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UIV Talents Cup 2006-2007

Belgium takes UIV Cup

De Poortere – Mertens won the UIV Talents Cup 2006/2007 after victories in Rotterdam, Berlin and Copenhagen

The UIV Talents Cup in Madison was this winter disputed for the 4^th time, and for the 3^rd time the overall victory went to Belgium. The Cup, open for riders under 25 and organised by the members of Union Internationale des Vélodromes within the frames for the Elite/Pro 6-days, was again this winter an extreme success with participation of more than 100 different riders from 16 nations. The competition this winter consisted of nine legs (Amsterdam, Dortmund, Munich, Ghent, Rotterdam, Bremen, Stuttgart, Berlin and Copenhagen) of which the Belgium team Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens won in Rotterdam, Berlin and Copenhagen.

Final Overall UIV Talents Cup U 25 2006/2007

1 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL) 75 p.

2 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE) 59 p.

3 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED) 56 p.

4 Luic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI) 55 p.

5 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN) 47 p.

6 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER) 45 p.

7 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN) 40 p.

8 Michael Arends – Erik Mohs (GER) 30 p.

9 Christian Kux – Marcel Kalz (GER) 30 p.

10 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT) 28 p.

79 different teams in the classification.

/H. Elmgreen

Final UIV Talents Cup in Copenhagen, 1^st to 6^th February
Belgian winners

The young Belgians Ingmar de Poortere and Tim Mertens is the new champions of the 2006/2007 UIV Talents Cup. This evening in Copenhagen they succeeded in defending there lead in the overall, with the Danes Daniel Kreutzfeldt and Michael Færk Christensen, who won the final chase, in second place. And the Danes Jesper Mørkøv and Christian Ranneries on the last place on the podium.

Final result of UIV Talent Cup Final in Copenhagen:
1 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 105 p., 2 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 55 p., 3 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 29 p., 4 Keven Lacombe (CAN) – Adrian Hegyvary (USA), 14 p., at 1 lap: 5 Luic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI), 65 p., 6 Thomas Kristiansen – Mads Rydicher (DEN), 62 p., 7 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 45 p., 8 Jannik van Dijk – Phillip Nielsen (DEN), 26 p., 9 Janif Hecht – Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg (DEN), 20 p., 10 Rasmus Damm – Morten Høberg (DEN), 18 p., at 2 laps: 11 Jacob Dyrgaard – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 7 p., 12 Duane Johansen (AUS) – Guytan Lilholt (DEN), 3 p., at 6 laps: 13 Dejan Aistrup – Nikola Aistrup (DEN), 2 p., at 11 laps: 14 Kasper Linde – Thomas Dalsted (DEN), 0 p.

Final overall UIV Talents Cup 2006/2007:
1 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 75 p., 2. Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 59 p., 3 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 56 p., 4 Luic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI), 55 p., 5 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 48 p.,

Final UIV Talents Cup in Copenhagen, 1^st to 6^th February
Still the Belgians at top

The young Belgians Ingmar de Poortere and Tim Mertens is still leading the UIV Talent Cup with only day left. The 5. stage was won by the Danes Jesper Mørkøv and Christian Ranneries, and that helped them to jump to the second place in the overall.

Overall after 5th stage of the UIV Talent Cup Final in Copenhagen:
1 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 75 p., 2 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 24 p., 3 Keven Lacombe (CAN) – Adrian Hegyvary (USA), 4 p., at 1 lap: 4 Luic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI), 59 p., 5 Thomas Kristiansen – Mads Rydicher (DEN), 54 p., 6 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 50 p., 7 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 33 p., 8 Jannik van Dijk – Phillip Nielsen (DEN), 18 p., 9 Janif Hecht – Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg (DEN), 14 p., 10 Rasmus Damm – Morten Høberg (DEN), 14 p., at 2 laps: 11 Duane Johansen (AUS) – Guytan Lilholt (DEN), 3 p., 12 Jacob Dyrgaard – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 2 p., at 5 laps: 13 Dejan Aistrup – Nikola Aistrup (DEN), 2 p., at 9 laps: 14 Kasper Linde – Thomas Dalsted (DEN), 0 p., at 10 laps: 15 Jonas Jørgensen – Steffen Overgaard (DEN), 0 p.

Final UIV Talents Cup in Copenhagen, 1^st to 6^th February
Belgian on the way to victory

The young Belgians Ingmar de Poortere and Tim Mertens had an impressive ride on the forth day of the UIV Talents Cup. Halfway through the stage the team attacked, and nobody could follow them. If the Belgians can keep the first place the two next days, they will also win the total UIV Cup.

Overall after 4th stage of the UIV Talent Cup Final in Copenhagen:
1 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 51 p., at 1 lap: 2 Thomas Kristiansen – Mads Rydicher (DEN), 48 p., 3 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 44 p., 4 Luic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI), 33 p., 5 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 24 p., 6 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 21 p., 7 Jannik van Dijk – Phillip Nielsen (DEN), 13 p., 8 Janif Hecht – Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg (DEN), 12 p., 9 Rasmus Damm – Morten Høberg (DEN), 8 p., 10 Keven Lacombe (CAN) – Adrian Hegyvary (USA), 4 p., at 2 laps: 11 Duane Johansen (AUS) – Guytan Lilholt (DEN), 2 p., at 3 laps: 12 Jacob Dyrgaard – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 2 p., at 5 laps: 13 Dejan Aistrup – Nikola Aistrup (DEN), 2 p., at 9 laps: 14 Kasper Linde – Thomas Dalsted (DEN), 0 p., 15 Jonas Jørgensen – Steffen Overgaard (DEN), 0 p.

Final UIV Talents Cup in Copenhagen, 1^st to 6^th February
New leaders

The two young Danes, Thomas Kristensen and Mads Rydicher, are the new leaders after the third day of racing in Copenhagen. But the Belgian team Ingmar de Poortere and Tim Mertens are equal on points with the Danes. The leaders after the second day, Daniel Kreutzfeldt and Michael Færk Christensen are down to third place, but only two points from the top spot.

Overall after 3rd stage of the UIV Talent Cup Final in Copenhagen:
1 Thomas Kristiansen – Mads Rydicher (DEN), 36 p., 2 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 36 p., 3 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 34 p., 4 Luic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI), 26 p., 5 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 16 p., 6 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 16 p., 7 Janif Hecht – Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg (DEN), 7 p., 8 Rasmus Damm – Morten Høberg (DEN), 5 p., 9 Keven Lacombe (CAN) – Adrian Hegyvary (USA), 4 p., at 1 lap: 10 Jannik van Dijk – Phillip Nielsen (DEN), 12 p., 11 Duane Johansen (AUS) – Guytan Lilholt (DEN), 2 p., at 2 laps: 12 Jacob Dyrgaard – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 2 p., at 3 laps: 13 Dejan Aistrup – Nikola Aistrup (DEN), 2 p., at 4 laps: 14 Kasper Linde – Thomas Dalsted (DEN), 0 p., at 6 laps: 15 Jonas Jørgensen – Steffen Overgaard (DEN), 0 p.

