As a first Slovenian to get on podium on overall classificaion of World Inline Cup, Ana Odlazek stepped on 2nd step on the award ceremony after Berlin marathon. Her performances during the season were consistent enough to put her ahead of the 3rd place, but not perfect enough to get close to 1st place. However 2nd place in general classification of World Inline Cup for Ana Odlazek is achievement nobody in Slovenia dared to dream before start of the 2016 season. All club members and supporters are very proud of Ana's achievement which puts Slovenia high on inline speed skating map.
Ana Odlazek is winner of Austrian Inline Cup 2017. What is even more remakrable is that Tadeja Donko finished 4th overall, while young Neza Tretnjak finished 5th. The great results of women team are still unmatched by men, but Peter Korez with 8th place is getting closer to podium and Grega Jancigar's 19th place is also a top achievement among more than 250 competitors.
Third race for World Inline Cup was in Ostrava. In a sunny weather and not so high temperatures Ana Odlazek again chose agressive tactics to fight for best positions. Her first attack was successfull, but then Katharina Rumpus attacked from bunch with Katerina Novotna in the draft and they soon caught and passed Ana who was unable to follow their pace. Soon after she dropped back to bunch where they were all racing for final spot on podium. That meant the pace dropped a lot from time to time as nobody wanted to lead.
Dijon is an iconic race in East France. The circuit is located right in city-center between two roundabouts. There is a slight incline on one side and since there are 18 laps it gets quite difficult towards the end. Our Ana Odlazek started in a main peloton which stayed compact until 6th lap, when she decided to attack and try a breakaway.
Ana Odlazek will race in World Inline Cup in season 2016 and first European race was in Rennes. Heavy rain and hard 2.3km circuit meant for a hard race without a strong team attacks kept going and were caught. Ana Odlazek held the main peloton until 2 laps to go, when for a brief moment she lost contact and even though she reached the peloton she wasted too much energy to contest in final sprint. She finished 8th, right after main bunch.