2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

Venue	Nottwil, Switzerland
Date(s)	(2015-07-29 - 2015-08-02)29 July–2 August 2015
Nations participating	46
Cyclists participating	289
Events	5

The 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships were the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Nottwil in Switzerland from 29 July to 2 August 2015. Italy were the most successful team of the competition in number of gold medals won (9), while Germany finished with the greatest total of medals (21).

Classification

Sport class

• Cycling
  • C1 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
  • C2 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, decrease in muscle strength, or amputation
  • C3 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
  • C4 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
  • C5 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
• Hand cycling
  • H1 - tetraplegics with severe upper limb impairment to the C6 vertebra
  • H2 - Tetraplegics with minor upper limb impairment from C7 thru T3
  • H3 - paraplegics with impairment from T4 thru T10
  • H4 - Paraplegics with impairment from T11 down, and amputees unable to kneel
  • H5 - Athletes who can kneel on a handcycle, a category that includes paraplegics and amputees
• Tricycle
  • T1 - Severe locomotor dysfunction
  • T2 - Moderate loss of stability and function
• Tandem
  • Tandem B - Visual impairment

Event winners

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
21km time trial	C1	Michael Teuber  Germany	32:32.60	Juan José Méndez Fernández  Spain	33:50.25	Giancarlo Masini  Italy	33:52.14
	C2	Arslan Gilmutdinov  Russia	31:08.44	Liang Guihua  China	31:48.78	Israel Hilario Rimas  Peru	31:56.93
31km time trial	C3	Eoghan Clifford  Ireland	48:53.60	Steffen Warias  Germany	49:41.51	Sergey Ustinov  Russia	50:44.70
	C4	Kyle Bridgwood  Australia	46:28.32	Sergey Pudov  Russia	46:49.26	Patrik Kuril  Slovakia	47:36.12
	C5	Yegor Dementyev  Ukraine	45:25.45	Alistair Donohoe  Australia	45:51.90	Andrea Tarlao  Italy	46:30.91
	Tandem B	Marcin Polak Michal Ladosz (pilot)  Poland	43:34.44	Carlos Gonzalez Garcia Noel Martin Infante (pilot)  Spain	44:45.44	Emanuele Bersini Riccardo Panizza (pilot)  Italy	46:00.91
14km time trial	T1	Quentin Aubague  France	30:15	Sergey Semochkin  Russia	31:29	Jiri Hindr  Czech Republic	32:01
	T2	Hans-Peter Durst  Germany	25:00.82	Giorgio Farroni  Italy	26:20.60	Ryan Boyle  United States	26:23.87
	H1	Nicolas Pieter du Preez  South Africa	41:59.74	Timothy Williams  New Zealand	44:35.82	Benjamin Frueh  Switzerland	44:52.20
	H2	Luca Mazzone  Italy	27:57.34	William Groulx  United States	28:19.52	Tobias Fankhauser  Switzerland	29:48.62
15.5km time trial	H3	Vittorio Podesta  Italy	30:15.89	Heinz Frei  Switzerland	30:43.64	Lukas Weber  Switzerland	31:00.39
	H4	Rafal Wilk  Poland	28:55.15	Vico Merklein  Germany	29:36.93	Thomas Fruehwirth  Austria	29:52.46
	H5	Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	28:29.12	Oscar Sanchez  United States	29:08.81	Ernst van Dyk  South Africa	29:21.46
56km Road race	C1	Pierre Senska  Germany	1:30:48	Michael Teuber  Germany	+ 00:00:00	Erich Winkler  Germany	+ 00:00:00
	C2	Israel Hilario Rimas  Peru	1:29:04	Maurice Eckhard Tio  Spain	+ 00:01:25	Ivo Koblasa  Czech Republic	+ 00:01:42
	C3	Masaki Fujita  Japan	1:27:34	Alexsey Obydennov  Russia	+ 00:01:24	Eduardo Santas Asensio  Spain	+ 00:01:24
77.5km Road race	C4	Patrik Kuril  Slovakia	2:00:58	Carol-Eduard Novak  Romania	+ 00:00:27	Sergey Pudov  Russia	+ 00:03:04
	C5	Alistair Donohoe  Australia	2:00:55	Yegor Dementyev  Ukraine	+ 00:00:00	Andrea Tarlao  Italy	+ 00:00:00
35km Road race	H1	Nicolas Pieter du Preez  South Africa	1:25:57	Timothy Williams  New Zealand	+ 00:07:35	Teppo Polvi  Finland	+ 00:08:38
49km Road race	H2	Luca Mazzone  Italy	1:30:05	William Groulx  United States	+ 00:01:11	Anders Backman  Sweden	+ 00:04:51
62km Road race	H3	Vittorio Podesta  Italy	01:33:30	Heinz Frei  Switzerland	+ 00:03:17	Lukas Weber  Switzerland	+ 00:04:29
	H4	Rafal Wilk  Poland	01:32:40	Vico Merklein  Germany	+ 00:00:49	Mathieu Bosredon  France	+ 00:02:13
	H5	Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	01:29:21	Jetze Plat  Netherlands	+ 00:00:00	Johan Reekers  Netherlands	+ 00:00:33
21km Road race	T1	Quentin Aubague  France	00:47:49	Jiri Hindr  Czech Republic	+ 00:01:55	Sergey Semochkin  Russia	+ 00:02:40
28km Road race	T2	Hans-Peter Durst  Germany	00:52:28	Nestor Ayala Ayala  Colombia	+ 00:00:00	Ryan Boyle  United States	+ 00:01:00