Final UIV Talents Cup in Copenhagen, 1^st to 6^th February
Close between four teams

The second stage of UIV Talents Cup final had a surprising winner in the Canadian/American team, Keven Lacombe and Adrian Hegyvary. The team took an early lap on the rest of the field, and defended that to the end. In the overall the two Danes Daniel Kreutzfeldt and Michael Færk Christensen took over the lead from the overnight Swiss leader team Luic Perizzolo and Maxime Bally. But it is all very close, and there is only three points from 1^st to fourth position.

Overall after 2nd day of UIV Talents Cup in Copenhagen:
1 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 25 p., 2 Luic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI),23 p., 3 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens (DEN), 22 p., 4 Thomas Kristiansen – Mads Rydicher (DEN), 22 p., 5 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 9 p., 6 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 7 p., 7 Jannik van Dijk – Phillip Nielsen (DEN), 7 p., 8 Janif Hecht – Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg (DEN), 5 p., 9 Rasmus Damm – Morten Høberg (DEN), 5 p., 10 Keven Lacombe (CAN) – Adrian Hegyvary (USA), 4 p., 11 Duane Johansen (AUS) – Guytan Lilholt (DEN), 0 p., at 1 lap 12 Jacob Dyrgaard – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 2 p., 13 Kasper Linde – Thomas Dalsted (DEN), 0 p., at 2 laps: 14 Dejan Aistrup – Nikola Aistrup (DEN), 1 p., at 5 laps: 15 Jonas Jørgensen – Steffen Overgaard (DEN), 0 p.

Overall UIV Talents Cup 2006/2007 before Copenhagen:
1 Ligthart – Vermeulen (NED), 56 p., 2 Mixa – Subrt (CZE), 47 p., 3 De Poortere – Mertens (BEL), 45 p., 4 Kalz – Kluge (GER), 45 p., 5 Perizzolo – Bally (SUI), 39 p., 9 J. Mørkøv – Ranneries (DEN), 27 p., 18 Kreutzfeldt – Færk Christensen (DEN), 15 p.
Full Overall

Points to obtain in Copenhagen: 1: 30 p., 2: 25 p., 3: 20 p., 4: 18 p.5: 16 p., 6: 14 p., 7: 12 p., 8: 10 p., 9: 8 p., 10: 6 p., all other accomplishing teams: 3 p.

Final UIV Talents Cup in Copenhagen, 1^st to 6^th February
Start of the final of UIV Talents Cup

The final of this winter’s UIV Talents Cup started Thursday in Copenagen with the victory of the Swiss team Perizzolo – Bally (actual 5^th in the Overall of the Cup). The 1^st stage was a 40 Minutes madison and the 10 first team all ended in the same lap. Especially the Swiss and the Belgium team De Poortere – Mertens (3^rd in the UIV Cup overall) were very active, but also the Danish teams Kreutzfeldt – Færk Christensen and Kristiansen – Rydicher were aggressive during this 1^st stage.

Result of 1^st stage of the UIV Talent Cup Final in Copenhagen:
1 Luic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI),13 p., 2 Thomas Kristiansen – Mads Rydicher (DEN), 11 p., 3 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 10 p., 4 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens (DEN), 9 p., 5 Jannik van Dijk – Phillip Nielsen (DEN), 7 p., 6 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 4 p., 7 Rasmus Damm – Morten Høberg (DEN), 4 p., 8 Janif Hecht – Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg (DEN), 2 p., 9 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 0 p., 10 Duane Johansen (AUS) – Guytan Lilholt (DEN), 0 p., at 1 lap: 11 Keven Lacombe (CAN) – Adrian Hegyvary (USA), 3 p., 12 Dejan Aistrup – Nikola Aistrup (DEN), 1 p., 13 Jacob Dyrgaard – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 0 p., 14 Kasper Linde – Thomas Dalsted (DEN), 0 p., at 2 laps: 15 Jonas Jørgensen – Steffen Overgaard (DEN), 0 p.
34,5 km in 40 Minutes (51,75 Km/h).

Points to obtain in Copenhagen: 1: 30 p., 2: 25 p., 3: 20 p., 4: 18 p.5: 16 p., 6: 14 p., 7: 12 p., 8: 10 p., 9: 8 p., 10: 6 p., all other accomplishing teams: 3 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Berlin
De Poortere – Mertens takes UIV Cup

The UIV Talents Cup in Berlin ended Sunday with the expected overall victory of the Belgium team Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Mertens. Three teams managed to take a lap during the finale 45 Minutes madison, but with either the leading Belgium team or their Swiss challengers Bally – Perizzolo among them. With the highest amount of points the Belgium’s took 4^th place on the stage and thus secured the final victory. German team Kriegs – Schulz won the stage and moved forward to 3^rd place in the overall.

Final result of UIV Talents Cup in Berlin:
1 Ingmar De Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 86 p., 2 Maxime Bally – Loic Perizzolo (SUI), 78 p., 3 Robert Kriegs – Frank Schulz (GER), 74 p., 4 Alain Lauener- Dominique Stark (SUI), 64 p., 5 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT), 52 p., 6 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Jesper Mørkøv (DEN), 39 p., 7 Rolf Hofbauer – Stephan Lägeler (GER), 35 p., 8 Keven Lacombe – Adrian Hegyvary 25 p., 9 Sasha Richter – Robert Seiler (GER), 20 p., 10 Julian Tucholl – Tino Thömel (GER), 19 p., 11 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 7 p., 12 Norman Dimde – Christian Kux (GER), 7 p., 13 Sebastian Forke – Michael Weicht (GER), 0 p., 14 Martin Gründer – Steven Latuschka (GER) 0 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Berlin
Close race between Belgium and Switzerland

Only two points divides the two leading teams after the 3^rd stage of the UIV Cup in Berlin. Belgium team, De Poortere – Mertens won the 100 laps pointsrace, but the 45 Minutes Madison ended up with a little sensation, as the Canadian/American team Keven Lacombe – Adrian Hegyvary won the race by a lap, the only lap taken during the whole race. One lap down Swiss team Bally – Perizzolo took 2^nd place and that brought them close to the Belgium’s in the overall.

