World Inline Cup

The World Inline Cup is the leading competition in inline speed skating.

History

In 1999 first attempts in order to establish a racing series with standardized evaluation system and rules were made. The then called European Inline Cup was managed by CERS (Confédération Européenne de Roller Skating). Back then the company Playlife was its main sponsor. In 2000 the Grand Prix, including the eight biggest competitions in Europe, occurred for the first time. Since 2001 competitions were held all over the world. The evaluation categories Grand Prix, Class 1 and Class 2 were born.

In 2003 the IGUANA Think Thank AG, which already was supporting the Swiss Inline Cup, took over the organization of the Cup, naming it World-Inline-Cup. 3 years later IGUANA Schweiz AG superseded the IGUANA Think Thank AG until finally IGUANA Deutschland GmbH, resident in Berlin, undertook the organization in 2014. Furthermore, they have been maintaining the German Inline Cup since 2008.

Evaluation mode

Since 2000 there were various changes regarding the evaluation system. In the beginning all races were equivalent Grand-Prix-races. Departs 2001 two additional races, depending on how reputable the competition was, were launched: Class 1 and Class 2.

From 2003 onwards, the class Grand Prix was replaced by Top Class. Until 2004 the three classes existed equally. In the following year there was no Class 2-race taking place for the first time.

Since 2010 only the classes Top Class and Class 1 persisted. In 2017 an additional Junior Ranking was launched.

Point Scale (Stand 2018)

The awarding of score is inflexible. There are two different types of evaluation of the races in which the winner can either score 90 or up until 150 points. The points of Top-Class-races outside of Europe are multiplied by 1.2, whereas the points of the final race of the season are multiplied by 1.4.

Point Scale Top Class

Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points
1.	150	11.	71	21.	38	31.	20	41.	10
2.	130	12.	67	22.	36	32.	19	42.	9
3.	120	13.	63	23.	34	33.	18	43.	8
4.	110	14.	59	24.	32	34.	17	44.	7
5.	100	15.	55	25.	30	35.	16	45.	6
6.	95	16.	52	26.	28	36.	15	46.	5
7.	90	17.	49	27.	26	37.	14	47.	4
8.	85	18.	46	28.	24	38.	13	48.	3
9.	80	19.	43	29.	22	39.	12	49.	2
10.	75	20.	40	30.	21	40.	11	50.	1

Point Scale Class 1

Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points	Ranking	Points
1.	90	6.	48	11.	24	16.	9
2.	75	7.	44	12.	21	17.	6
3.	68	8.	38	13.	18	18.	3
4.	60	9.	32	14.	15	19.	2
5.	52	10.	27	15.	12	20.	1

Overall Champions

Woman

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2000	Sheila Herrero	Angèle Vaudan	Ashley Horgan
2001	Ashley Horgan	Angèle Vaudan	Nathalie Barbotin
2002	Andrea Haritchelhar
2003	Jessica Smith	Adelia Marra	Angèle Vaudan
2004	Theresa Cliff	Laura Lardani	Nathalie Barbotin
2005	Laura Lardani	Angèle Vaudan	Nicole Begg
2006	Angèle Grandgirard	Nicole Begg	Nathalie Barbotin
2007	Laura Lardani	Sandra Gómez	Giovanna Turchiarelli
2008	Cecilia Baena	Nicole Begg	Alexandra Vivas
2009	Cecilia Baena	Giovanna Turchiarelli	Jana Gegner
2010	Giovanna Turchiarelli	Cecilia Baena	Nathalie Barbotin
2011	Nicole Begg	Mélissa Chouleysko	Renata Karabova
2012	Renata Karabova	Aleksandra Goss	Jana Gegner
2013	Aleksandra Goss	Lisha Li	Nicole Begg
2014	Francesca Lollobrigida	Aleksandra Goss	Nicole Begg
2015	Juliette Pouydebat	Aleksandra Goss	Katharina Rumpus
2016	Katharina Rumpus	Ana Odlazek	Anna Muzyka
2017	Katharina Rumpus	Ana Odlazek	Chloe Geoffroy
2018	Katharina Rumpus	Carlotta Camarin	Ana Odlazek
2019	Aura Quintana	Katharina Rumpus	Marine Lefeuvre

Men

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2000	Pascal Briand
2000	Massimiliano Presti	Jorge Botero	Chad Hedrick
2001	Arnaud Gicquel	Jorge Botero	Massimiliano Presti
2002	Massimiliano Presti
2003	Pascal Briand	Massimiliano Presti	Jorge Botero
2004	Massimiliano Presti	Luca Saggiorato	Francesco Zangarini
2005	Massimiliano Presti	Luca Saggiorato	Jorge Botero
2006	Massimiliano Presti	Luca Saggiorato	Diego Rosero
2007	Massimiliano Presti	Fabio Francolini	Stefano Galliazzo
2008	Yann Guyader	Luca Saggiorato	Fabio Francolini
2009	Diego Rosero	Yann Guyader	Massimiliano Presti
2010	Yann Guyader	Kalon Dobbin	Iñigo Vidondo
2011	Severin Widmer	Nicolas Iten	Yann Guyader
2012	Yann Guyader	Julian Levrard	Felix Rijhnen
2013	Yann Guyader	Nolan Beddiaf	Joey Mantia Siyuan Cong
2014	Yann Guyader	Nolan Beddiaf	Bart Swings
2015	Bart Swings	Peter Michael	Ewen Fernandez
2016	Bart Swings	Felix Rijhnen	Peter Michael
2017	Patxi Peula	Ewen Fernandez	Bart Swings
2018	Bart Swings	Ewen Fernandez	Felix Rijhnen
2019	Felix Rijhnen	Nolan Beddiaf	Patxi Peula

Overall Champions by countries

Women Country Victories Last winner  Italy 4 Francesca Lollobrigida in 2014  United States 3 Theresa Cliff in 2004  Germany 3 Katharina Rumpus in 2018  Colombia 3 Aura Quintana in 2019  France 2 Juliette Pouydebat in 2015  Spain 1 Sheila Herrero in 2000  Argentina 1 Sheila Herrero in 2002  New Zealand 1 Nicole Begg in 2011  Slovakia 1 Renata Karabova in 2012  Poland 1 Aleksandra Goss in 2013

Men Country Victories Last winner  France 8 Yann Guyader in 2014  Italy 6 Massimiliano Presti in 2007  Belgium 3 Bart Swings in 2018  Colombia 1 Diego Rosero in 2009   Switzerland 1 Severin Widmer in 2011  Spain 1 Patxi Peula in 2017  Germany 1 Felix Rijhnen in 2019

Statistics

More victories

Women Skaters Victories Years Katharina Rumpus 3 2016, 2017, 2018 Laura Lardani 2 2005, 2007 Cecilia Baena 2 2008, 2009

Men Skater Victories Years Massimiliano Presti 6 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Yann Guyader 5 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 Bart Swings 3 2015, 2016, 2018 Pascal Briand 2 1999, 2003

• Bold active skaters.

External links

• de:World-Inline-Cup
• http://www.world-inline-cup.com/home/ (Website)
• https://www.facebook.com/worldinlinecup/ (Facebook)