2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

The 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa from 31 August to 3 September 2017.[1]

2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

Venue	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Date(s)	(2017-08-31 - 2017-09-03)31 August–3 September 2017
Nations participating	38
Cyclists participating	277
Events	5

Classification

Main article: Para-cycling 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[2]
• 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
15.5 km time trial	H1	Benjamin Früh   Switzerland	45:14.14	Nicolas Pieter du Preez  South Africa	46:52.67	Harri Sopanen  Finland	50:39.42
	H2	Luca Mazzone  Italy	29:19.00	William Groulx  United States	29:25.63	Sergio Garrote Munoz  Spain	31:21.98
	T1	Sergey Semochkin  Russia	35:45.68	Rickard Nilsson  Sweden	38:09.64	Leonardo Melle  Italy	38:56.77
	T2	Hans-Peter Durst  Germany	27:41.14	Ryan Boyle  United States	27:57.17	Stephen Hills  New Zealand	29:21.08
23.3 km time trial	C1	Michael Teuber  Germany	35:29.66	Ross Wilson  Canada	35:57.87	William Lister  United States	37:02.31
	C2	Tristen Chernove  Canada	35:32.72	Darren Hicks  Australia	35:49.16	Israel Hilario Rimas  Peru	35:50.96
	C3	Michael Sametz  Canada	32:48.92	Benjamin Watson  Great Britain	33:26.11	Esneider Munoz  Colombia	34:18.19
	H3	Paolo Cecchetto  Italy	39:30.59	Heinz Frei   Switzerland	39:55.97	Charles Moreau  Canada	40:22.98
	H4	Jetze Plat  Netherlands	36:39.14	Rafal Wilk  Poland	38:27.81	Krystian Giera  Poland	39:04.52
	H5	Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	37:47.96	Tim de Vries  Netherlands	37:50.59	Luis Costa  Portugal	38:35.47
31 km time trial	C4	Jozef Metelka  Slovakia	42:11.02	Kyle Bridgwood  Australia	42:23.08	Diego Duenas  Colombia	43:46.44
	C5	Daniel Abraham Gebru  Netherlands	41:07.98	Yegor Dementyev  Ukraine	41:17.23	Lauro Cesar Chaman  Brazil	41:44.23
	Tandem B	Marcin Polak Michal Ladosz (pilot)  Poland	39:17.24	Stephen Bate Adam Duggleby (pilot)  Great Britain	39:20.93	Vincent ter Schure Timo Fransen (pilot)  Netherlands	40:00.59
30.4 km Road race	H1	Nicolas Pieter du Preez  South Africa	1:22:29	Benjamin Früh   Switzerland	+ 00:00:45	Fabrizio Cornegliani  Italy	+ 00:04:26
	T1	Sergey Semochkin  Russia	1:10:43	Leonardo Melle  Italy	-1 LAP	Rickard Nilsson  Sweden	-1 LAP
	T2	Hans-Peter Durst  Germany	56:51	Stephen Hills  New Zealand	+ 00:02	Joan Reinoso Figuerola  Spain	+ 00:11
42.5 km Road race	H2	Luca Mazzone  Italy	1:20:13	William Groulx  United States	+ 00:01:12	Sergio Garrote Munoz  Spain	+ 00:04:05
60.7 km Road race	C1	Pierre Senska  Germany	1:34:37	Ricardo Ten Argiles  Spain	s.t.	Michael Teuber  Germany	+ 00:00:03
	C2	Tristen Chernove  Canada	1:33:47	Darren Hicks  Australia	s.t.	François Lacroix  France	s.t.
	C3	Henrik Marvig  Sweden	1:33:46	Steffen Warias  Germany	s.t.	Fabio Anobile  Italy	s.t.
	H3	David Franek  France	1:42:19	Paolo Cecchetto  Italy	s.t.	Heinz Frei   Switzerland	+ 00:00:03
	H4	Jetze Plat  Netherlands	1:42:47	Rafal Wilk  Poland	+ 00:00:02	Bernd Jeffré  Germany	+ 00:03:13
	H5	Tim de Vries  Netherlands	1:50:11	Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	s.t.	Johan Reekers  Netherlands	s.t.
85.0 km Road race	C4	Tobias Vetter  Germany	2:06:47	Kyle Bridgwood  Australia	s.t.	Sergei Pudov  Russia	s.t.
	C5	Lauro Cesar Chaman  Brazil	2:04:04	Wolfgang Eibeck  Germany	+ 00:02:12	Dorian Foulon  France	+ 00:02:41
109.3 km Road race	Tandem B	Nelson Javier Serna Marlon Pérez Arango(pilot)  Colombia	2:29:45	Tristan Bangma Patrick Bos(pilot)  Netherlands	+ 00:00:27	Marcin Polak Michal Ladosz(pilot)  Poland	s.t.
Women's events
15.5 km time trial	C2	Carolina Munévar  Colombia	27:57.61	Alyda Norbruis  Netherlands	28:28.93	Allison Jones  United States	28:29.86
	C3	Keiko Noguchi  Japan	26:17.23	Anna Beck  Sweden	26:20.19	Denise Schindler  Germany	26:24.89
	H1	Emilie Miller  Australia	1:47:32.51
	H2	Carmen Koedood  Netherlands	51:27.92	Ciara Staunton  Ireland	1:10:24.36
	H3	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	31:16.70	Renata Kałuża  Poland	33:14.03	Anna Oroszova  Slovakia	33:52.38
	H4	Christiane Reppe  Germany	32:08.05	Sandra Graf   Switzerland	33:21.34	Svetlana Moshkovich  Russia	33:22.44
	H5	Andrea Eskau  Germany	27:47.61	Laura de Vaan  Netherlands	29:06.63	Jennette Jansen  Netherlands	30:09.82
	T1	Shelley Gautier  Canada	38:03.35	Yulia Sibagatova  Russia	38:08.46	Toni Mould  South Africa	1:06:38.81
	T2	Carol Cooke  Australia	33:03.98	Jill Walsh  United States	33:11.05	Jana Majunke  Germany	34:14.85
23.3 km time trial	C4	Shawn Morelli  United States	36:48.39	Raphaela Eggert  Germany	40:03.52	Meg Lemon  Australia	40:12.06
	C5	Anna Harkowska  Poland	36:39.63	Samantha Bosco  United States	36:49.97	Kerstin Brachtendorf  Germany	36:52.63
31 km time trial	Tandem B	Katie-George Dunlevy Eve McCrystal(pilot)  Ireland	45:40.57	Lora Fachie Corrine Hall(pilot)  Great Britain	45:46.02	Iwona Podkościelna Aleksandra Tecław(pilot)  Poland	47:02.75
18.2 km Road race	H1	Emilie Miller  Australia	1:47:32.51
24.3 km Road race	T1	Shelley Gautier  Canada	1:01:41	Toni Mould  South Africa	-1 LAP
	T2	Carol Cooke  Australia	51:07	Jana Majunke  Germany	+ 00:32	Jill Walsh  United States	+ 01:03
36.4 km Road race	H2	Carmen Koedood  Netherlands	1:34:54	Ciara Staunton  Ireland	-1 LAP
42.5 km Road race	H3	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	1:24:16	Anna Oroszova  Slovakia	+ 00:05:21	Renata Kałuża  Poland	+ 00:05:43
	H4	Christiane Reppe  Germany	1:29:16	Svetlana Moshkovich  Russia	+ 00:00:02	Sandra Graf   Switzerland	+ 00:00:18
	H5	Andrea Eskau  Germany	1:18:05	Laura de Vaan  Netherlands	+ 00:06:04	Jennette Jansen  Netherlands	s.t.
48.6 km Road race	C2	Allison Jones  United States	1:30:44	Carolina Munévar  Colombia	+ 00:00:03	Alyda Norbruis  Netherlands	+ 00:05:23
	C3	Anna Beck  Sweden	1:31:33	Denise Schindler  Germany	s.t.	Keiko Noguchi  Japan	s.t.
60.7 km Road race	C4	Shawn Morelli  United States	1:42:15	Jenny Narcisi  Italy	+ 00:03:34	Meg Lemon  Australia	+ 00:04:21
	C5	Kerstin Brachtendorf  Germany	1:41:58	Mariela Analia Delgado  Argentina	s.t.	Crystal Lane  Great Britain	s.t.
85 km Road race	Tandem B	Katie-George Dunlevy Eve McCrystal(pilot)  Ireland	2:05:54	Iwona Podkościelna Aleksandra Tecław(pilot)  Poland	s.t.	Eleni Kalatzi Argyro Milaki(pilot)  Greece	s.t.
Mixed events
Team Relay	H1-5	Paolo Cecchetto Luca Mazzone Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	16:31	Matthew Updike William Groulx Alfredo De Los Santos  United States	+ 00:00:06	Bernd Jeffré Mariusz Frankowski Andrea Eskau  Germany	+ 00:00:51