Overall after 3^rd day of UIV Talents Cup in Berlin:
1 Ingmar De Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 76 p., 2 Maxime Bally – Loic Perizzolo (SUI), 74 p., 3 Robert Kriegs – Frank Schulz (GER), 49 p., 4 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT), 46 p., 5 Alain Lauener- Dominique Stark (SUI), 44 p., 6 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Jesper Mørkøv (DEN), 47 p., 7 Keven Lacombe – Adrian Hegyvary 25 p., 8 Rolf Hofbauer – Stephan Lägeler (GER), 20 p., 9 Sasha Richter – Robert Seiler (GER), 20 p., 10 Julian Tucholl – Tino Thömel (GER), 11 p., 11 Norman Dimde – Christian Kux (GER), 7 p., 12 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 7 p., 13 Sebastian Forke – Michael Weicht (GER), 0 p., 14 Martin Gründer – Steven Latuschka (GER) 0 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Berlin
Belgium team in the lead

The Danes Kreutzfeldt – Færk Christensen lost their leading position during the 2^nd stage of the UIV Talents Cup in Berlin. Already in the 100 laps pointsrace Færk Christensen crashed with some other riders and a temporary team was build with Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Jesper Mørkøv. Winner of the pointsrace was German team Kriegs – Schulz. Winners of the 45 Minutes madison was the Belgium team De Poortere – Mertens, and they are now the new overall leaders in Berlin.

Overall after 2^nd day of UIV Talents Cup in Berlin:
1 Ingmar De Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 53 p., 2 Maxime Bally – Loic Perizzolo (SUI), 50 p., 3 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 47 p., 4 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT), 36 p., 5 Robert Kriegs – Frank Schulz (GER), 31 p., 6 Alain Lauener- Dominique Stark (SUI), 29 p., 8 Jesper Mørkøv – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 14 p., 9 Julian Tucholl – Tino Thömel (GER), 10 p., 10 Sasha Richter – Robert Seiler (GER), 8 p., 11 Mario Lexmüller – Patrick Gelovsky (GER), 4 p., 12 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 2 p., 13 Norman Dimde – Christian Kux (GER), 1 p., 14 Harm Steijn – Gerd Steijn (NED) 1 p., 15 Keven Lacombe – Adrian Hegyvary 0 p., 16 Sebastian Forke – Michael Weicht (GER), 0 p., 17 Martin Gründer – Steven Latuschka (GER) 0 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Berlin
Strong Danish Start

The UIV Talents Cup in Berlin started with a 100 laps pointsrace, won by Austrian team Tazreiter – Graf with Danes Kreutzfeldt – Færk Christensen second. After that a madison of 35 Minutes was on the program and Kreutzfeldt – Færk Christensen managed as the only team to take a lap and consequently they are leading the overall, with all the other teams one lap behind.

Result after 1^st day of UIV Talents Cup in Berlin:
1. Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 7 p., at 1 lap: 2 Maxime Bally – Loic Perizzolo (SUI), 12 p., 3 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT), 12 p., 4 Ingmar De Poortere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 11 p., 5 Robert Kriegs – Frank Schulz (GER), 10 p., 6 Alain Lauener- Dominique Stark (SUI), 6 p., 7 Sasha Richter – Robert Seiler (GER), 5 p., 8 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 3 p., 9 Julian Tucholl – Tino Thömel (GER), 3 p., 10 Norman Dimde – Christian Kux (GER), 3 p., 11 Jesper Mørkøv – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 2 p., 12 Mario Lexmüller – Patrick Gelovsky (GER), 1 p., 13 Keven Lacombe – Adrian Hegyvary 1 p., 14 Sebastian Forke – Michael Weicht (GER), 1 p., 15 Rolf Hofbauer – Steven Lägeler (GER) 0 p., 16 Martin Gründer – Steven Latuschka (GER) 0 p., 17 Herm Steijn – Gerd Steijn (NED) 0 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Stuttgart
Bally - Pliuschin from start to finish

The Swiss-Moldavian team Maxime Bally - Alexandr Pliuschin won a start-finish victory in the UIV Talents Cup in Stuttgart. At the end of the race their were still nine teams on zero but the winners had an overwhelming amount af points. 2nd place to Danish team Christian Ranneries - Jesper Mørkøv, who preserved there position even when Jesper Mørkøv had a crash on the final day. Austrian team Tazreiter - Lauscha moved during the final forward to 3rd place. And our respect to the two boys from USA, who fulfilled the race, even with a los of 28 laps.

Final result of UIV Talents Cup in Stuttgart 2007:
1 Maxime Bally (SUI) – Alexandr Pliuschin (MDA), 135 p., 2 Christian Ranneries – Jesper Mørkøv (DEN), 77 p., 3 Georg Tazreiter – Patrick Gelosky (AUT), 71 p., 4 Stephan Lägeler – Fabian Schaar (GER), 69 p., 5 Felix Schönecker – Phillip Nothof (GER), 58 p., 6 Martin Hacecky – Vojtech Hacecky (CZE), 54 p., 7 Rolf Hofbauer – Sascha Richter (GER), 44 p., 8 Allan Lauener – Dominique Stark (SUI), 42 p., 9 Dave Mertens (BEL) – Adam Blythe (GBR), 40 p., at 1 lap: 10 Oliver Jakob – Jan-Moritz Müller (GER), 8 p., at 2 laps: 11 Keven Lacombe (USA) – Adrian Hegyvary (CAN), 32 p., at 3 laps: 12 Tristan Marquet (SUI) – Benjamin Edmüller (GER), 16 p., at 5 laps: 13 Alex Buttazzoni – Alessandro de Marchi (ITA), 0 p., at 13 laps: 14 Jan Herrmann – Benedikt Bastelt (GER), 0 p., at 28 laps: 15 Tom Hanley – Brett Walker (USA), 0 p.
Ab.: Tom Oerlemans – Matthias Vanderhauwaert (BEL).

UIV Talents Cup in Bremen
Kriegs - Kreutzfeldt won!

The German-Danish combination Robert Kriegs - Daniel Kreutzfeldt won the UIV Talents Cup in Bremen. The team was builded halfway in the race after their partners Karl-Christian König and Michael Færk Christensen had to leave the race after a crash. Before the final the team Mixa - Subrt was leading the race with a lap, but the new combination managed not only to take back the lap but also to gain the necessary lap to win the race. A very strong performance!

