| Venue: | Winterthur, Switzerland |
| Date: | 9 November - 11 November 2007 |
| Stadium: | Eulachhalle |
| Nations: | 21 |
| Cyclists: | 144 |
The 2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships took place in Winterthur in switzerland from 9 to 11 November and crowned world champions in the cycling disciplines of cycle ball and artistic cycling. Germany managed to get all seven gold medals at this championship and won 11 medals in total - including all three in men's single artistic cycling.
The whole event was located in the stadium Eulachhalle, originally the home stadium of the handball club Pfadi Winterthur. It was actually the second indoor cycling world championship held in Winterthur after the one in 1997.
In total 144 athletes out of 21 nations took part in the competition. The participating nations were all from Europe and Asia, except for a Tchad starting Czech team.
The idea to give Winterthur another world championship indoor cycling after the one in 1997 came from Marianne Kern, member of the RMV Pfungen and member of the management board of Swiss Cycling for indoor cycling. After the candidature of Winterthur was made public the other candidates revoke their candidatures so that Winterthur could perform the World Championship. The whole event had a budget of 750'000 swiss francs - after the end of the WC they made a profit of 29'600 SFr.[1]
The members of the OC are all out of the city and the region of Winterthur.
The whole event took place in the Eulachhalle in Winterthur. During the event one hall was used for the sporting events and the other was an event hall, where you could eat and also a cultural program was there. In the entrance area there were some exhibitors, a bar, a coat check and an information desk. The Eulachhalle was sold out during the whole event with 3,280 spectators, a hall record.
Es wurde ein 2er-Teamwettkampf bei den Herren durchgeführt.
The competitors started in three different groups, ordered after their strengthen. In group A the fight for the medals took place. In all groups they compete in the league mode against each other. For group B and C the table afterward is the final results.
In group A there was also an intermediate stage where the 2nd- against the 5th-placed and the 3rd against the 4th placed played. The winners came into a final round with the winner of the first round. The two first teams of the final round make out the world cup winner in a final game at the end.
In the group A Germany could win the final game against Austria with 6:4. Top goal scorer was the Austrian player Martin Lingg.
| place | country | player 1 | player 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Thomas Abel | Christian Hess | ||
| 2. | Martin Lingg | Markus Bröll | ||
| 3. | Timo Reichen | Peter Jiricek | ||
| 4. | Robert Loskot | Pavel Vitula | ||
| 5. | Jasmin Fazlic | Michael Posedi | ||
| 6. | Rudy Covent | Peter Martens |
- 3:2
| place | country | player 1 | player 2 | GD | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Naoya Kinoshita | Ko Matsuda | 24:14 | 9 | ||
| 2. | Dorian Doroftei | Mircea Tric | 14:9 | 8 | ||
| 3. | Daniel Cortés Balsalobre | Florencio Monge | 11:15 | 4 | ||
| 4. | Dalibor Roznik | Robert Rizmann | 8:15 | 3 | ||
| 5. | Frédérique Marcoux | Michel Maillavin | 12:15 | 2 |
- 6:4
| place | country | player 1 | player 2 | GD | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Man Fai Lo | Wing Tai Ho | 39:8 | 16 | ||
| 2. | Tamás Szitás | Vilmos Toma | 37:15 | 13 | ||
| 3. | Abd Halim Samsinar | Dahlan Mohd Zikri | 28:19 | 6 | ||
| 4. | U Hin Lai | Run Quin Lin | 4:66 | 0 |
There were competitions in single, pair and four-man-team for women and in single and pair for men.
At first there was a qualification round with all athletes. The four best athletes could fight for the medals in the final.
In total 23 athletes out of 12 nations participated in that discipline.
| place | country | competitor | max pts. | final pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Anja Scheu | 338.00 | 331.60 | ||
| 2. | Sarah Kohl | 335.40 | 328.51 | ||
| 3. | Sandra Beck | 336.80 | 326.35 | ||
| 4. | Martina Trnková | 336.60 | 322.27 |
In total 14 teams out of 9 nations participated in that discipline. The German team Schulheis/Sprinkmeier made in qualification round with 316.39 points a new world record.
| place | country | competitor 1 | competitor 2 | max pts. | final pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Katrin Schultheis | Sandra Sprinkmeier | 325.40 | 311.61 | ||
| 2. | Jasmin Soika | Katharina Wurster | 315.60 | 302.37 | ||
| 3. | Andrea Petríckova | Iva Valesová | 304.00 | 288.61 | ||
| 4. | Barbara Morf | Nina Bommeli | 300.00 | 288.07 |
Beside the finalists Hungary and France had a team, but they had both no chances for the finals.
| place | country | team | max pts. | final pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Manuela Dieterle Katja Gaisser Simone Rudolf Ines Rudolf | 368.60 | 356.23 | ||
| 2. | Kathrin Hagen Melanie Melbinger Martina Schwar Silke Melbinger | 371.80 | 352.31 | ||
| 3. | Angela Bolliger Daniela Keller Doris Roth Corinna Paul | 365.00 | 345.87 | ||
| 4. | Markéta Tobolíková Jana Oplocká Michaela Matousková Katerina Pribylová | 366.80 | 331.47 |
In total 23 Athletes out of 13 nations participated in that discipline.
| place | country | competitor | max pts. | final pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robin Hartmann | 349.60 | 347.25 | ||
| 2. | David Schnabel | 348.20 | 346.97 | ||
| 3. | Michael Brugger | 346.20 | 342.81 | ||
| 4. | Milan Krivánek | 332.60 | 325.27 |
In total 12 Doubles out of 7 nations participated in that discipline.
| place | country | competitor 1 | competitor 2 | max pts. | final pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Felix Niederberger | Jonas Niederberger | 328.40 | 320.33 | ||
| 2. | Viktor Volk | Manuel Huber | 321.80 | 306.88 | ||
| 3. | Beni Jost | Joel Schmid | 299.00 | 294.53 | ||
| 4. | Sum Yee Yu | Tin Hin Lo | 298.20 | 290.30 |