2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

Venue	Nottwil, Switzerland
Date(s)	(2015-07-29 - 2015-08-02)29 July–2 August 2015
Nations participating	46[1]
Cyclists participating	289
Events	5
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The 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships were the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Nottwil in Switzerland from 29 July to 2 August 2015.^[2] Italy were the most successful team of the competition in number of gold medals won (9), while Germany finished with the greatest total of medals (21).

Classification

Sport class

• Cycling
  • C1 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
  • C2 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, decrease in muscle strength, or amputation
  • C3 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
  • C4 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
  • C5 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
• Hand cycling
  • H1 - tetraplegics with severe upper limb impairment to the C6 vertebra
  • H2 - Tetraplegics with minor upper limb impairment from C7 thru T3
  • H3 - paraplegics with impairment from T4 thru T10
  • H4 - Paraplegics with impairment from T11 down, and amputees unable to kneel
  • H5 - Athletes who can kneel on a handcycle, a category that includes paraplegics and amputees^[3]
• Tricycle
  • T1 - Severe locomotor dysfunction
  • T2 - Moderate loss of stability and function
• Tandem
  • Tandem B - Visual impairment

Event winners

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
21km time trial details	C1[4]	Michael Teuber  Germany	32:32.60	Juan José Méndez Fernández  Spain	33:50.25	Giancarlo Masini  Italy	33:52.14
	C2[5]	Arslan Gilmutdinov  Russia	31:08.44	Liang Guihua  China	31:48.78	Israel Hilario Rimas  Peru	31:56.93
31km time trial details	C3[6]	Eoghan Clifford  Ireland	48:53.60	Steffen Warias  Germany	49:41.51	Sergey Ustinov  Russia	50:44.70
	C4[7]	Kyle Bridgwood  Australia	46:28.32	Sergey Pudov  Russia	46:49.26	Patrik Kuril  Slovakia	47:36.12
	C5[8]	Yegor Dementyev  Ukraine	45:25.45	Alistair Donohoe  Australia	45:51.90	Andrea Tarlao  Italy	46:30.91
	Tandem B[9]	Marcin Polak Michal Ladosz (pilot)  Poland	43:34.44	Carlos Gonzalez Garcia Noel Martin Infante (pilot)  Spain	44:45.44	Emanuele Bersini Riccardo Panizza (pilot)  Italy	46:00.91
14km time trial details	T1[10]	Quentin Aubague  France	30:15	Sergey Semochkin  Russia	31:29	Jiri Hindr  Czech Republic	32:01
	T2[11]	Hans-Peter Durst  Germany	25:00.82	Giorgio Farroni  Italy	26:20.60	Ryan Boyle  United States	26:23.87
	H1[12]	Nicolas Pieter du Preez  South Africa	41:59.74	Timothy Williams  New Zealand	44:35.82	Benjamin Frueh  Switzerland	44:52.20
	H2[13]	Luca Mazzone  Italy	27:57.34	William Groulx  United States	28:19.52	Tobias Fankhauser  Switzerland	29:48.62
15.5km time trial details	H3[14]	Vittorio Podesta  Italy	30:15.89	Heinz Frei  Switzerland	30:43.64	Lukas Weber  Switzerland	31:00.39
	H4[15]	Rafal Wilk  Poland	28:55.15	Vico Merklein  Germany	29:36.93	Thomas Fruehwirth  Austria	29:52.46