Final result of the UIV Talents Cup in Bremen:
1 Robert Kriegs (GER) - Daniel Kreutzfeldt (DEN), 28 p., at 1 lap: 2 Marek Mixa - Pavel Subrt (CZE), 31 p., 3 Maxim Bally - René Schibli (SUI), 22 p., 4 Ralf Matzka - Bastian Faltin (GER), 21 p., 5 Fabian Schaar - Stefan Lägeler (GER), 8 p., at 2 laps: 6 Gerd Steijn - Harm Steijn (NED), 12 p., 7 Norman Dimde - Jan Moritz Müller (GER), 3 p., at 4 laps: 8 Felix Schönecker - Maurice Calles, 4 p., 9 Julian Tucholl - Tino Thömel (GER), 1 p., at 12 laps: 10 Dave Mertens - Matthias Vanderhauwaert (BEL), 2 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Bremen
Mixa - Subrt leads after 4th stage

We are now able to present you the overall ind the UIV Talents Cup in Bremen after 4 stages. Due to some chrashes there has been some changes in the teams:

1 Marek Mixa - Pavel Subrt (CZE), 30 p., at 1 lap: 2 Robert Kriegs (GER) - Daniel Kreutzfeldt (DEN), 24 p., 3 Maxim Bally - René Schibli (SUI), 12 p., 4 Ralf Matzka - Bastian Faltin (GER), 12 p., 5 Gerd Steijn - Harm Steijn (NED), 11 p., 6 Norman Dimde - Jan Moritz Müller (GER), 3 p., 7 Fabian Schaar - Stefan Lägeler (GER), 2 p., at 3 laps: 8 Julian Tucholl - Tino Thömel (GER), 1 p., at 4 laps: 9 Felix Schönecker - Maurice Calles, 2 p., at 11 laps: 10 Dave Mertens - Matthias Vanderhauwaert (BEL), 2 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Bremen
UIV Talents Cup started Friday in Bremen

The leg og the UIV Talents Cup in Bremen started Friday evening. Unfortunately we haven't got the results yet, but we have received this two fotos, indicating that those two teams must be in the lead:

UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam
De Portere – Mertens!

Germans Kalz – Kluge and Danes Kreutzfeldt – Færk Christensen managed to come one lap closer to the Belgium’s during the finale of the UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam, but De Portere – Mertens were able to hold the lead and won a well deserved victory in a race, which they hold in their hands from the very first stage.

Final result of UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam:
1 Ingmar de Portere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 38 p., at 1 lap: 2 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 53 p., 3 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 18 p., at 3 laps: 4 Niels Pieters – Kevin Sluimer (NED), 24 p., 5 Pim Ligthart – Jef Vermeulen (NED), 17 p., 6 Maxime Bally – Loic Perizzolo (SUI), 17 p., 7 Gerd Steijn – Harm Steijn (NED), 3 p., at 4 laps: 8 Jiri Hochmann – Jakub Kratochvilla (CZE), 6 p., at 8 laps: 9 Kilian Moser (SUI) – Thijs Bezemer (NED), 0 p., at 14 laps: 10 Georg Tazreiter – Georg Lauscha (AUT), 5 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam
Stage-victory for Kalz - Kluge

German team Kalz – Kluge was the winners of Monday evening’s stage in the UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam. They brook the Belgium series of victories, but in the overall De Portere – Mertens still has a comfortable lead with two laps.

Result after 4^th day of UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam:
1 Ingmar de Portere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 28 p., at 2 laps: 2 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 37 p., 3 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 12 p., at 3 laps: 4 Niels Pieters – Kevin Sluimer (NED), 15 p., 5 Pim Ligthart – Jef Vermeulen (NED), 12 p., 6 Gerd Steijn – Harm Steijn (NED), 0 p., at 4 lapp: 7 Maxime Bally – Loic Perizzolo (SUI), 11 p., at 4 laps: 8 Georg Tazreiter – Georg Lauscha (AUT), 5 p., at 5 laps: 9 Jiri Hochmann – Jakub Kratochvilla (CZE), 6 p., at 8 laps: 10 Kilian Moser – René Schibli (SUI), 0 p.,
Abandoned: Jorrit Walgien – Thijs Bezember (NED).

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UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam
Belgium’s leads with two laps

On the third stage of the UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam on Sunday Ingmar de Portere and Tim Mertens once again demonstrated their supremacy. They won the stage one lap ahead of the teams Kalz – Kluge, Bally – Perizzolo, Stein – Stein and Kreutzfeldt – Færk Christensen, and with the best Dutch teams Ligthart – Vermeulen and Pieters – Sluimer two laps down. In the overall the strong Belgium’s now are two laps ahead of Kalz – Kluge and Danes Kreutzfeldt – Færk Christensen, moving up to 3^rd place.

Result after 3^rd day of UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam:
1 Ingmar de Portere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 25 p., at 2 laps: 2 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 21 p., 3 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 5 p., at 3 laps: 4 Maxime Bally – Loic Perizzolo (SUI), 12 p., 5 Niels Pieters – Kevin Sluimer (NED), 12 p., 6 Pim Ligthart – Jef Vermeulen (NED), 7 p., 7 Gerd Steijn – Harm Steijn (NED), 2 p., at 4 laps: 8 Georg Tazreiter – Georg Lauscha (AUT), 6 p., at 5 laps: 9 Jiri Hochmann – Jakub Kratochvilla (CZE), 3 p., at 7 laps: 10 Kilian Moser – René Schibli (SUI), 0 p., at 11 laps: 11 Jorrit Walgien – Thijs Bezember (NED), 6 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam
Second stage also for Belgium’s

Belgium team De Portere – Mertens also won 2^nd stage of the UIV Cup in Rotterdam with Kalz – Kluge 2^nd and Pieters – Sluimer 3^rd. Consequently the Belgium team preserves their lead in the overall after two days.

Result after 2^nd day of UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam:
1 Ingmar de Portere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 17 p., at 1 lap: 2 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 16 p., 3 Niels Pieters – Kevin Sluimer (NED), 6 p., 4 Pim Ligthart – Jef Vermeulen (NED), 6 p., 5 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 5 p., 6 Georg Tazreiter – Georg Lauscha (AUT), 1 p., 7 Jiri Hochmann – Jakub Kratochvilla (CZE), 1 p., at 2 laps: 8 Maxime Bally – Loic Perizzolo (SUI), 8 p., 9 Gerd Steijn – Harm Steijn (NED), 0 p., at 3 laps: 10 Kilian Moser – René Schibli (SUI), 0 p., at 5 laps: 11 Jorrit Walgien – Thijs Bezember (NED), 6 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam
UIV Talents Cup starts again in Rotterdam

After a pause since the 6-Days in Ghent the UIV Talents Cup started up again in Rotterdam Friday evening. 11 teams took the start and Belgium’s De Portere – Mertens showed up to be the strongest, winning the first stage with one clear lap.

Result after 1^st day of UIV Talents Cup in Rotterdam:
1 Ingmar de Portere – Tim Mertens (BEL), 6 p., at 1 lap: 2 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 8 p., 3 Daniel Kreutzfeldt – Michael Færk Christensen (DEN), 5 p., 4 Ligthart – Vermeulen (NED), 5 p., 5 Niels Pieters – Kevin Sluimer (NED), 2 p., 6 Hochmann – Kratochvilla, 1 p., 7 Tazreiter – Lauscha, 1 p., at 2 laps: 8 Bally – Perizzolo, 5 p., 9 Moser – Schibli, 0 p., 10 G. Steijn – H. Steijn, 0 p., at 4 laps: 11 Walgien – Bezemer, 0 p.

