Cycle-ball Worlds: Swiss teams start on Friday in Ludwigsburg
Switzerland has entries in both the women's and the men's cycle-ball tournaments at the Indoor Cycling World Championships in Ludwigsburg, held from 30 October to 1 November. According to Swiss Indoor- & Unicycling, Sava Baumann and Chiara Dotoli meet Japan on Friday afternoon before taking on Germany in the evening. The three teams in the women's event play each other twice, and the top two contest the final on Sunday. Baumann and Dotoli finished second at both the 2024 and the 2025 Worlds.
Timon and Yannick Fröhlich, bronze medallists in 2025, open their men's tournament on Friday evening. Their first opponents are Austria's Patrick Schnetzer and Markus Bröll. On Saturday the brothers face the Czech Republic and Hungary, and the quarter-finals are scheduled for that evening.
Germany are represented by Michael Birkner and Robert Mlady. In the Challenger League, Renato and Elia Bianco play for Italy with promotion to the Elite League as their goal. The cycle-ball medals for women and men are decided on Sunday afternoon; Werner Artho and Roman Schneider coach the Swiss cycle-ball players.