FISTC EC CART 2015 KALO (DK)
FISTC European Championships Cart Kalo – Ebeltoft DK, 20 – 22 November 2015
European Championships Cart 2015 Ebeltoft Kalo Day 3
Sunday 22nd November
The sunday's heat of the EC Cart has been cancelled due to a snow storm.
With the snow fallen during the night on the trail there weren't the safety conditions for dogs and musher.
The result list of yesterday became the final result list.
European Championships Cart 2015 Ebeltoft Kalo Day 2
Saturday 21st November
To day has been a fantastic day. Perfect weather, cold (2° C) and sunny , that made the area even nicer, as well as Kalo castle that dominates the race.
Many positions have changed during this second heat.
Not in middle distance A still leaded by Gerald Schinzel (A) who increased its advance on Angelika Wiatowski by a further 30". The mid C class seems to belong to Romana Guregova (CZ) and the Mid C" class to Ole Knudsen (DK).
In sprint, tha A class is still leaded by Knud Schmolz (DK) who increased by 30" its advance on Jean Claude Peru (F). In B class, if there will be no accidents tomorrow, Andreas Wiatowski (D) should win and Stephane Poublanc (F) be second.
Berndt Sauerhöfer (D) in B2 should also be able to keep its first position, as well as Götz Bramowsky (D) in C class, a class in which the second and third positions will go to either a French or a Danish or a Czech musher as differences are so small. In D class, Igor Pribula (SK) is first but fighting against Sarah Mikkelsen Dimovski (DK Jr). In D2 class, Per Gunnar Larsen (DK) malamutes are leading the class in front of Jean Michel HOOG (F) and his Malamutes.
In Bike 2 dogs the new leader is now Oleg Tarazanov (RUS) but three other mushers are following him very closely. Bike 1 dog men is leaded by Roman Reistetter. In bike 1 dog women the leader is still the Danish Jr Linea Kamper Pedersen but Karla Reistetterova is coming closer to her.
Jean Michel Hoog (F) is the leader of Bike 2/1 dog men. Alexey Tarazanov 8RUS Jr) is leading the scooter 2 dogs class and Irene Ax (Swe) the 2 scooter dogs women class. Stefanie Wunsch is leader in scooter 1 dog class and in the scooter 2/1 dog class Klaüs Baümel (A) just passed Sepp Brugger (A). The canicross 2 dogs class will go to a danish musher, actually the leader is Mikkel Buuge.In Canicross 1 dog men, Michal Ivanco increased his advantage on Marcel Matanin, another Slovak story! In canicross 1 dog women all the girls participating are juniors and the first for the moment is Line Hansen (DK).
Tomorrow, the final day promises to be very exciting again.
Results list 2nd day
Here we are again. Most of the best FISTC Nordic pure breed mushers meet again today in this beautiful place, Kalo, for the European Cart Championships.
110 mushers coming from 10 countries reached this lovely place by the seaside.
Scandinavian mushers will compete against mushers from Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Czech and Slovak Republics, and the Netherlands.
The Vet team has been checking all dogs participating in the competition all day long and was very satisfied with the excellent conditions of the dogs. Trails are really beautifull and perfectly prepared for what will be, once again, a beautifull competition.
After the traditional delegates meeting, the opening ceremony brought together all participants and the organisers as well as the high level representatives of the community. But already the first goal was reached with the exceptional friendship and ospitality of our Danish Hosts.
Tomorrow morning at ten am, the real competition will start with the middle distance classes first, then followed by all sprint categories.
Tomorrow we will tell you much more about what will be a really exciting competition.
European Championships Cart 2015 – Ebeltoft Kalo (DK) Friday 20th November Day 1
After the nice opening ceremöny yesterday evening and one minute silence for the people killed by terrorists in Paris last Friday, today the competition started. Weather was surprisingly good, dry and cold, perfect for all dogs.
Three middle-distance categories, A, C and C2 were ran: In A class Gerald Schinzel (A) is first and Angelika Wiatowski is second; The C class is dominated by the Czecz Romana Guregova, and the C" class by Ole Knudsen (DK).
In sprint, Knud Schmolz is first in A and Andreas Wiatowski in B1: In B2 Berndt Sauerhöferis leading and another German musher, Götz Bramowski leads the C Class. D1 is leaded by Igor Pribula (SK) and D" by a Danish musher Per Gunnar Larsen.
In Bike 2 dogs, Julian Astelbauer (A) is first while in bike 1 dog men the Slovak Roman Reistetter is leading. Bike women is led by the young Danish junior, Linea Kamper Pedersen. The French Jean Michel HOOG is first in Bike 2 / 1 dog with a greenland dog. The Scooter 2 dogs men class is led by a junior, the Russian Alexey Tarazanov while the women class is led by Irene Ax from Sweden. Scooter 1/1 is led by the German Stefanie Wunsch, and scooter 2/1 by the Austrian Sepp Brugger.
In the three canicross categories we always use mass start. In canicross 2 dogs, the leader is Mikkel Buuge (DK), in canicross 1 dog Michal Ivanco (SK) is first and in canicross women the Danish junior Line Hansen is first.
Tomorrow, the second heat and many possibilitis for changes between the leqders. A beautiful competition and anyway already a success with a top level organisation.
Result list 1st day