Ligthart – Vermeulen leads the UIV Cup

After the fourth leg of the UIV Cup in Ghent, the Nederlands Ligthart – Vermeulen is in the lead in front of the Czecks Mixa – Surbrt and Arends – Mohs from Germany.
After the disaster in Ghent and cancellation of the final day a decision has been made to give points for this leag ad a 6 days event.
In the next 6 days in Zürich there is not organised any UIV Cup, therefore the next leg will be ridden in the Rabobank 6-daagse in Rotterdam with a five stages.

UIV Talents Cup in Ghent
Ahrends – Mohs winner in Ghent

After the fifth day in the UIV Cup in Ghent, the team in front was, as several times earlier, the Germans Arends – Mohs. After close fight with the other German team, Kalz – Kluge won by 3 points. That this was the 2 most dominating team, is clearly shown on the lap counter, where the next team, Subrt – Mixa were 2 laps behind. More fight was there for the 3^rdposition, where the Nederland's had to se Subrt – Mixa pass them by 1 point.
The result is after 5 stages and as written other place on the UIV website, the final stage Sunday was cancelled because of the accident with Isaac Galvez.

Final overalls after 5^th Stage of UIV Talents Cup in Ghent:
1 Michael Arends – Erik Mohs (GER), 11 p., 2 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 8 p., at 2 laps: 3 Pavel Subrt – Marek Mixa (CZE), 10 p., 4 Pim Lighthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 9 p., 5 Steven Burke – John Bellis (GBR), 5 p., 6 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 0 p., at 3 laps: 7 Maxime Bally - Bruno Menzi (SUI), 0 p., 8 Beni Baumgartner – Tobias Baumgartner (SUI), 0 p.,at 6 laps: 9 Inaki Anzizar - Andoni Blazquez (ESP) 10 p., at 7 laps: 10 Dave Mertens – Birger Leys (BEL), 1 p., 11 Emilien Clére – Michael Jeanin (FRA), 1 p., at 12 laps: 12 Niels Pieters – Denis Kreder (NED), 0 p.,

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UIV Talents Cup in Ghent
12 Teams ready for final

After the 4^th stages in the two elimination-series of the UIV Talents Cup the 12 teams for the final races on Saturday and Sunday was found. 6 teams from each serie. While there were not much fight for the 1^st places, overwhelming won by the strong Germans, there were bitter fights for the last places.

Final overalls after 4^th Stage of UIV Talents Cup in Ghent:
Heat 1: 1 Michael Arends – Erik Mohs (GER), 29 p., at 6 laps: 2 Steven Burke – John Bellis (GBR), 42 p., at 7 laps: 3 Jesper Mørkøv – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 0 p., at 10 laps: 4 Beni Baumgartner – Tobias Baumgartner (SUI), 19 p., at 11 laps: 5 Niels Pieters – Denis Kreder (NED), 24 p., at 12 laps: 6 Dave Mertens – Birger Leys (BEL), 16 p., 7 René Schibli – Williams, 11 p., at 13 laps: 8 Jackie Simes – Taylor Brown (USA), 2 p.

Heat 2: 1 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 21 p., at 7 laps: 2 Pavel Subrt – Marek Mixa (CZE), 38 p., 3 Maxime Bally - Bruno Menzi (SUI), 18 p., at 8 laps: 4 Pim Lighthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 36 p., 5 p., 5 Emilien Clére – Michael Jeanin (FRA), 17 p., 6 Anzizar Lizarraga – Blazquez Berasarte (ESP) 15 p., 7 Kevin Suhr – Ryan Luttrel (USA), 3 p., at 14 laps: 8 Matthias Vanderhauwaert – Beeckman, 0 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Ghent
Fight for the final

After another big fight in Ghent UIV Cup, the 2 German teams Arends – Mohs and Kalz Kluge still sit strong on the first position in each their heat. But on the next positions, the fights continue for the positions in the final Saturday and Sunday. Not many point is between the fighting teams, witch for sure will give a great race at the 4^rd stage.

Overall after 3^rd Stage of UIV Talents Cup in Ghent:
Heat 1: 1 Michael Arends – Erik Mohs (GER), 26 p., at 5 laps: 2 Steven Burke – John Bellis (GBR), 33 p., at 6 laps: 3 Jesper Morkov – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 0 p., at 8 laps: 4 Niels Pieters – Denis Kreder (NED), 17 p., 5 Beni Baumgartner – Tobias Baumgartner (SUI), 14 p., 6 René Schibli - Patrick Betz (SUI) 2 p., at 9 laps: 7 Dave Mertens – Birger Leys (BEL), 16 p., 8 Jackie Simes – Taylor Brown (USA), 2 p.

Heat 2: 1 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 16 p., at 4 lap: 2 Pavel Subrt – Marek Mixa (ZCE), 28 p., at 5 laps: 3 Pim Lighthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 27 p., 4. Maxime Bally - Bruno Menzi (SUI), 16 p., 5 p., 5 Emilien Clére – Michael Jeanin (FRA), 7 p., 6 Anzizar Lizarraga – Blazquez Berasarte (SPA) 7 p., 7 Kevin Suhr – Ryan Luttrel (USA), 3 p., at 8 lap: Thomas Marray – Peter Williams (GBR), 6 p., 9 Matthias Vanderhauwaert – Leys Birger (BEL), 0 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Ghent
Still Germans in front in Ghent

After the 2^nd day of the UIV Cup in Ghent, it is still the two German teams Arends – Mohs and Kalz – Kluge who is the leading teams in each heat. And both teams have shown where their position is in this race, witch clearly is shown on the laps. More fights there is for the next positions about going to the final Saturday and Sunday.

Overall after 2^nd Stage of UIV Talents Cup in Ghent:
Heat 1: 1 Michael Arends – Erik Mohs (GER), 21 p., at 3 laps: 2 Steven Burke – John Bellis (GBR), 18 p., 3 Jesper Morkov – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 0 p., at 4 laps: 4 Niels Pieters – Denis Kreder (NED), 11 p., 5 Beni Baumgartner – Tobias Baumgartner (SUI), 7 p., 6 René Schibli - Patrick Betz (SUI) 2 p., at 5 laps: 7 Dave Mertens – Birger Leys (BEL), 5 p., 8 Jackie Simes – Taylor Brown (USA), 2 p.

