WIC Zurich

The World Inline Cup last weekend was held in one of Switzerland's biggest cities, Zurich. The Zurich race is always full of excitement with the 6.3 km course snaking through the center and around the banks of Lake Zurich.

Nearly every year I have raced in Zurich it has been boiling hot and the largest obstacle is the sticky tar snakes on the road and trying to avoid them. This year that wasn't the only thing the skaters had to deal with.


The ladies 37.8 km race kicked off at 3pm followed by the men 2 minutes later. At this stage the sun was shining and it didn't look like it would rain. One lap into the race the wind started to pick up, the clouds closed in and the weather started turning. After two laps light rain started falling and by 3 laps the weather had done a 360 degree flip and it was pouring down with rain. With the race being held in the center of the city there were far more obstacles due to the rain. The roads which are usually full of cars became very slippery along with the dozens of painted white lines, pedestrian crossings, tight corners and tram tracks.


Even though skaters tried to escape in the ladies pack no one was able to stay away and the race ended in a bunch sprint. With only 2 skaters racing for the Bont Wheels Team it was a tough race and didn't go quiet as planned but Tamara and Alexandra both ended up finishing in the top 10.

Ladies Top 10
1. Baena Cecilia
2. Gegner Jana
3. Turciarelli Giovanna
4. Roosenboom Bianca
5. Vivas Alexandra (Bont Wheels)
6. Llorens Tamara (Bont Wheels)
7. Ghezzi Laura
8. Hartichelar Andrea
9. Strüver Tina
10. Halbout Justine

Men Top 5
1. Guyader Yann
2. Moreno Alfredo Leon (Bont South America)
3. Mantia Joey
4. Tobon Juan Nayib (Zepto/Bont)
5. Boucher Thomas