108.5km Road race	Tandem B	Ignacio Avila Rodriguez Joan Font Bertoli (pilot)  Spain	2:48.33	Vincent Ter Schure Timo Franssen (pilot)  Netherlands	+ 00:00:00	Carlos Gonzalez Garcia Noel Martin Infante (pilot)  Spain	+ 00:01:59
Women's events
14km time trial	T1	Shelley Gautier  Canada	36:32.87	Yulia Sibagatova  Russia	38:54.56	Svetlana Perova  Russia	45:05.82
	T2	Carol Cooke  Australia	28:05.80	Jil Walsh  United States	29:25.50	Jana Majunke  Germany	30:00.75
	H1	Emilie Miller  Australia	47:33.76
	H2	Justine Asher  South Africa	37:35.51	Carmen Koedood  Netherlands	54:08.16	Mikyoung Jeon  South Korea	58:15.49
	H3	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	27:53.94	Alicia Dana  United States	29:11.21	Renata Kaluza  Poland	29:57.36
	H4	Svetlana Moshkovich  Russia	27:46.54	Christiane Reppe  Germany	28:00.50	Sandra Graf  Switzerland	29:47.74
	H5	Laura de Vaan  Netherlands	24:58.43	Andrea Eskau  Germany	25:06.61	Dorothee Vieth  Germany	25:37.53
	C1	Li Jieli  China	29:37.80
	C2	Zeng Sini  China	24:25.69	Allison Jones  United States	25:10.89	Tereza Diepolova  Czech Republic	25:49.60
	C3	Jamie Whitmore Cardenas  United States	23:13.26	Denise Schindler  Germany	24:22.57	Simone Kennedy  Australia	25:35.81
21km time trial	C4	Shawn Morelli  United States	34:29.11	Alexandra Green  Australia	35:13.29	Megan Fisher  United States	35:24.17
	C5	Sarah Storey  Great Britain	30:52.36	Anna Harkowska  Poland	33:08.17	Kerstin Brachtendorf  Germany	34:14.78
31km time trial	Tandem B	Iwona Podkoscielna Aleksandra Wnuczek (pilot)  Poland	52:05.61	Emma Foy Laura Thompson (pilot)  New Zealand	52:05.64	Odette van Deudekom Kim van Dijk (pilot)  Netherlands	53:03.36
21km Road race	H1	Emilie Miller  Australia	1:36:06
35km Road race	H2	Justine Asher  South Africa	1:21:35	Carmen Koedood  Netherlands	-1 lap	Mikyoung Jeon  South Korea	-1 lap
42km Road race	H3	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	1:13:16	Alicia Dana  United States	+ 00:02:01	Renata Kaluza  Poland	+ 00:04:15
49km Road race	H4	Christiane Reppe  Germany	1:28:58	Silke Pan  Germany	+ 00:03:18	Sandra Graf  Switzerland	+ 00:07:21
	H5	Andrea Eskau  Germany	1:22:26	Laura de Vaan  Netherlands	+ 00:00:06	Oksana Masters  United States	+ 00:00:10
	C1	Li Jieli  China	01:42:26
	C2	Zeng Sini  China	01:29:33	Daniela Carolina Munevar  Colombia	+ 00:01:11	Allison Jones  United States	+ 00:01:34
	C3	Jamie Whitmore  United States	01:29:32	Denise Schindler  Germany	+ 00:01:07	Simone Kennedy  Australia	+ 00:08:24
62km Road race	C4	Shawn Morelli  United States	02:01:06	Susan Powell  Australia	+ 00:04:08	Jenny Narcisi  Italy	+ 00:04:23
	C5	Sarah Storey  Great Britain	1:44:45	Anna Harkowska  Poland	+ 00:08:24	Kerstin Brachtendorf  Germany	+ 00:09:01
21km Road race	T1	Shelley Gautier  Canada	57:06	Yulia Sibagatova  Russia	+ 00:03:57	Svetlana Perova  Russia	+ 00:13:16
28km Road race	T2	Jill Walsh  United States	00:58:52	Carol Cooke  Australia	+ 00:00:06	Jana Majunke  Germany	+ 00:02:06
77.5km Road race	Tandem B	Iwona Podkoscielna Aleksandra Wnuczek (pilot)  Poland	2:19:11	Emma Foy Laura Thompson (pilot)  New Zealand	+ 00:00:11	Odette van Deudekom Kim van Dijk (pilot)  Netherlands	+ 00:05:53
Mixed events
Team Relay	H1-5	Vittorio Podesta Luca Mazzone Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	31:13	William Lachenauer William Groulx Oscar Sanchez  United States	32:24	Jean-Marc Berset Tobias Fankhauser Heinz Frei  Switzerland	32:45

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	9	1	5	15
2	Germany (GER)	6	9	6	21
3	United States (USA)	5	8	5	18
4	Poland (POL)	5	2	2	9
5	South Africa (RSA)	4	0	1	5
6	Australia (AUS)	3	4	2	9
7	Russia (RUS)	2	5	5	12
8	China (CHN)	2	1	0	3
9	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
10	Canada (CAN)	2	0	0	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	0	2
12	Netherlands (NED)	1	5	3	9
13	Spain (ESP)	1	3	2	6
14	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
15	Peru (PER)	1	0	1	2
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	0	1	2
17	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
19	New Zealand (NZL)	0	4	0	4
20	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	7	9
21	Colombia (COL)	0	2	0	2
22	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	3	4
23	Romania (ROM)	0	1	0	1
24	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		49	49	47	145

Participating nations

32 nations participated.

External links

• Official Results Book