European Championships of speed-skating in Netherlands – day 1

Day 1

300m senior men: the Spanish king has senior opponents

Faithful to his reputation, the World Champion  Ioseba Fernandez (Spain) took the first place of the 300m time trial with a 24.581 time. He beats Darren De Souza (France) for a tenth of a second (24.607). The French skaters is a rising star of the discipline, he realized the best time of the heats. Darren nearly missed his last bend in the final. He had to stop his sprint a few meters before the line. Ioseba be careful!
The local skater Ronald Mulder took bronze (24.703) ahead of his brother Michel Mulder (24.810).

300m senior women

In the women’s race, the young skater Laethisia Schimek (Germany) won the ladies 300m TT in front of her Powerslide team mate Erika Zanetti (Italy). Jana Gegner (Germany) took the third place.

300m Junior men

Simon Albrecht (Germany) dominated the competition head and shoulders with a 24.610 time ahead of Mathias Voste (25.417, Belgium) and Stefano Gili (25.669, Italy). The two French skaters Yassine Baroudi (25.900) and Alexandre Guyomard (25.917) finished off to the podium.

300m Junior ladies

The first place belongs to Daria Tiberto (27.331, Italy). Alisa Gutermuth (27.559, Germany) is second. The third place is for Anaïs Laurent (28.052, France).

15km elimination race Senior Men

The French National team is well placed at the front of the pack during the race with Alexis Contin Nolan Beddiaf and Elton De Souza. The Spanish skater Patxi Eula, the Dutch Ariens Crispijn and the German Felix Rihjnen were also very active…

The French team is leading the pack to control the race. The Italian Fabio Francolini is well placed behind the French, waiting for the final sprint. In the last laps, Ariens Crispijn (Netherlands) attacked 4 laps before the line, a bit too soon. Alexis Contin chased with Paxti Eula in his wheel. Fabio Francolini accelerated, Alexis Contin tried to control but the Italian skater was faster in the straight lines. 

He took the first place ahead od Alexis Contin (France) and Patxi Peula (Spain).

10km elimination race Senior Women

The skater of Powerslide team Manon Kamminga (Netherlands) did her best in front of her public.

In the last laps, Manon Kamminga escaped. She crossed the line well ahead.
Behind her, Justine Halbout (France) took the best in the final sprint ahead of the German Sabine Berg.

15km elimination race Junior Men

The level was very high in the junior’s race. Viktor Thorup tried to enter in the italian train without success. Some Dutch and German skaters fell during the race.

Italy did a perfect race with its three skaters on the podium. Matteo Melis, Giuseppe Cistola and Alberto Putignano did a great team race. The won the sprint ahead of Stefan Due Schmidt (Germany) and the lonely French skater Raphaël Planelles 21 seconds later.

10km elimination race Junior Women

Pos.	Country					Total
01		ITA	3	3	2	8
02		GER	2	1	2	5
03		FRA	1	3	1	5
04		ESP	1	0	1	2
05		NED	1	0	1	2
06		BEL	0	1	1	2

Deborah Marchand (France) was the favorite of the elimination race and she has not disappointed her fans.
Well supported by Léna Labat and Marie Poidevin. Her teammates attacked one after the other to push the other nations to react. Half way to the finish line, Deborah Marchand escaped. Belgium and Dutch skaters tried to come back on the escapee without success. Deborah marchand managed to take one lap to the pack before the finish line. She took the first place in front of Giulia Lollobrigida (Italy) and Sandrine Tas (Germany).

Medals and points rankings

In the overall medals ranking at the end of the first day:

• Italy took the first place with eight medals, including three gold
• Germany is second with five medals, including two gold
• France is third with 5 medals including one gold
• In the women’s ranking, Germany is ahead of Italy and France
• In the men’s ranking, Italy outperforms Spain and Germany
• In the points ranking, France is leading in all categories

Main results

Junior A Ladies – 10km Elimination

Pos.	Firstname	Lastname	Nation		Time
1	Deborah	Marchand		FRA	17:09,043
2	Giulia	Lollobrigida		ITA	17:22,449
3	Sandrine	Tas		BEL	17:22,479
4	Annemarie	Boer		NED	17:22,579
5	Lena	Labat		FRA	17:34,406
6	Marie	Poidevin		FRA
7	Kelly	Schouten		NED
8	Izaskun	Barba		ESP
9	Nerea	Nuno		ESP
10	Enza	Floriddia		ITA
11	Amaia	Faber		ESP
12	Dina	Rodriquez		POR
13	Carolin	Zielke		GER
14	Melissa	de Boer		NED
15	Gloria	Pereira		POR
16	Klára	Prokopová		CZH
17	Reka	Torok		HUN
18	Martina	Karabova		SVK
19	Andreia	Canha		POR
20	Tamara	Felbinger		GER
20	Laura	Brandolini		ITA

Junior A Ladies – 300m Time-trial race

Pos.	Firstname	Lastname	Nation		Time
1	Daria	Tiberto		ITA	27,331
2	Alisa	Gutermuth		GER	27,559
3	Anais	Laurent		FRA	28,052
4	Carolin	Zielke		GER	28,276
5	Ysia	Clausses		FRA	28,847
6	Dina	Rodriquez		POR	28,872
7	Lena	Labat		FRA	30,297
8	Klára	Prokopová		CHZ	31,286
9	Reka	Torok		HUN	31,576
10	Carlotta	Simbula		ITA
11	Martina	Karabova		SVK	34,040(H)
12	Andreia	Canha		POR
12	Gloria	Pereira		POR
14	Tamara	Felbinger		GER
14	Iris	Fernandez		ESP

