2016 World University Cycling Championship

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2016 World University Cycling Championship
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Venue Tagaytay, Philippines
Date(s) (2016-03-17 - 2016-03-20)March 17–20, 2016
Nations participating16
Cyclists participating120
Events8
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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 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]

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Race details

Four races was conducted in the TagaytayBatangas 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

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

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's events
Criterium [7]
details
Ryan Cayubit
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
19 pts Alexander Weifenbach
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
18 pts Cyrus Monk
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
11 pts
Road race [8]
details
Cyrus Monk
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
3:13:17 Maral-Erdene Batmunkh
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
3:13:42 Alexander Weifenbach
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
3:13:52
Women's events
Criterium [7]
details
Romy Kasper
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
23 pts Nikol Płosaj
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
16 pts Monika Brzeźna
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
11 pts
Road race [8] [9]
details
Romy Kasper
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2:42:48 Nikol Płosaj
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
2:47:00 Marella Salamat
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
2:47:01

Mountain biking

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's events
Cross country eliminator
details
Marcin Kawalec
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Louis Wolf
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Kohei Maeda
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Cross country [10]
details
Piotr Kurczab
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1:31:20.60 Marcin Kawalec
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1:31:20.61 Louis Wolf
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1:32:48.64
Women's events
Cross country eliminator
details
Sofia Wiedenroth
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Marta Turobos
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Seika Ainota
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Cross country [10]
details
Sofia Wiedenroth
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1:16:43.14 Aleksandra Podgorska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1:19:12.21 Marta Turobos
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1:26:02.46

Medal table

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

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