World Inline Cup

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

History[edit]

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Swiss Inline Cup, took over the organization of the Cup, naming it World-Inline-Cup. 3 years later IGUANA Schweiz AG superseded the IGUANA Think Thank AG until finally IGUANA Deutschland GmbH, resident in Berlin, undertook the organization in 2014.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[edit]

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 2019)[edit]

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[edit]

Woman[edit]

Year Winner Second Third
2000 Spain Sheila Herrero France Angèle Vaudan United States Ashley Horgan
2001 United States Ashley Horgan France Angèle Vaudan France Nathalie Barbotin
2002 Argentina Andrea Haritchelhar
2003 United States Jessica Smith Italy Adelia Marra France Angèle Vaudan
2004 United States Theresa Cliff Italy Laura Lardani France Nathalie Barbotin
2005 Italy Laura Lardani France Angèle Vaudan New Zealand Nicole Begg
2006 France Angèle Grandgirard New Zealand Nicole Begg France Nathalie Barbotin
2007 Italy Laura Lardani Spain Sandra Gómez Italy Giovanna Turchiarelli
2008 Colombia Cecilia Baena New Zealand Nicole Begg Colombia Alexandra Vivas
2009 Colombia Cecilia Baena Italy Giovanna Turchiarelli Germany Jana Gegner
2010 Italy Giovanna Turchiarelli Colombia Cecilia Baena France Nathalie Barbotin
2011 New Zealand Nicole Begg France Mélissa Chouleysko Slovakia Renata Karabova
2012 Slovakia Renata Karabova Poland Aleksandra Goss Germany Jana Gegner
2013 Poland Aleksandra Goss China Lisha Li New Zealand Nicole Begg
2014 Italy Francesca Lollobrigida Poland Aleksandra Goss New Zealand Nicole Begg
2015 France Juliette Pouydebat Poland Aleksandra Goss Germany Katharina Rumpus
2016 Germany Katharina Rumpus Slovenia Ana Odlazek Ukraine Anna Muzyka
2017 Germany Katharina Rumpus Slovenia Ana Odlazek France Chloe Geoffroy
2018 Germany Katharina Rumpus Italy Carlotta Camarin Slovenia Ana Odlazek
2019 Colombia Aura Quintana Germany Katharina Rumpus France Marine Lefeuvre
2021 Mexico Valentina L. Cartagena France Marine Lefeuvre Netherlands Beau G. Wagemaker
2022 Germany Josie Hofmann France Marine Balanant Colombia Aura Quintana
2023 Colombia Aura Quintana France Marine Balanant France Marine Lefeuvre

Men[edit]

Year Winner Second Third
2000 France Pascal Briand
2000 Italy Massimiliano Presti Colombia Jorge Botero United States Chad Hedrick
2001 France Arnaud Gicquel Colombia Jorge Botero Italy Massimiliano Presti
2002 Italy Massimiliano Presti
2003 France Pascal Briand Italy Massimiliano Presti Colombia Jorge Botero
2004 Italy Massimiliano Presti Italy Luca Saggiorato Italy Francesco Zangarini
2005 Italy Massimiliano Presti Italy Luca Saggiorato Colombia Jorge Botero
2006 Italy Massimiliano Presti Italy Luca Saggiorato Colombia Diego Rosero
2007 Italy Massimiliano Presti Italy Fabio Francolini Italy Stefano Galliazzo
2008 France Yann Guyader Italy Luca Saggiorato Italy Fabio Francolini
2009 Colombia Diego Rosero France Yann Guyader Italy Massimiliano Presti
2010 France Yann Guyader New Zealand Kalon Dobbin Spain Iñigo Vidondo
2011 Switzerland Severin Widmer Switzerland Nicolas Iten France Yann Guyader
2012 France Yann Guyader France Julian Levrard Germany Felix Rijhnen
2013 France Yann Guyader France Nolan Beddiaf United States Joey Mantia
China Siyuan Cong
2014 France Yann Guyader France Nolan Beddiaf Belgium Bart Swings
2015 Belgium Bart Swings New Zealand Peter Michael France Ewen Fernandez
2016 Belgium Bart Swings Germany Felix Rijhnen New Zealand Peter Michael
2017 Spain Patxi Peula France Ewen Fernandez Belgium Bart Swings
2018 Belgium Bart Swings France Ewen Fernandez Germany Felix Rijhnen
2019 Germany Felix Rijhnen France Nolan Beddiaf Spain Patxi Peula
2021 Belgium Bart Swings Germany Felix Rijhnen France Martin Ferrie
2022 France Nolan Beddiaf Germany Felix Rijhnen Belgium Jason Suttels
2023 Belgium Bart Swings Belgium Jason Suttels Germany Felix Rijhnen


Overall Champions by countries[edit]

Women[edit]

Country Victories Last winner
 Italy 4 Francesca Lollobrigida in 2014
 Colombia 4 Aura Quintana in 2023
 Germany 4 Josie Hofmann in 2022
 United States 3 Theresa Cliff in 2004
 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[edit]

Country Victories Last winner
 France 9 Nolan Beddiaf in 2022
 Italy 6 Massimiliano Presti in 2007
 Belgium 5 Bart Swings in 2023
 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[edit]

More victories[edit]

Women[edit]

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

Men[edit]

Skater Victories Years
Italy Massimiliano Presti 6 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
France Yann Guyader 5 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Belgium Bart Swings 5 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
France Pascal Briand 2 1999, 2003
  • Bold active skaters.

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