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04.08.09: Belgium became the gold and the bronze medal in the last test of the 1st day in road with Spruyt and Swings

# The European Championship of road began today with the 200 meters Time Trial and the test of Elimination

In the test of Senior Men we could see an exciting arrival with Francolini and Spruyt © MundoPatin.Com

After a day of relax for some and a day of trainings for others, this morning came back again the competitions of the European Championship 2009, but in this occasion on road.

The test of the morning began at 10.00 hours with the heats of 200 meters Time Trial for Cadet, Junior and Senior, where like on track, only the twelve first skaters would be in the final of the afternoon.

In these heats, the selection that dominated was Italy, because got the first places in all the heat except in the Senior Men category where the first position was for the German Matthias Schwierz.

Around 15.00 hours began the finals of 200 meters Time Trial.

In Cadet Ladies, the Italian Carlotta Simbula got the gold medal after got the silver medal in the test of track. The silver medal was for the German Tamara Schmit, meanwhile the bronze was for the Spanish,

 Vera Iglesias (Gold medal in the test of track).

In Men, Italy came back and became the first and second position with Giacomo Airaghi and Valeriano Notarangelo. The Podium was completed by the French Alexandre Guyomard.

France got the gold medal in the test of speed with the Junior skater Catherine Dupoy. Laethisia Schimek of Germany became the second position and the bronze medal was for The Netherlander Mandy Groot.

In the Junior Men category, Italy wanted to continue in the podium and got the gold and the bronze medals with the skaters Michael Locci and Diego Mancin. The silver was for the Belgian skater, Niels Provoost.

In Senior Ladies, Italy was again in the highest and received the gold and the silver medal with Nicoletta Falcone and Desiree Contenti. The bronze was for the German, Stephanie Dreyer. Erika Zanetti, who had done the best time in the heat, was fifth in the final.

The Belgian Wouter Hebbrecht got again the gold medal in speed like in the track, after make the second best time in the heat. The silver medal was for the Spanish Joseba Fernández who also improved. The bronze medal was for the German Matthias Schwierz, who had done the best time in the heat but who got the third place in the final.

Later, around 18.30 hours was the turn for the first long races on road. These races were of Elimination and we could live exciting competitions, because all the skaters wanted to get the European medals.

In the test of 15.000 meters inthe Junior Ladies category, Italy and The Netherlands were the leaders of the group.  After 31 laps, the Italian Giuliana de Blasio arrived in first position and got the gold medal. The silver medal was for the German Katharina Rumpus. Irene Schouten (The Netherlands) arrived in third position and got the bronze medal.

In men, for the test of 20.000 meters Elimination, Belgium, Italy and France were always in the head of the group. The Belgian selection wanted to be in the final with its three skaters, but only two of them were in the last lap. When only lacked one lap to go the Italian Matteo Melis began the sprint and got the gold medal. The silver was for the young skater, Jore van den Berghe (Belgium) who got one more medal in this EURO2009. The podium was completed by the French Joris Garderes.

After them, was the momento for the Senior category with the test of 15.000 meters Elimination and 31 laps to complete for the Ladies. Italy couldn’t dominate the race with its three skaters and finally only got the fourth and the third place with Lardani and Di Eugenio. The gold was in this occasion for the German, Sabine Berg, meanwhile the bronze was for the Netherlander Elma de Vries. The bronze was for Mareike Thum from Germany.

In order to finish the competitions began the race of Senior Men for the distance of 20.000 meters Elimination.

Belgium dominated the entire test with Spruyt, Swings and Tas, who were in the front of the group during almost all the race. When only lacked one lap, two Italians and two Belgians began the last sprint of the day and finally Fabio Francolini got the gold medal followed by Ferre Spruyt who was second. The bronze was for the Belgian, Bart Swings.

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Sonia González # MundoPatin.Com

 

 

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