Heat 2: 1 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 11 p., at 2 lap: 2 Pavel Subrt – Marek Mixa (ZCE), 15 p., at 3 laps: 3 Pim Lighthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 19 p., 4. Maxime Bally - Bruno Menzi (SUI), 8 p., 5 Anzizar Lizarraga – Blazquez Berasarte (SPA), 5 p., 6 Emilien Clére – Michael Jeanin (FRA), 4 p., 7 Thomas Marray – Peter Williams (GBR), 4 p., 8 Kevin Suhr – Ryan Luttrel (USA), 0 p., at 4 lap: 9 Matthias Vanderhauwaert – Leys Birger (BEL), 0 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Ghent
Double German at the UIV in Ghent

The UIV Cup in Ghent had like the professionals their first day yesterday. Here the 17 teams is parted in 2 heats, where the best teams will go to the final on Saturday and sunday.
Yesterday the dominating German teams, Arends – Mohs and Kalz Kluge won both there heats with 1 lap and is in the front.

Overall after 1^st Stage of UIV Talents Cup in Ghent:
Heat 1: 1 Michael Arends – Erik Mohs (GER), 10 p., at 1 lap: 2 René Schibli - Patrick Betz (SUI) 8 p., at 2 laps: 3 Steven Burke – John Bellis (GBR), 6 p., 4 Jesper Morkov – Christian Ranneries (DEN), 5 p., at 3 laps: 5 Niels Krieder – Denis Kreder (NED), 4 p., 6 Beni Baumgartner – Tobias Baumgartner (SUI), 3 p., at 4 laps: 7 Dave Mertens – Birger Leys (BEL), 2 p., 8 Jackie Simes – Taylor Brown (USA), 1 p.

Heat 2: 1 Marcel Kalz – Roger Kluge (GER), 10 p., at 1 lap: 2 Pavel Subrt – Marek Mixa (ZCE), 8 p., at 2 laps: 3 Pim Lighthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 6 p., 4. Maxime Bally - Bruno Menzi (SUI), 5 p., 5 Anzizar Lizarraga – Blazquez Berasarte (SPA), 4 p., 6 Thomas Marray – Peter Williams (GBR), 3 p., 7 Emilien Clére – Michael Jeanin (FRA), 2 p., 8 Kevin Suhr – Ryan Luttrel (USA), 1 p., 9 Matthias Vanderhauwaert – Leys Birger (BEL), 0 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Munich
German winners of UIV Talent Cup in Munich

Before the last stage at the UIV Talent Cup in Munich, the German team Kux/Kalz was leading with 11 points in front of the German/Swiss team Arends/Marguet. This position they managed to hold in the last chase with an even bigger advance to the German/Swiss team.

Final overall of UIV Talents Cup in Munich:
1 Christian Kux – Marcel Kalz (GER), 147 p., 2 Michael Arends (GER) – Tristan Marguet (SUI),127 p., 3 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT), 108 p., 4 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 86 p., 5 Tobias Baumgartner – Beni Baumgartner (SUI), 80 p., 6 Kneisky – Jeannin, 76 p., 7 Patrick Betz – Felix Schönecker (GER), 73 p., 8 Martin Lollesgaard – Jakob Dyrgaard (DEN), 72 p., 9 Rolf Hofbauer – Stephan Lägeler (GER), 53 p., 10 Dominique Stark – Bruno Menzi (SUI), 53 p., 11 Kilian Moser – René Schibli (SUI), 50 p., 12 Benjamin Edmüller (GER) – Benedikt Baselt (GER), 30 p.

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UIV Talents Cup in Munich
Arends / Marguet takes 5^th stage

After four consecutive victories for Kux / Kalz the German/Swiss combination Arends/Marguet won the 5^th stage of the UIV Talents Cup in Munich, with Kux / Kalz 2^nd and the Danish team Lollesgaard/Dyrgaard 3^rd. In the overall before this evening\s final stage it is still Kux / Kalz in leading position.

Overall in "Rad Open" after 5 stages:
1 Christian Kux – Marcel Kalz (GER), 122 p., 2 Michael Arends (GER) – Tristan Marguet (SUI),111 p., 3 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT), 94 p., 4 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 74 p., 5 Tobias Baumgartner – Beni Baumgartner (SUI), 70 p., 6 Patrick Betz – Felix Schönecker (GER), 68 p., 7 Martin Lollesgaard – Jakob Dyrgaard (DEN), 66 p., 8 Kneisky – Jeannin, 54 p., 9 Rolf Hofbauer – Stephan Lägeler (GER), 45 p., 10 Dominique Stark – Bruno Menzi (SUI), 35 p., 11 Kilian Moser – René Schibli (SUI), 30 p., 12 Benjamin Edmüller (GER) – Benedikt Baselt (GER), 26 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Munich
And Number 4…!

No doubt about who is the strongest team in UIV Talents Cup in Munich: Christian Kux (21 years from Chemnitz) and Marcel Kalz (19 years from Berlin). On Sunday they took their fourth stage-victory and they are thus still with maximum-points. 2^nd on the stage was again Arends – Marguet while Dutch team Ligthart – Vermeulen (silver-winners at the juniors Worlds in Ghent) came in 3^rd.

Overall in "Rad Open" after 4 stages:
1 Christian Kux – Marcel Kalz (GER), 100 p., 2 Michael Arends (GER) – Tristan Marguet (SUI), 86 p., 3 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT), 78 p., 4 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 62 p., 4 Tobias Baumgartner – Beni Baumgartner (SUI), 60 p., 6 Patrick Betz – Felix Schönecker (GER), 50 p., 7 Martin Lollesgaard – Jakob Dyrgaard (DEN), 46 p., 8 Rolf Hofbauer – Stephan Lägeler (GER), 41 p., 9 Kneisky – Jeannin, 40 p., 10 Dominique Stark – Bruno Menzi (SUI), 29 p., 11 Kilian Moser – René Schibli (SUI), 22 p.,12 Michael Englmeier – Benedikt Baselt (GER), 21 p., 13 Jan Herrmann – Benjamin Edmüller (GER), 13 p., 14 Leys – Dave Mertens (BEL), 9 p., 15 Enrico Biondi – Fabrizio Braggioni (ITA), 6 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Munich
3^rd Victory for Kux - Kalz

Also the 3^rd stage of UIV Talents Cup in Munich was won by the German team Kux – Kalz. After an exiting race Kux – Kalz ended in the same lap as Arends – Marguet but superior on points. Aggressive Austrian team Tazreiter – Graf ended one lap down together with Dutchmen Ligthart – Vermeulen. In the overall Kux – Kalz still leads with maximum points.

