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2016 World University Cycling Championship

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 on 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]

2016 World University Cycling Championship
VenueTagaytay, Philippines
Date(s) (2016-03-17 - 2016-03-20)March 17–20, 2016
Nations participating16
Cyclists participating120
Events8
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Race details

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

Participants

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

Schedule

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Thursday, March 17, 2016
  • Criterium: women's race, 36 km (1.8 km track, 20 laps)
  • Criterium: men's race, 54 km (1.8 km track, 30 laps)
Friday, March 18, 2016
  • Road cycling: women's road race
  • Road cycling: men's road race
Saturday, March 19, 2016
  • Cross Country Eliminator: women's race
  • Cross Country Eliminator: men's race
Sunday March 20, 2016
  • Cross Country Olympic: women's race
  • Cross Country Olympic: men's race

Source[2]

Events summary

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Road cycling

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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 Płosaj
  Poland		 16 pts Monika Brzeźna
  Poland		 11 pts
Road race[8][9]
details 		Romy Kasper
  Germany		 2:42:48 Nikol Płosaj
  Poland		 2:47:00 Marella Salamat
  Philippines		 2:47:01

Mountain biking

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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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)4228
2  Poland (POL)3339
3  Australia (AUS)1012
  Philippines (PHI)1012
5  Mongolia (MGL)0101
6  Japan (JPN)0022
Totals (6 entries)96924

References

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  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. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "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).[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "FISU 2016 Calendar" (PDF). FISU. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  5. ^ "PH to host World University Cycling Championship". The Standard. January 24, 2016. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  6. ^ "Are you ready?". World University Cycling Championship 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "German golden girl completes sweep". The Philippine Star. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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