Venue | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
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Date(s) | 21–25 May 2008 |
Nations participating | 25 |
Events | 8 |
The 2008 World University Cycling Championship is the 5th Word University Cycling Championship sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The championship took place in Nijmegen, Netherlands, from 21 to 25 May 2008. Prague and Bangkok were also candidate cities to organize the championship. The NOC*NSF chairman Erica Terpstra opened he World Championships at the opening ceremony on 21 May. Athletes from 25 countries competed in the disciplines mountain bike cross-country, mountain bike marathon, individual time trial and road race. It was the first time in student sports that there was held a World Championship Mountain Biking. [1] [2]
Each country was allowed to enter a maximum of 20 competitors: 4 men and women in the road race events and 6 men and women in the mountain bike events. A person was allowed to participate as a competitor if he/she was born between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1990 and was a full-time student at a university or similar institute or had obtained their academic degree in the year preceding the event. [3]
The championship contained events in following sports:
The road cycling competitions at the 2008 World University Cycling Championship were held at 23 and 25 May 2008. Athletes from 23 different countries competed in the road race and the individual time trial. The competitions took place in the countryside of Nijmeten with un-Dutch difference in altitude and was along the dikes of the river Waal. [2] You can view on YouTube the road race course and the time trial course.
The mountain bike competitions at the 2008 World University Cycling Championship were held at 22 and 24 May 2008. Athletes competed in the disciplines cross-country and marathon. 26 men athletes competed in the marathon and 32 in the cross-country. [4] The competitions took place in the wooded areas of Groesbeek, nearby the German Reichswald. [2] [5] The mountain bike track was specially made for this championship. [6]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's events | ||||||
Road Race [7] details | Robin Chaigneau Netherlands | 4h 03' 54" | Michael Schweizer Germany | + 57" | Malaya Van Ruitenbeek Netherlands | + 57" |
Time trial [8] details | Malaya Van Ruitenbeek Netherlands | 45' 56.20" | Andrei Krasilnikau Belarus | + 29.02" | Evaldas Šiškevičius Lithuania | + 34.24" |
Women's events | ||||||
Road Race [9] | Elise van Hage Netherlands | 2h 44'25" | Chantal Blaak Netherlands | + 1'01" | Annemiek van Vleuten Netherlands | + 2'38" |
Time trial [10] details | Iris Slappendel Netherlands | 51' 03.83" | Annemiek van Vleuten Netherlands | + 6.97" | Loes Markerink Netherlands | + 50.96" |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's events | ||||||
Cross-country [11] details [ permanent dead link ] | Till Marx Switzerland | 1h 52' 48" | Jan Skarnitzl Czech Republic | + 34" | Niels Wubben Netherlands | + 42" |
Marathon [12] | ||||||
Women's events | ||||||
Cross-country [13] details [ permanent dead link ] | Caroline Mani France | 1h 27' 27" | Maaris Meier Estonia | s.t. | Ingrid Bosscha Netherlands | + 49" |
Marathon |
The mountain bike marathon events are not included in the medal table.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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