Overall in "Rad Open" after 3 stages:
1 Christian Kux – Marcel Kalz (GER), 75 p., 2 Michael Arends (GER) – Tristan Marguet (SUI), 64 p., 3 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT), 62 p., 4 Tobias Baumgartner – Beni Baumgartner (SUI), 48 p., 5 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 42 p., 6 Patrick Betz – Felix Schönecker (GER), 40 p., 7 Rolf Hofbauer – Stephan Lägeler (GER), 36 p., 8 Martin Lollesgaard – Jakob Dyrgaard (DEN), 28 p., 9 Kneisky – Jeannin, 26 p., 10 Dominique Stark – Bruno Menzi (SUI), 24 p., 11 Kilian Moser – René Schibli (SUI), 15 p.,12 Michael Englmeier – Benedikt Baselt (GER), 15 p., 13 Jan Herrmann – Benjamin Edmüller (GER), 11 p., 14 Leys – Dave Mertens (BEL), 6 p., 15 Enrico Biondi – Fabrizio Braggion (ITA), 6 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Munich
Kux – Kalz leaders

The German team Christian Kux – Marcel Kalz leads the UIV Talents Cup in Munich (Rad Open) with maximum points after the two first stages. The Germans won the stage on Thursday with Arends – Marguet 2^nd and Tazreiter – Graf 3^rd. On Friday Kux – Kalz won again, this time with the Austrian team 2^nd.

Overall in "Rad Open" after 2 stages:
1 Christian Kux – Marcel Kalz (GER), 50 p., 2 Georg Tazreiter – Andreas Graf (AUT), 42 p., 3 Michael Arends (GER) – Tristan Marguet (SUI), 42 p., 4 Tobias Baumgartner – Beni Baumgartner (SUI), 34 p., 5 Patrick Betz – Felix Schönecker (GER), 30 p., 6 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 24 p., 7 Kneisky – Jeannin, 21 p., 8 Rolf Hofbauer – Stephan Lägeler (GER), 20 p., 9 Dominique Stark – Bruno Menzi (SUI), 18 p., 10 Martin Lollesgaard – Jakob Dyrgaard (DEN), 16 p., 11 Michael Englmeier – Benedikt Baselt (GER), 11 p., 12 Jan Herrmann – Benjamin Edmüller (GER), 10 p., 13 Kilian Moser – René Schibli (SUI), 7 p., 14 Enrico Biondi – Fabrizio Braggion (ITA), 4 p., 15 Leys – Dave Mertens (BEL), 3 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Dortmund
Germans won last stage - Swiss team takes the Overall

The Swiss team Loic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally managed to hold the lead in the overall of the 3-Days leg of the UIV Talents Cup in Dortmund. German team Kalz – König won the last stage with a clear lap, but 2^nd place was enough for the Swiss boys to win the overall on stagepoints.
The British team Sander – Bellis left the race after stage 1 because of health-problems.

Final overall of UIV Talents Cup in Dortmund:
1 Loic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI), 6 p., 2 Marcel Kalz – Karl-Christian König (GER), 8 p., 3 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 8 p., 4 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Roels (BEL), 13 p., 5 Robert Kriegs – Frank Schulz (GER), 17 p., 6 Michael Arends (GER) – Benjamin Baumgartner (SUI), 20 p., 7 Felix Schönecker – Patrick Betz (GER), 24 p., 8 Jakob Dyrgaard – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 25 p., 9 Jan Herrmann – Benjamin Edmüller (GER), 27 p., 10 Peter Fitzpatrick – Waren Scott (AUS), 28 p., 11 Benedikt Baselt – Michael Englmeier (GER), 33 p., 12 Christian Ortkras – Thomas Radermacher (GER), 37 p., 13 Karsten Meyfahrt – Christopher Kramp (GER), 37 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Dortmund
Swiss team new leaders

The 2^nd stage of the UIV Talents Cup in Dortmund was won by Swiss team Perizzolo – Bally, also taking over the lead in the overall (classification by stage-points). The Czech team Mixa – Subrt had to be contend with 4^th place on the stage, but only one point separates the two team before the 3^rd and finale stage Sunday. The British team Ross Sander - John Bellis is not any more on the result-list, but we do not know why...

Overall after 2^nd Stage of UIV Talents Cup in Dortmund
1 Loic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI), 4 p., 2 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 5 p., 3 Marcel Kalz – Karl-Christian König (GER), 7 p., 4 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Roels (BEL), 8 p., 5 Michael Arends (GER) – Benjamin Baumgartner (SUI), 11 p., 6 Robert Kriegs – Frank Schulz (GER), 13 p., 7 Jakob Dyrgaard – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 18 p., 8 Peter Fitzpatrick – Waren Scott (AUS), 18 p., 9 Felix Schönecker – Patrick Betz (GER), 18 p., 10 Jan Herrmann – Benjamin Edmüller (GER), 19 p., 11 Benedikt Baselt – Michael Englmeier (GER), 20 p., 12 Karsten Meyfahrt – Christopher Kramp (GER), 25 p., 13 Christian Ortkras – Thomas Radermacher (GER), 26 p.

UIV Talents Cup in Dortmund
Czech Team wins 1st Stage

This winter’s edition of the UIV Madison Talents Cup started in Amsterdam with the victory of British team Sander and Bellis. Friday evening started the 2^nd leg in Dortmund with a very strong performance by Czech team Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt, winning the stage one lap ahead of Belgium’s De Poortere – Roels and with the winners from Amsterdam two laps down in 4^th position. Up to 7 laps ware lost during this first stage, a madison of 200 laps (40 Km).

Result of 1^st Stage of UIV Talents Cup in Dortmund:
1 Marek Mixa – Pavel Subrt (CZE), 2 p., at 1 lap: 2 Ingmar de Poortere – Tim Roels (BEL), 0 p., at 2 laps: 3 Loic Perizzolo – Maxime Bally (SUI), 13 p., 4 Ross Sander – John Bellis (GBR), 11 p., 5 Marcel Kalz – Karl-Christian König (GER), 10 p., 6 Robert Kriegs – Frank Schulz (GER), 4 p., 7 Felix Schönecker – Patrick Betz (GER), 1 p., 8 Michael Arends (GER) – Benjamin Baumgartner (SUI), 1 p., at 3 laps: 9 Jan Herrmann – Benjamin Edmüller (GER), 2 p., 10 Peter Fitzpatrick – Waren Scott (AUS), 0 p., 11 Benedikt Baselt – Michael Englmeier (GER), 0 p., 12 Karsten Meyfahrt – Christopher Kramp (GER), 0 p., at 4 laps: 13 Jakob Dyrgaard – Martin Lollesgaard (DEN), 0 p., at 7 laps: 14 Christian Ortkras – Thomas Radermacher (GER), 0 p.

