2012 German Inline Cup to be more international
2012 German Inline Cup to be more international: Besides German speed skaters a lot of athletes come from other countries
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24 top teams and numerous single starters will compete for titles and points. The elite field for this year’s GERMAN INLINE CUP is set. Last Friday the period for the season registration of all six races ended. 23 top teams as well as 54 single starters from all over Europe entered in total and again confirm the series’ importance for the inline skating sport.
The participant field is getting more and more international: Besides German speed skaters a lot of athletes come from Belgium, Colombia, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland and Ukraine. Last year’s winners of the GIC overall ranking in the « speed » (Sabine Berg and Felix Rijhnen, both Powerslide Matter World Team) and « fitness » categories (Jens Kaiser, Köln Marathon-Team) will again be present to defend their titles in 2012.
Further, world elite skaters Cecilia Baena Guyader and her husband Yann Guyader (both EOSkates) as well as the strong skaters from the Swiss Skate Team are seen as top-class rivals for the overall ranking.
Seven women teams will compete for the overall ranking:
- EOSkates
- Powerslide Matter World
- GOLZE-GIRLS
- GB Racing Team
- K2-Team
- SAM Racing Team Ukraine
- Team der-rollenshop
In the male scoring 16 teams will start:
- EOSkates
- Powerslide Matter World
- Swiss Skate Team
- Powerslide Vi-G13
- SAM Racing Team Ukraine
- Chauvin Arnoux
- EOSkates Masters
- GB Racing Team
- Powerslide Junior Team
- TONI CARBONI Racing Team
- Team der-rollenshop
- CadoMotus-Orthomol Sport
- GB Racing Team Masters
- iiM Speed Team
- Powerslide-O.B.F.S.T.
- TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen RACE-Team
- Winjay ISC Praha.
Moreover, numerous fitness and recreational skaters that individually register for the single GIC races will also get points in the finish for the overall ranking. Thus, they also may be placed at leading positions at the end of the season.
2012 GIC dates
April 1: Vattenfall BERLINER HALBMARATHON (Vattenfall Berlin Half Marathon)
May 1: Rhein-Main Skate Challenge Frankfurt
June 2: Hochwald Mittelrhein Marathon
August 19: XRace Berlin (half marathon)
September 8: arena geisingen Halbmarathon (arena geisingen half marathon)
October 14: K2 Inlinemarathon Köln (K2 Cologne Skate Marathon)
Further information at www.german-inline-cup.de.
