Sportvital Rollerblade World's Nicolas Iten wins the first WIC in Seoul on MPC VT Marathon wheels

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WIC (World Inline Cup) Seoul, KOREA. 8 April 2007 Result
SWIC 40km Marathon Winner ! Nicolas Iten
Victory in Seoul for Sportvital Rollerblade
Sportvital Rollerblade World's Nicolas Iten wins the first WIC in SeoulTanya Dobbin, 08.04.2007

The results are in from the WIC in Seoul with Sportvital Rollerblade on top in the first race. After a very early start at 7:00am the men's race got underway. During the race Sportvital Rollerblade's Diego Rosero and Shane Dobbin were attacking throughout trying to force the race to come down to a breakaway finish. Shane Dobbin crashing at the start of the race and twisting his ankle made things a little harder for him during the race. With approximately 15 kilometres to the finish the group of 10 broke away which would be the final breakaway that stayed away until the finish. The 10 in the breakaway were Iten, S Dobbin, K Dobbin, Kay, Nation, Francolini, L Presti, Briand, Romani and Boucher. In the final two kilometres it was the strong young New Zealand skater DJ Nation of Powerslide Phuzion who made a final attack from the breakaway group. Chasing him was Powerslide's Francolini then following Sportvital Rollerblade's Nicolas Iten. In the final few hundred metres Nicolas & Fabio caught DJ and it was Nicolas Iten from Sportvital Rollerblade that took the victory in the sprint between these three escapees. Second was DJ Nation from Powerslide Pluzion, third Powerslide's Fabio Francolini. Back in the second breakaway group, Powerslide's Thomas Boucher led out the sprint for his teammate Kalon Dobbin. Following Dobbin the sprint was Sportvital Rollerblade's Shane Dobbin and Reyon Kay of Athleticum Rollerblade. In the end it was a lunge at the line between Powerslide's Kalon Dobbin & Sportvital Rollerblade's Shane Dobbin for fourth and fifth. In the end it was Kalon Dobbin to take fourth, Shane Dobbin in fifth, Reyon Kay of Athleticum Rollerblade in sixth, seventh was Matta's Thomas Boucher, eighth Piere Romani of TNT world, ninth Luca Presti of Hyper Bont and tenth Pascal Briand of Powerslide. In the final pack sprint for the men Hyper Bont took the front and crossed the line in 11th Luca Saggiorato & 12th Massi Presti to win the pack sprint with Sportvital Rollerblade's Juan Tobon and Diego Rosero right behind to finish in 13th and 14th. In the ladies race which following one minute after the men's. The ladies race came down to a pack sprint finish. Tamara Llorens of Sportvital Rollerblade World did the lead out for her teammates Laura Lardani & Michaela Neuling. In the end it was Hyper's Brittany Bowe that crossed the line in first and took the ladies victory in the first WIC event. Finishing second was Alessi Powerslide's Giovanna Turcherelli, third was Sportvital Rollerblade's Laura Lardani and her teammate Michaela Neuling in fourth with Jessica Smith from Hyper Racing in fifth.

Full results are below:
Men's Results

1st Nicolas Iten -Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade)
2nd DJ Nation -Powerslide Pluzion
3rd Fabio Francolini -Powerslide
4th Kalon Dobbin -Powerslide
5th Shane Dobbin Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade)
6th Reyon Kay -Athleticum Rollerblade
7th Thomas Boucher -Matta Wheels
8th Piere Davide Romani TNT World
9th Luca Presti -Hyper Bont
10th Pascal Briand -Powerslide
11th Luca Saggiorato -Hyper Bont
12th Massi Presti -Hyper Bont
13th Juan Tobon -Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade)
14th Diego Rosero - Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade)

Ladies results

1st Brittany Bowe - Hyper Racing
2nd Giovanna Turcherelli - Alessi Powerslide
3rd Laura Lardani - Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade)
4th Michaela Neuling - Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade)
5th Jessica Smith Hyper Racing
6th Tamara Llorens - Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade)
7th Sandra Gomez - Alessi Powerslide
8th Korea
9th Nadine Gloor - Athleticum Rollerblade10th Korea11th Catherine Penan - Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade)

Fabien Hascoet takes the victory in the first day of racing at the Trois Piste

Sportvital Rollerblade takes another victory in the trois piste in France. On Friday evening in Pibrac, France was the first events for the famous trois piste event. Fabien Hascoet of Sportvital Rollerblade World team has skating at this event and on the first evening took the victory in the 10,000m final on Pibrac banked track. results from Pibrac are below

Senior Men 10,000m Final

1st Fabien Hascoet - Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade)
2nd Julien Despaux - Grenade Roller Skating
3rd Michael Byrne - Unive/Stoudam
4th Julian Riveria - USA Roller Skating
5th Robin Duez - Sarthe.Loops Racing Team

2007 World Inline Cup world TEAM Ranking (8 April)

Men 1st Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade) 261 points
Women 1st Sportvital Rollerblade World (MPC Wheels+CRATONI Ceron Helmet + Speedbrade) 270 points

MPC's New VT Road Wheel

MPC has completed the launch of its new VT (Variable Traction) road wheel with its international debut in Cartagena, Colombia at the Pre-World's during February, 2007. Taking first place in the Senior Men's Marathon was no small task as Colombian Diego Rosero went on a solo break-away about half way through the race on Gold VTs and won by a significant margin over a strong field.
The VT is designed to be a harder wheel, yet skate like a softer wheel providing more grip and roll than other wheels while lasting longer. An added benefit of the MTECH technology is the comfortable ride it provides on rough surfaces enabling skaters to push hard without suffering from severe vibration (you'll still feel some, but not as much making the ride much more comfortable).
MPC is pleased to announce their selection as the official partner of the Rollerblade World Team and the Athleticum World Team. Look for these teams to be racing on MPC's best wheels this season!
To Discuss more About the interview click on the links below:
* Inline Planet
* Team Roller Blade
Team Roller Blade

MPC New Official Sponsor for Rollerblade

In 2007 Rollerblade had made the decision to find a new sponsor for the team's wheels. The new sponsor for the team will be the latest wheel manufacture MPC wheels. MPC wheels were worn last year at the World Championships by many athletes and won many World Titles including currently holding the World Record for the 200 metre time trial on the road for the men.

MPC have been around for many years now and are producing faster, longer lasting and more durable wheels for all skating surfaces. They are currently heading to the top of the ladder of the best wheels to buy on the market.

The Rollerblade World Team are extremely excited to be skating on MPC this year and are looking forward to the future they can build with MPC. It's very exciting to announce this new sponsor for the team and everyone is looking forward to have a much more successful year in 2007.
We will catch up with Paul and John from MPC to give us some inside into MPC as a company within the next few weeks so stay tuned.