CadoMotus 4th in Sursee World Inline Cup. Mantia Wins again

This weekend got underway with the 7th stage of the World Inline Cup in Sursee Switzerland. The course was 21km a lap, smooth, slightly windy, and had a few hills, but nothing like the WIC Weinfelden stage. The CadoMotus ladies team, along with Diederik Hol (Manager/Director of CadoMotus) Mick Byrne and Desly Hill (Coach), left Holland Friday morning to arrive around 6pm in Sursee. The race wasn’t until 5.40pm the next day, which gave us plenty of time to rest after the long drive.

Bianca and me at the start line
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The start of both the Mens and Ladies race was neutralized for the first 2km, in order for the public to get a good look at the skaters as they past by. During the race, attacks were made by Nicole Begg (NZ - Ssang Yong), Tamara Llorens (ARG - Sportvital RB) and sometimes the Alessi girls. It was quite a hard course to break away on, as the speed of the group was moving fast, and anyone that broke away off the front, was skating into the wind. As we came through the finish with one lap to go, Sportvital’s skater Tamara Llorens attacked off the front through the 500mts of the tight snaked section, with Nicole Begg and me chasing. As we made our way back on to the open road, the group soon caught.

Ladies Field sprint- Top Right picture. From Left - Laura Lardani, Sandra Gomez, Giovanna Turchiarelli, Nicole Begg, Bianca Roosenboom (behind Nicole), Angeline Thomas in middle of road, Nadine Gloor, Jana Gegner, Natalia Artero, Catherine Penan.

The group stayed together until the end, with all the teams organizing themselves for the finish from as early as 10km out. The Alessi team led, followed by Ssang Yong, Atheticum, World Inline Centre, CadoMotus and so on. As we made our way down the final hill, through the last tight right hand turn and towards a traffic island, the group split into two. I followed 6 other girls to the right of the road with my team on my wheel, where we then came over the top of a roundabout. The Alessi train began wasting their lead out girls and as we came through the last slight left hand turn there was 150mt to the finish. I somehow was now on the left hand side of the road, and weaving in and out of girls who had finished their lead. The two Alessi girls Giovanna Turchiarelli (ITA) and Sandra Gomez (ESP) both started sprinting from the right of the road, with Natalia Artero (ARG - World Inline Centre), Nicole Begg and me on the left. It was a close finish with Sandra Gomez taking the victory, her team mate Giovanna Turchiarelli for 2nd, a close lunge for Nicole Begg in 3rd and myself 4th.

Sandra Gomez 1st, Giovanna Turchiarelli 2nd, Nicole Begg 3rd, Angeline Thomas 4th Natalia Artero 5th.

Our team was so happy to get another podium (5 on the podium for the Ladies and 7 for the men), with Hilde Goovaerts placing 4th in Rennes a few weeks before. Bianca Roosenboom had a great race also placing 12th in the finish after doing a lot of work early in the race.

Sursee World Inline Cup Ladies Results

1. Sandra Gomez (ESP) - Alessi Powerslide World
2. Giovanna Turchiarelli (ITA) - Alessi Powerslide World
3. Nicole Begg (NZ) - Ssany Yong Jesa Bont
4. Angeline Thomas (AUS) - CadoMotus World

5. Natalia Artero (ARG) - World Inline Centre

6. Laura Lardani (ITA) - Sportvital RB

7. Ghizlane Samir (FRA) - SsangYong Jesa Bont

8. Catherine Penan (CHI) - Sportvital RB

9. Nadine Gloor (SUI) - Athleticum

10. Jana Gegner (GER) - Zepto

12. Bianca Roosenboom (NED) - CadoMotus World

19. Jannitta Spigt (NED) - CadoMotus World

21. Hilde Goovaerts (BEL) - CadoMotus World

For full Ladies results visit DATASPORT

For utube video of Ladies 42km click - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=n1k1ok

In the mens, it was down to a sprint finish once again with Luiginos Joey Mantia (USA) taking the victory for the second week in a row, with no team mates. He won the sprint very easy with the group meters behind.

Sursee World Inline Cup Mens Results

1. Joey Mantia (USA) - Luigino USA

2. Luca Saggiorato (ITA) - Hyper Bont

3. Massi Presti - (ITA) - Hyper Bont

4. Nelson Garzon (COL) - Matter World Inline Centre

5. Francesco Zangarini (ITA) - Hyper Bont

6. Raphael Pfulg (SUI) - Athleticum Rollerblade

7. Yann Guyader (FRA) - Matter World Inline Centre

8. Luca Presti (ITA) - Hyper Bont

9. Stefano Galliazo (ITA) - Alessi Powerslide World

10. Fabio Francolini (ITA) - Powerslide Phuzion

For Full Mens Results visit DATASPORT