2017 Berlin Skating Marathon: Bart Swings strikes again!

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Publié le 24 September 2017 - Mis à jour le 11 May 2025 - 5749 Lectures - 0 commentaire(s)

Berlin, 23rd September 2017, The Grand Slam of Inline skating culminated today on its sixth and last leg of this year´s WORLD INLINE CUP. Berlin, saw around 5600 inline skaters and a great elite field, probably the best ever. The marathon race on the 42-kilometer loop was accompanied by an extended inline skating programme featuring several kids´ races.

Men’s race

Belgian Bart Swings (Powerslide Matter Racing Team) repeats his win in the world’s largest inline marathon followed by Spaniard Patxi Peula (EO Skates World Team) who wins the overall World Inline Cup ranking.

Men’s race decided at Brandenburg gate 300 metres from the finish line

” This victory is so different to last year’s when I had won in a mass sprint. This year I was skating together with Patxi, who was very strong for about 27 kilometres, but I could leave him behind on the last couple of hundreds of meters ” – Bart Swings

Women’s race

Surprise in the womens race as two skaters from Argentina, Maira Yaqueline Arias and Rocio Berbel Alt upset the European elite skater establishment. Katharina Rumpus won the WIC trophy after a fifth place in Berlin today.

Two skaters broke away early and arrived five minutes ahead of the third. These were the two Argentinians, the winner Maira Yaqueline Arias (MX TAKINO Team) and runner-up Rocio Berbel Alt. Sandrine Tas (Powerslide Matter World) got third.

“This is something I had not expected! To win the most prestigious inline marathon on the road feels just great!” – Maira Arias

Main results

Berlin Men’s results

Pos.	Name	Nation	Team	Time
1	Swings, Bart	BEL	Powerslide/Matter Racing T…	00:58:42
2	Peula, Patxi	ESP	EOSkates World Team	00:58:48
3	Rijhnen, Felix	GER	Powerslide/Matter Racing T…	01:00:21
4	Beddiaf, Nolan	FRA	EOSkates World Team	01:00:21
5	Fernandez, Ewen	FRA	Powerslide/Matter Racing T…	01:00:21
6	Ariens, Crispijn	NED	OKAY powerslide	01:00:25
7	Hekman, Gary	NED	Bont Skates	01:00:51
8	Michael, Peter	NZL	Powerslide/Matter Racing T…	01:00:52
9	Wenger, Livio	CHE	Powerslide/Matter Racing T…	01:00:52
10	Patino Dorado, Hamilton	COL	Powerslide	01:00:52
11	De Souza, Elton	FRA	MX Takino	01:00:52
12	Araldi, Juan Cruz	ARG	Argentina	01:00:52
13	Hoolwerf, Bart	NED	OKAY powerslide	01:00:52
14	Foucher, Flavien	FRA	EOSkates World Team	01:00:52
15	Levrard, Julien	FRA	IKK BB / Pure Racing Team	01:00:52
16	Medard, Indra	BEL	Chauvin Arnoux Racing Team	01:00:53
17	Guyader, Yann	FRA	Rollerblade World Team	01:00:53
18	Paez, Mike	MEX	Mexico	01:00:53
19	de Gier, Casper	NED	Team NL	01:00:53
20	Reist, Yves	CHE	Chauvin Arnoux Racing Team	01:00:53
21	Suttels, Jason	GER	Belgian Skate Friends	01:00:53
22	Berga, Ingmar	NED	OKAY powerslide	01:00:53
23	Paredes, Sebastian	VEN	Rollerblade World Team	01:00:53
24	Bastidas Rodriguez, Alexander José	VEN	Pecbi.de	01:00:53
25	Mulder, Marthijn	NED	Team NL	01:00:53

Berlin Women’s results

Pos.	Name	Nation	Team	Time
1	Arias, Maira Yaqueline	ARG	MX TAKINO International T…	01:06:35
2	Berbel Alt, Rocio	ARG	Argentina	01:06:38
3	Tas, Sandrine	BEL	Powerslide/Matter Racing T…	01:11:59
4	Thum, Mareike	GER	Arma Racing	01:12:52
5	Rumpus, Katharina	GER	Powerslide/Matter Racing T…	01:12:52
6	Ancin, Maite	ESP	A.D. SAN JUAN-DONIBA…	01:12:52
7	Roosenboom, Bianca	NED	XI Tulips-Powerslide	01:12:52
8	Onate Jimenez, Maialen	ESP	Castellonspain Roller Marathon	01:12:52
9	Pouydebat, Juliette	FRA	Pibrac Roller Skating	01:12:52
10	Valanzano, Giorgia	ITA	Team Flyke/Belotti	01:12:52
11	Arnedo Cancio, Elizabeth	COL	Rs-Racing Colombia	01:12:52
12	Ulbrich, Katja	GER	der-rollenshop.de Powerslide…	01:12:52
13	Berg, Sabine	GER	TAX Racing Team	01:12:52
14	Lefeuvre, Marine	FRA	Ligne Droite Powerslide	01:12:53
15	Peveri, Laura	ITA	Team Bont Italia	01:12:53
16	Quintana Herrera, Aura Cristina	COL	Rollerblade World Team	01:12:53
17	Vonk, Berber	NED	Atom Skates	01:12:53
18	Geoffroy, Chloé	FRA	Ligne Droite Powerslide	01:12:53
19	Camarin, Carlotta	ITA	Team Belotti Flyke Italia	01:12:53
20	Lindarte Garaviz, Daniela Andrea	COL	Rs-Racing Colombia	01:12:54
21	Hurtado Malagon, Stephanie Andrea	COL	Rs-Racing Colombia	01:12:54
22	Rodriguez, Viviana	CHI	ACE	01:12:55
23	Odlazek, Ana	SLO	Rolerski Klub Ljubljana	01:12:56
24	van Maaren, Clarissa	NED	Btf Skate Team	01:12:56
25	De Jong, Maya	NED	Van Lingen Skeelers	01:12:56

Complete results here

Final rankings of the 2017 World Inline Cup

After six legs in Incheon (KOR), Rennes (FRA), Dijon (FRA), Ostrava (CZE), Harbin (CHN) and Berlin (GER).

Men’s overall ranking

Patxi Peula ESP, EO Skates World Team – 494 points
Ewen Fernandez FRA, XYZ Team – 470 points
Bart Swings BEL, Powerslide Matter Racing Team – 444 points

Women’s overall ranking

Katharina Rumpus GER, Powerslide Matter Racing Team – 539 points
Ana Odlazek UKR – 322 points
Chloé Geoffroy FRA, Powerslide Ligne Droite – 206 points

Junior Men

Martin Ferrié FRA, EOSkates World Team – 116 points
Jan Pribik CZE, Czech National Junior Team – 107 points
Doucelin Pedicone FRA – 96 points

Junior Women

Chloé Geoffroy FRA, Powerslide Ligne Droite – 206 points
Mariia Shostak UKR, SAM Racing Team – 21 points

Both the Men’s and Women’s Team Ranking was won the by Powerslide Matter Racing Team.

Berlin skating marathon