2008 WUC Cycling: First Competitions
May 23rd, 2008
Two bronze medals for The Netherlands
At the first day of the World University Cycling Championship 2008 the Netherlands already took two medals. Niels Wubben got the bronze medal at mountain bike cross-country event. Ingrid Bosscha did the same for this event in the women category. We had the pleasure to see two superb races. All the conditions were perfect for the running of these events. The competition for the first place in the women event was fantastic until the last round. First place went to Caroline Mani from France, the second place was for Maaris Meier from Estonia and the bronze medal for Ingrid Bosscha from Netherlands In the men competition the lead was took from the beginning by the Swiss rider but the competition for the three next place was really fantastic we must underline the excellent race of the Australian Norris Lachlan. Winner (men) was Till Marx, from the Swiss team, the second place goes to the Czech Jan Skarnitzl and the bronze for Niels Wubben from Netherlands. Nevertheless was the competition very thrilling as the technical (and dry) course was good for many ride pasts and fast times. The other Dutch favorite, Frank Schotman, had to end during the race because of a broken material and could not finish off the 6 laps.
Ingrid Bosscha
Results Men Till MARX - SWITZERLAND 1:52:48 Jan SKARNITZL - CZECH REPUBLIC 1:53:22 Niels WUBBEN - THE NETHERLANDS 1:53:30 Women Caronline MANI - FRANCE 1:27:27 Maaris MEIER - ESTONIA 1:27:27 Ingrid BOSSCHA - THE NETHERLANDS 1:30:16 Source Local Organising Committee
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Kemal Tamer with Magnificus rector Mr. Kortmann
During the evening the CISCA members were invited by Rob Cuppen for a diner in the Castle of the University of Radboud. Directly after, the Chiefs of Mission and the Cisca delegates were invited for a nice reception in the old city hall by the vice mayor of Nijmegen. During the reception, Prof. Kemal Tamer, gave the FISU official present to the Magnificus rector Mr. Kortmann and also a FISU gift to the city of Nijmegen representative. The evening finished for the CISCA delegates by the visit of the wonderful sport center of the Radboud.
