:32:48.64
Women's events
Cross Country Eliminator
details
Sofia Wiedenroth
 Germany
Marta Turobos
 Poland
Seika Ainota
 Japan
Cross Country[10]
details
Sofia Wiedenroth
 Germany
1:16:43.14 Aleksandra Podgorska
 Poland
1:19:12.21 Marta Turobos
 Poland
1:26:02.46

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany 4 2 2 8
2  Poland 3 3 3 9
3  Philippines 1 0 1 2
 Australia 1 0 1 2
5  Mongolia 0 1 0 1
6  Japan 0 0 2 2
Total 6 6 6 18

References

  1. Co, Chris (January 18, 2016). "World University Cycling Championship gagawin sa Pinas (World University Cycling Championship to be held in the Philippines)". Pilipino Star Ngayon. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Competition Schedule". World University Cycling Championship 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  3. "FISU Executive Committee Meeting in Gwangju - Day 2". Gwangju: FISU. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2015. An update of the situation in 2016 was also presented with the confirmation of the WUC cycling in Tagaytay (PHI).
  4. "FISU 2016 Calendar" (PDF). FISU. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  5. "PH to host World University Cycling Championship". The Standard. January 24, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  6. "Are you ready?". World University Cycling Championship 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. 1 2 the wires (17 March 2016). "Filipino Boots Cayubit edges German for criterium gold in World University Cycling Championships". ports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  8. 1 2 "7th WUC Cycling – Road Race: Confirmations & Surprises". Eurosport. Fisu.net. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  9. "German rules road race; Salamat third". The Philippine Star. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  10. 1 2 "German golden girl completes sweep". The Philippine Star. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

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