	H5[16]	Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	28:29.12	Oscar Sanchez  United States	29:08.81	Ernst van Dyk  South Africa	29:21.46
56km Road race details	C1[17]	Pierre Senska  Germany	1:30:48	Michael Teuber  Germany	+ 00:00:00	Erich Winkler  Germany	+ 00:00:00
	C2[18]	Israel Hilario Rimas  Peru	1:29:04	Maurice Eckhard Tio  Spain	+ 00:01:25	Ivo Koblasa  Czech Republic	+ 00:01:42
	C3[19]	Masaki Fujita  Japan	1:27:34	Alexsey Obydennov  Russia	+ 00:01:24	Eduardo Santas Asensio  Spain	+ 00:01:24
77.5km Road race details	C4[20]	Patrik Kuril  Slovakia	2:00:58	Carol-Eduard Novak  Romania	+ 00:00:27	Sergey Pudov  Russia	+ 00:03:04
	C5[21]	Alistair Donohoe  Australia	2:00:55	Yegor Dementyev  Ukraine	+ 00:00:00	Andrea Tarlao  Italy	+ 00:00:00
35km Road race details	H1[22]	Nicolas Pieter du Preez  South Africa	1:25:57	Timothy Williams  New Zealand	+ 00:07:35	Teppo Polvi  Finland	+ 00:08:38
49km Road race details	H2[23]	Luca Mazzone  Italy	1:30:05	William Groulx  United States	+ 00:01:11	Anders Backman  Sweden	+ 00:04:51
62km Road race details	H3[24]	Vittorio Podesta  Italy	01:33:30	Heinz Frei  Switzerland	+ 00:03:17	Lukas Weber  Switzerland	+ 00:04:29
	H4[25]	Rafal Wilk  Poland	01:32:40	Vico Merklein  Germany	+ 00:00:49	Mathieu Bosredon  France	+ 00:02:13
	H5[26]	Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	01:29:21	Jetze Plat  Netherlands	+ 00:00:00	Johan Reekers  Netherlands	+ 00:00:33
21km Road race details	T1[27]	Quentin Aubague  France	00:47:49	Jiri Hindr  Czech Republic	+ 00:01:55	Sergey Semochkin  Russia	+ 00:02:40
28km Road race details	T2[28]	Hans-Peter Durst  Germany	00:52:28	Nestor Ayala Ayala  Colombia	+ 00:00:00	Ryan Boyle  United States	+ 00:01:00
108.5km Road race details	Tandem B[29]	Ignacio Avila Rodriguez Joan Font Bertoli (pilot)  Spain	2:48.33	Vincent Ter Schure Timo Franssen (pilot)  Netherlands	+ 00:00:00	Carlos Gonzalez Garcia Noel Martin Infante (pilot)  Spain	+ 00:01:59
Women's events
14km time trial details	T1[30]	Shelley Gautier  Canada	36:32.87	Yulia Sibagatova  Russia	38:54.56	Svetlana Perova  Russia	45:05.82
	T2[31]	Carol Cooke  Australia	28:05.80	Jil Walsh  United States	29:25.50	Jana Majunke  Germany	30:00.75
	H1[32]	Emilie Miller  Australia	47:33.76
	H2[33]	Justine Asher  South Africa	37:35.51	Carmen Koedood  Netherlands	54:08.16	Mikyoung Jeon  South Korea	58:15.49
	H3[34]	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	27:53.94	Alicia Dana  United States	29:11.21	Renata Kaluza  Poland	29:57.36
	H4[35]	Svetlana Moshkovich  Russia	27:46.54	Christiane Reppe  Germany	28:00.50	Sandra Graf  Switzerland	29:47.74
	H5[36]	Laura de Vaan  Netherlands	24:58.43	Andrea Eskau  Germany	25:06.61	Dorothee Vieth  Germany	25:37.53
	C1[37]	Li Jieli  China	29:37.80
	C2[38]	Zeng Sini  China	24:25.69	Allison Jones  United States	25:10.89	Tereza Diepolova  Czech Republic	25:49.60
	C3[39]	Jamie Whitmore Cardenas  United States	23:13.26	Denise Schindler  Germany	24:22.57	Simone Kennedy  Australia	25:35.81
21km time trial details	C4[40]	Shawn Morelli  United States	34:29.11	Alexandra Green  Australia	35:13.29	Megan Fisher  United States	35:24.17