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	10	5	6	21
2	Italy (ITA)	7	4	4	15
3	Netherlands (NED)	6	5	5	16
4	Canada (CAN)	5	1	1	7
5	Australia (AUS)	4	4	2	10
6	United States (USA)	3	6	3	12
7	Poland (POL)	2	4	4	10
8	Russia (RUS)	2	2	2	6
9	Sweden (SWE)	2	2	1	5
10	Ireland (IRL)	2	2	0	4
11	Colombia (COL)	2	1	2	5
12	Switzerland (SUI)	1	3	2	6
13	South Africa (RSA)	1	2	1	4
14	Slovakia (SVK)	1	1	1	3
15	France (FRA)	1	0	2	3
16	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
18	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	1	4
19	Spain (ESP)	0	1	3	4
20	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	1	2
21	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
23	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
24	Finland (FIN)	0	0	0	0
	Peru (PER)	0	0	0	0
Totals (25 nations)		51	49	44	144

Participating nations

38 nations participated.[3]

Argentina  Australia  Austria  Belgium  Brazil  Burkina Faso  Canada  Colombia  Costa Rica  Czech Republic

Denmark  Dominican Republic  Spain  Estonia  Finland  France  Great Britain  Germany  Greece  India

Ireland  Italy  Japan  Lebanon  Malaysia  Netherlands  New Zealand  Peru  Poland  Portugal

South Africa  Russia   Switzerland  Slovakia  Sweden  Ukraine  United States  Venezuela

References

1. "Event Schedule" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
2. Goosey-Tolfrey, Vicky (2010). Wheelchair sport : a complete guide for athletes, coaches, and teachers. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. p. 24. ISBN 9780736086769. OCLC 489446056.
3. Participating nations

External links

• Official website