Junior A Men – 300m Time-trial race

Pos.	Firstname	Lastname	Nation		Time
1	Simon	Albrecht		GER	25,009
2	Mathias	Voste		BEL	25,566
3	Stefano	Gili		ITA	25,583
4	Alexandre	Guyomard		FRA	25,763
5	Remon	Kwant		NED	25,843
6	Cristian	Sartorato		ITA	25,968
7	Daniel	Villaverde		ESP	26,022
8	Raphael	Planelles		FRA	26,058
9	Yassine	Baroudi		FRA	26,280
10	Tim	Kieftenburg		NED	26,583
11	Mikel	Hernandez		ESP	26,587
12	Jesus	Oliveira		POR	27,238
13	Kay	Schipper		NED	27,291
14	Lukáš	Vevera		CZH	28,242
15	Michal	Slotta		SVK	28,937

Junior A men – 15000m Elimination 

Pos.	Firstname	Lastname	Nation		Time
1	Matteo	Melis		ITA	23:37,599
2	Giuseppe	Cistola		ITA	23:37,645
3	Alberto	Putignano		ITA	23:37,728
4	Stefan Due	Schmidt		DEN	23:37,766
5	Raphael	Planelles		FRA	23:58,116
6	Jordy	Harink		NED
7	Mathias	Voste		BEL
8	Thimo	Kiesslich		GER
9	Viktor Hald	Thorup		DEN
10	Mikel	Hernandez		ESP
11	Clement	Chaduc		FRA
12	Nikolaj	Helmsoe		DEN
13	Tim	Gegner		GER
14	Philipp	Forstner		GER
15	Yassine	Baroudi		FRA
16	Iker	Garcia		ESP
17	Daniel	Villaverde		ESP
18	Yoram	van der Vlugt		NED
19	Lukáš	Vevera		CZH
20	Jesus	Oliveira		POR

Seniors Ladies – 300m Time-trial race

Pos.	Firstname	Lastname	Nation		Time
1	Laethisia	Schimek		GER	26,722
2	Erika	Zanetti		ITA	26,800
3	Jana	Gegner		GER	27,213
4	Desire	Contenti		ITA	27,254
5	Sabine	Berg		GER	27,501
6	Hanne	Wouters		BEL	27,660
7	Clemence	Halbout		FRA	27,785
8	Bianca	Roosenboom		NED	27,824
9	Saray	Narvaez		ESP	28,082
10	Marta	Nunes		POR	28,737
11	Helena	Gustafsson		SWE	28,914
12	Lisanne	Buurman		NED	28,928(H)
13	Renate	Karabova		SVK	29,659(H)
14	Manon	Kamminga		NED
15	Sheila	Posada		ESP

Senior Ladies – 10000m Elimination 

Pos.	Firstname	Lastname	Nation		Time
1	Manon	Kamminga		NED	16:50,461
2	Justine	Halbout		FRA	16:51,711
3	Sabine	Berg		GER	16:51,751
4	Mareike	Thum		GER	16:53,933
5	Elma	de Vries		NED	17:11,174
6	Sofia	D’Annibale		ITA
7	Katharina	Rumpus		GER
8	Juliette	Pouydebat		FRA
9	Aleksandra	Goss		POL
10	Bianca	Roosenboom		NED
11	Nadja	Wenger		SUI
12	Renate	Karabova		SVK
13	Flurina	Heim		SUI
14	Clemence	Halbout		FRA
14	Rina	von Burg		SUI
16	Andrea	Trafeli		ITA
16	Federica	Di Natale		ITA

Senior Men – 300m Time-trial race

Pos.	Firstname	Lastname	Nation		Time
1	Ioseba	Fernandez		ESP	24,581
2	Darren	de Souza		FRA	24,607
3	Ronald	Mulder		NED	24,703
4	Andrea	Angeletti		ITA	24,800
5	Michel	Mulder		NED	24,810
6	Nicolas	Pelloquin		FRA	24,905
7	Gwendal	Le Pivert		FRA	25,007
8	Jore	van den Berghe		BEL	25,088
9	Niels	Provoost		BEL	25,219
10	Etienne	Ramali		GER	25,258
11	Mark	Horsten		NED	25,267
12	Roman	Christen		SUI	25,416
13	Marcio	Costa		POR	25,856(H)
14	Mat?j	Pravda		CHZ	25,951(H)
15	Ricardo	Esteves		POR	26,086(H)
16	Yves	Reist		SUI	26,134(H)
17	Tobias	Hecht		GER	26,136(H)
18	Jakob	Ulreich		AUT	26,385(H)
19	Tristan	Ulreich		AUT	26,728(H)
20	Christian	Kromoser		AUT	27,598(H)

Senior Men – 15000m Elimination

Pos.	Firstname	Lastname	Nation		Time
1	Fabio	Francolini		ITA	22:42,154
2	Alexis	Contin		FRA	22:42,248
3	Patxi	Peula		ESP	22:43,872
4	Crispijn	Ariens		NED	22:46,498
5	Elton	de Souza		FRA	22:36,795
6	Nolan	Beddiaf		FRA
7	Felix	Rijhnen		GER
8	Geert	Plender		NED
9	Maarten	Swings		BEL
10	Tim	Sibiet		BEL
11	Wannes	van Praet		BEL
12	Martyn	Dias		POR
13	Diogo	Marreiros		POR
14	Jakob	Ulreich		AUT
15	Ruurd	Dijkstra		NED
16	Victor	Wilking		GER
17	Giovanni	Conte		ITA
18	Livio	Wenger		SUI
19	Tobias	Hecht		GER
20	Yves	Reist		SUI

Links

Video: Track races – Elimination Senior Men

By Alfathor
Photos : Nathalie Planelles