	C5[41]	Sarah Storey  Great Britain	30:52.36	Anna Harkowska  Poland	33:08.17	Kerstin Brachtendorf  Germany	34:14.78
31km time trial details	Tandem B[42]	Iwona Podkoscielna Aleksandra Wnuczek (pilot)  Poland	52:05.61	Emma Foy Laura Thompson (pilot)  New Zealand	52:05.64	Odette van Deudekom Kim van Dijk (pilot)  Netherlands	53:03.36
21km Road race details	H1[43]	Emilie Miller  Australia	1:36:06
35km Road race details	H2[44]	Justine Asher  South Africa	1:21:35	Carmen Koedood  Netherlands	-1 lap	Mikyoung Jeon  South Korea	-1 lap
42km Road race details	H3[45]	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	1:13:16	Alicia Dana  United States	+ 00:02:01	Renata Kaluza  Poland	+ 00:04:15
49km Road race details	H4[46]	Christiane Reppe  Germany	1:28:58	Silke Pan  Germany	+ 00:03:18	Sandra Graf  Switzerland	+ 00:07:21
	H5[47]	Andrea Eskau  Germany	1:22:26	Laura de Vaan  Netherlands	+ 00:00:06	Oksana Masters  United States	+ 00:00:10
	C1[48]	Li Jieli  China	01:42:26
	C2[49]	Zeng Sini  China	01:29:33	Daniela Munévar  Colombia	+ 00:01:11	Allison Jones  United States	+ 00:01:34
	C3[50]	Jamie Whitmore  United States	01:29:32	Denise Schindler  Germany	+ 00:01:07	Simone Kennedy  Australia	+ 00:08:24
62km Road race details	C4[51]	Shawn Morelli  United States	02:01:06	Susan Powell  Australia	+ 00:04:08	Jenny Narcisi  Italy	+ 00:04:23
	C5[52]	Sarah Storey  Great Britain	1:44:45	Anna Harkowska  Poland	+ 00:08:24	Kerstin Brachtendorf  Germany	+ 00:09:01
21km Road race details	T1[53]	Shelley Gautier  Canada	57:06	Yulia Sibagatova  Russia	+ 00:03:57	Svetlana Perova  Russia	+ 00:13:16
28km Road race details	T2[54]	Jill Walsh  United States	00:58:52	Carol Cooke  Australia	+ 00:00:06	Jana Majunke  Germany	+ 00:02:06
77.5km Road race details	Tandem B[55]	Iwona Podkoscielna Aleksandra Wnuczek (pilot)  Poland	2:19:11	Emma Foy Laura Thompson (pilot)  New Zealand	+ 00:00:11	Odette van Deudekom Kim van Dijk (pilot)  Netherlands	+ 00:05:53
Mixed events
Team Relay details	H1-5[56]	Vittorio Podesta Luca Mazzone Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	31:13	William Lachenauer William Groulx Oscar Sanchez  United States	32:24	Jean-Marc Berset Tobias Fankhauser Heinz Frei  Switzerland	32:45

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	9	1	5	15
2	Germany (GER)	6	9	6	21
3	United States (USA)	5	8	5	18
4	Poland (POL)	5	2	2	9
5	South Africa (RSA)	4	0	1	5
6	Australia (AUS)	3	4	2	9
7	Russia (RUS)	2	5	5	12
8	China (CHN)	2	1	0	3
9	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
10	Canada (CAN)	2	0	0	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	0	2
12	Netherlands (NED)	1	5	3	9
13	Spain (ESP)	1	3	2	6
14	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
15	Peru (PER)	1	0	1	2
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	0	1	2
17	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
19	New Zealand (NZL)	0	4	0	4
20	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	7	9
21	Colombia (COL)	0	2	0	2
22	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	3	4
23	Romania (ROM)	0	1	0	1
24	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		49	49	47	145

Participating nations

32 nations participated.