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March 8th, 2018
It’s Side’s Turn
Side is set to host the cyclists. Grand Prix Side, to be held on Sunday, 11 March, will be run over one stage of 185 kilometers.
Following the two successful events staged in Alanya and Antalya in February, the Mediterranean tour continues in Side. The race, ranked “1.2 One-Day Road Race” by UCI (International Cycling Union), expects more than one hundred elite international participants.
Depar Timing will be providing the timing services in Side where its timers will operate the ProChip system with the active timing chips that are 1/1000 of a second accurate. Depar Timing possesses various timing systems, and utilises the one that would best fit the needs of each event.
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February 27th, 2018
28 February, The Deadline for Runatolia
The online entry system of Runatolia Marathon will close on 28 February. The major road running event in Antalya, to be timed by Depar Timing, will be held on Sunday, 4 March.
First staged on 19 March 2006, the Marathon contributes to the winter tourism in Turkey ever since, even though the organiser and the name of the event changed within the years. The event features a sports festival over the weekend with a series of activities and entertainments in addition to its athletic attributions.
The ancillary activities will start on Saturday, 3 March with the Bambini Run - a 200 meters race for kids, the High Heels Run for women, and the 4km Terracity Run for those who wish to compete over a shorter distance. The traditional Pasta Party will take place at the Terracity Shopping Center from 12:00 to 21:00. The organisation comes to the end with the marathon, half marathon and 10km run on Sunday.
A total of 8 thousand participants is expected in Antalya this year. The Corporate Challenge, incorporated in the 10km race, attracted more than 70 companies. Depar Timing Team will provide the timing services for the events on 4 March as well as the High Heels Run on Saturday, limited to 100 women who will be competing in 7cm high heels.
Runatolia Marathon entries are processed via the official website of the event at www.runatolia.com. The system will remain open until midnight, 28 February.
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February 13th, 2018
Destination Mediterranean For Cyclists
Grand Prix Alanya, listed on UCI’s 2018 calendar, will be held on 18 February. This will be the first cycling event of the year for Depar Timing.
Ranked 1.2 One-Day Road Race by UCI (International Cycling Union), Grand Prix Alanya is set to host 25 teams from 15 countries. A total of 150 cyclists are expected to pedal in the race of 175 kilometres.
The teams to compete in Grand Prix Alanya are Apple City Team Almaty, Apple Cycling Team, Astana City Continental Team, Bike Aid Team, CCC Sprandi Palcowice, CSA Steau Bucharest Cycling Team, Eritrea National Team, Estonia National Team, Fiberli Antalya Cycling Team, Georgia National Team, Kazakhstan National Team, Konya Torku Şekerspor, Lassa Brissa Cycling Team, Lviv Continental Cycling Team, Marathon Tula Cycling Team, Minsk Cycling Team, Salcano Sakarya Cycling Team, Salcano Kapadokya Cycling Team, Synergy Baku Cycling Project, Tashkent City Cycling Team, Team Sapura, Tuşnad Cycling Team, Ukraine National Team, Velo Alanya Mix Team, Vino Astana Motors Cycling Team.
Depar Timing, providing timing services in various running, triathlon, cycling, swimming and classic car races in Turkey as well as abroad, will start its 2018 cycling events campaign in Alanya. The experienced and expert team to be in charge on 18 February will next head to Antalya for the Tour of Antalya to be held on 22-25 February.
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February 9th, 2018
Course Records Fall At RAK
Kenyans Bedan Karoki and Fancy Chemutai broke the course records at the RAK Half Marathon by 58:42 and 1:04:52 respectively.
While seven men finished within one hour in Ras Al Khaimah, Karoki dipped under 59 minutes, improving his lifetime best by 28 seconds. Karoki’s 58:42 took ten seconds off the course record, and it was just 19 seconds shy of the world record.
It was Fancy Chemutai who beat the strong women’s field, missing the world record by one second. World record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei, who was suffering the residual effects of flu over the past two weeks, could only take the fifth place. Caroline Kipkirui of Kenya set the 10 miles world best by 49:29 on her way to the last step on the podium.
Timing services in RAK Half Marathon were provided by the local Premier Timing, and Depar Timing acted as the Assisting Timing Company. Top ten finishers were as follows at the 2018 RAK Half Marathon;
Men:
1. Bedan Karoki (KEN) 58:42
2. Jemal Yimer (ETH) 59:00
3. Alex Kibet (KEN) 59:06
4. Jorum Okombo (KEN) 59:36
5. Morris Gachaga (KEN) 59:36
6. Wilfred Kimitei (KEN) 59:40
7. Edwin Kiptoo (KEN) 59:54
8. Benard Kimeli (KEN) 1:00:16
9. Vincent Rono (KEN) 1:00:24
10. Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 1:00:28
Women:
1. Fancy Chemutai (KEN) 1:04:52
2. Mary Keitany (KEN) 1:04:55
3. Caroline Kipkirui (KEN) 1:05:07
4. Joan Chelimo Melly (KEN) 1:05:37
5. Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:06:46
6. Degitu Azimeraw Asires (ETH) 1:06:47
7. Brigid Kosgei (KEN) 1:06:49
8. Gladys Cherono (KEN) 1:07:13
9. Helen Tola Bekele (ETH) 1:07:47
10. Naom Jebet (KEN) 1:08:22 -
February 8th, 2018
“Super Wood”, the Future of Bikes?
US researchers developed super-strong and tough densified wood that could be an alternative for road race bicycle manufacture in the future.
The team, led by Dr. Liangbing Hu, at the University of Maryland were successful in transforming natural wood into a high-performance structural material following a series of treatment. The “super wood” is expected to be substituted into any application where steel is currently used, such as cars, aeroplanes, buildings and, presumably, bicycle manufacture.
The new wood is comparable to carbon fibre but much less expensive and lighter. Wood had already been used for bicycle manufacture for some years as it absorbs vibrations well, making cycling on bumpy roads smoother and less tiring, and there are more than one hundred companies that make bikes from wood or bamboo. The “super wood”, which is claimed to be tenfold stronger than regular wood, could be used in race bikes.
University of Maryland researchers are proposing that bulk natural wood is transformed using a two-step process that involves the partial removal of lignin and hemicellulose through boiling in an aqueous mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulphite. The material is then mechanically hot-pressed at 100°C, leading to the total collapse of cell walls and the complete densification of the natural wood with highly aligned cellulose nanofibers. The treatment results in a material that has a specific tensile strength that is higher than that of high-specific-strength steel, and even of lightweight titanium alloy.
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