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UIV Talents Cup Amsterdam 19th to 21st October 2006
Sander – Bellis from start to finish

Three teams dominated the first leg of this season’s UIV Talents Cup, and the young British riders Ross Sander (19) and John Bellis (18) managed to take a start-finish victory, withstanding all attacks on the final evening from Australians Sanderson – Clarke. Danish team Jørgensen – Kreutzfeldt finished 3^rd in the same lap, but with far less points.

Australians might win the last sprint, but the team from Great Britain still wins the overall. Photo: Peter Schoonen.

Final result of UIV Talents Cup in Amsterdam after 3 days:
1 Ross Sander – John Bellis (GBR), 54 p., 2 Nic Sanderson – Simon Clarke (AUS), 49 p., 3 Casper Jørgensen – Daniel Kreutzfeldt (DEN), 25 p., at 2 laps: 4 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 14 p., at 3 laps: 5 Michel Kreder – Dennis Kreder (NED), 18 p., 6 Lukasz Bujko – Hubert Tulacz (POL), 13 p., 7 Niels Pieters – Kevin Sluimer (NED), 0 p., at 4 laps: 8 Tristan Marquet – Beni Baumgartner (SUI), 16 p., 9 Michael Arends – Sascha Damrow (GER), 14 p., at 9 laps: 10 Peter Fitzpatrick – Warren Scott (AUS), 15 p., 11 Gerd Steijn – Harm Steijn (NED), 8 p., 12 Bas Eckmann – Gerrit Peetoom (NED), 0 p., at 16 laps: 13 Tim Roels – Dave Mertens (BEL), 1 p.

Next leg of the UIV Cup will be in Dortmund, 27th to 29th October.

UIV Talents Cup Amsterdam 19th to 21st October 2006
British team still in the lead

Australians Sanderson – Clarke again won the madison in the UIC Talents Cup 2^nd stage in Amsterdam, but still they have to be content with 2^nd place in the overall after british team Sander – Bellis. The Team Time Trial was won by Swiss duo Marquet – Baumgartner.

Overall after 2^nd day of UIV Talents Cup in Amsterdam:
1 Ross Sander – John Bellis (GBR), 40 p., 2 Nic Sanderson – Simon Clarke (AUS), 37 p., 3 Casper Jørgensen – Daniel Kreutzfeldt (DEN), 23 p., 4 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 13 p., at 1 lap: 5 Michael Arends – Sascha Damrow (GER), 14 p., 6 Lukasz Bujko – Hubert Tulacz (POL), 11 p., 7 Michel Kreder – Dennis Kreder (NED), 10 p., at 2 laps: 8 Tristan Marquet – Beni Baumgartner (SUI), 16 p., 9 Niels Pieters – Kevin Sluimer (NED), 0 p., at 3 laps: 10 Gerd Steijn – Harm Steijn (NED), 8 p., at 6 laps: 11 Peter Fitzpatrick – Warren Scott (AUS), 10 p., 12 Bas Eckmann – Gerrit Peetoom (NED), 0 p., at 13 laps: 13 Tim Roels – Dave Mertens (BEL), 1 p.

UIV Talents Cup Amsterdam 19th to 21st October 2006
Start of a new UIV Cup in Amsterdam

On the fourth day of the 6-Days in Amsterdam started this season’s competition for the UIV Madison Talents Cup for riders under 25. 13 teams took the start in this first leg of the 4th edition of this very successful event, which has already brought talents like Iljo Keisse, Dimitri de Fauw, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv, Marc Hester, Wim Stroetinga, Niki Terpstra, Steve Schets and Kenny de Ketele to the pro 6-Days.
The program of the first evening consisted of a pointsrace, won by Danish team Casper Jørgensen – Daniel Kreutzfeldt, and of a elimination and a madison, both won by Australians Sanderson – Clarke. But at the end of the day, it was the British team Sander – Bellis who was on top of the overall.

Overall after 1st day of UIV Talents Cup in Amsterdam:
1 Ross Sander – John Bellis (GBR), 24 p., 2 Nic Sanderson – Simon Clarke (AUS), 21 p., 3 Casper Jørgensen – Daniel Kreutzfeldt (DEN), 15 p., 4 Michael Arends – Damrow (GER), 12 p., 5 Pim Ligthart – Jeff Vermeulen (NED), 7 p., 6 Michel Kreder – Dennis Kreder (NED), 5 p., 7 Lukasz Bujko – Hubert Tulacz (POL), 4 p., at 1 lap: 8 Gerd Steijn – Harm Steijn (NED), 8 p., 9 Tristan Marquet – Beni Baumgartner (SUI), 6 p., 10 Niels Pieters – Kevin Sluimer (NED), 0 p., at 2 laps: 11 Peter Fitzpatrick – Warren Scott (AUS), 8 p., 12 Bas Eckmann – Gerrit Peetoom (NED), 0 p., at 6 laps: 13 Tim Roels – Dave Mertens (BEL), 1 p.

The regulations for the UIV Cup 2006/2007 you can find here.

UIV Cup now Under 25

With the 6-Days of Amsterdam starts the new UIV Cup series

Nicky Cocquyt, Erik Mohs (left) and Davy Tuytens were on top of the classification in 2006.

Already at their meeting in Hasselt at the end of the 6-Days season, the members of UIV decided that the UIV Cup should continue also in 2006/2007.
- It was an easy decision to take, says UIV-president Henrik Elmgreen. For everybody it is obviously that this Cup, which now runs for the fourth winter consecutive, has been a great contribution to track cycling, and especially for the riders Under 23. Not so many organisers arrange races for this category.
But from the coming winter riders Under 25 will be able to participate.
- We have realised, that we still have a group of riders "in-between" who might not yet be ready for the elite/pro 6-Days. For them we give a second chance in the UIV Cup, says Patrick Sercu, member of the working group.
Henk van Veen will also this winter be the UIV co-ordinator for the UIV Cup, and invitations are already send out to federations, coaches and organisers.
Below you can se the UIV Cup Calendar for 2006/2007, which again follows the pattern of the elite 6-Days, but not always with the exact same number of competition days.
In 2005/2006 the UIV Cup was run with an individual classification, but this winter we are back to the team-classification, states Elmgreen.
- After all the idea of the Cup is to create new teams for the 6-Days
The regulations for the UIV Cup 2006/2007 you can find here.

UIV Cup Calendar 2006/2007
19.-21.10.06 Amsterdam (NED)
27.-29.10.06 Dortmund (GER)
09.-14.11.06 Munich (GER)
21.-26.11.06 Ghent (BEL)
05.-09.01.07 Rotterdam (NED)
12.-16.01.07 Bremen (GER)
19.-21.01.07 Stuttgart (GER)
25.-28.01.07 Berlin (GER)
01.-06.02.07 Copenhagen (DEN)