The Korean city hosted the fifth and final stage of the World Skate Marathon Tour 2026 on 8 November, closing a season that crossed three continents and deciding the overall standings in the Pro, Team and Future Star categories.
Spain’s Manuel Taibo and France’s Marie Dupuy won the Challenger races in Jeonju. Germany’s Felix Rijhnen and the Netherlands’ Lianne van Loon are the overall winners of the 2026 Tour, while Powerslide Vesmaco World Team finished first in the team standings.
Jeonju: Taibo and Dupuy Win the Final Stage
In the Pro Men’s race, Manuel Taibo (SheaStokes World Team) took the victory ahead of France’s Nolan Beddiaf (MANAO FR SKATES World Team). Spain’s Carlos Tarazona, also representing SheaStokes World Team, completed the podium.
In the Pro Women’s race, Marie Dupuy secured a second win of the day for SheaStokes World Team. Yi Hsuan Liu of Chinese Taipei finished second, as she had in Shanghai in March, and Colombia’s María José Quiroz Alfonso (Powerslide Vesmaco World Team) was third.
For both Taibo and Dupuy it was the first stage win of the season.
Pro Men Overall: Rijhnen Wins by One Point
Felix Rijhnen (Powerslide Vesmaco World Team) arrived in Jeonju leading the standings by three points and finished the season in first place with 1,218 points, one more than Manuel Taibo on 1,217.
Taibo started the final stage fifth overall, 18 points behind the leader, and collected the maximum 100 points with his victory. Rijhnen’s sixth place was enough to keep him ahead.
Rijhnen wins the Tour without a stage victory: he scored points in all five stages, finishing second at the World Championship in Asunción and third in Naples.
Nolan Beddiaf, second in both Shanghai and Jeonju, finished third overall with 1,214 points. World Champion Anandkumar Velkumar of India and France’s Hugo Gerard ended level on 1,212, with Velkumar classified fourth. The top five men finished within six points of each other.
Pro Women Overall: Van Loon Leads from Start to Finish
Lianne van Loon (Powerslide Vesmaco World Team) won the opening stage in Shanghai and led the standings after every stage of the season. She won again in Naples and finished fifth in Jeonju, closing with 1,240 points.
Her teammate María José Quiroz Alfonso finished second with 1,224 points. Her third place in Jeonju moved her ahead of France’s Marine Lefeuvre (SheaStokes World Team), third with 1,218. Spain’s Aura Quintana and France’s Aubane Plouhinec completed the top five.
Team Standings: Powerslide Vesmaco Ahead of SheaStokes
Powerslide Vesmaco World Team won the Pro Team standings with 3,733 points, followed by SheaStokes World Team with 3,695 and Rollerblade SPSPSK World Team with 3,588.
SheaStokes World Team recorded the highest team score in Jeonju, with both Pro victories and three podium places, reducing the gap to the leaders from 71 points to 38.
Powerslide Vesmaco World Team end the season with both individual Pro titles, first and second place in the women’s standings and the team classification.
Future Stars: Plouhinec and Alonso García
In the Future Star category, reserved for Pro competitors aged up to 21, Aubane Plouhinec (Rollerblade SPSPSK World Team) won the women’s standings with 1,172 points. She scored in all five stages and finished fifth in the Pro ranking. Chiaojung Lee (Chinese Taipei) was second and Yicel Camila Giraldo Vasquez (Colombia) third.
Spain’s Adrián Alonso García won the men’s standings with 1,166 points. Germany’s Luca Rudolph led the category through Asunción, before Alonso García moved ahead with his second place in Naples. Rudolph finished second with 1,152 points and Colombia’s Juan José Pacheco Valencia third.
The 2026 Season in Five Stages
The Tour opened on 29 March in Shanghai, China, a World Cup stage with more than 1,200 skaters on the road and victories for Bart Swings and Lianne van Loon. On 7 June it moved to Spain for the Pamplona-Puente point-to-point Challenger, where Swings and Quiroz Alfonso took the full 100 points.
On 18 October the marathon of the World Skate Games in Asunción, Paraguay, awarded the world titles to Anandkumar Velkumar and Johana Viveros. Naples, Italy, hosted the fourth stage on 31 October, won by Matthis Rocher and Van Loon, before the final in Jeonju.
2026 was the first season of the new Tour format, with World Cup, World Championship and Challenger stages contributing to a single ranking, and Pro, Master and Amateur skaters racing on the same courses.
World Skate thanks the organisers, volunteers, judges, teams and athletes who made the season possible.
Jeonju Challenger: Pro Men
Manuel Taibo (ESP), SheaStokes World Team Nolan Beddiaf (FRA), MANAO FR SKATES World Team Carlos Tarazona (ESP), SheaStokes World Team Hugo Gerard (FRA), Rollerblade SPSPSK World Team Daniel Niero (ITA), Rollerblade SPSPSK World Team Felix Rijhnen (GER), Powerslide Vesmaco World Team Mateo Rico (COL), Rollerblade SPSPSK World Team Matthis Rocher (FRA), MANAO FR SKATES World Team Anandkumar Velkumar (IND), Swings World Team Gwangho Choi (KOR), MST Takino World Team
Jeonju Challenger: Pro Women
Marie Dupuy (FRA), SheaStokes World Team Yi Hsuan Liu (TPE), Arena Geisingen Ka-Li Skate María José Quiroz Alfonso (COL), Powerslide Vesmaco World Team Gabriela Rueda (COL), NL Racing World Team Lianne van Loon (NED), Powerslide Vesmaco World Team Aura Quintana (ESP), SheaStokes World Team Keily Delgado (COL), Powerslide Vesmaco World Team Marine Lefeuvre (FRA), SheaStokes World Team Pei-Yu Shih (TPE), MST Takino World Team Karoll Garcia Arias (COL), Powerslide Vesmaco World Team
World Skate Marathon Tour 2026: Final Standings
Pro Men
Felix Rijhnen (GER): 1,218 pts Manuel Taibo (ESP): 1,217 pts Nolan Beddiaf (FRA): 1,214 pts Anandkumar Velkumar (IND): 1,212 pts Hugo Gerard (FRA): 1,212 pts Carlos Tarazona Ropero (ESP): 1,188 pts Daniel Niero (ITA): 1,188 pts Johann Sebastian Carrero Hernandez (COL): 1,174 pts Adrián Alonso García (ESP): 1,166 pts Luca Rudolph (GER): 1,152 pts
Pro Women
Lianne van Loon (NED): 1,240 pts María José Quiroz Alfonso (COL): 1,224 pts Marine Lefeuvre (FRA): 1,218 pts Aura Quintana (ESP): 1,197 pts Aubane Plouhinec (FRA): 1,172 pts Alejandra Londoño (COL): 1,169 pts Karoll Garcia Arias (COL): 1,162 pts Noraly Berber Vonk (NED): 1,151 pts Marie Dupuy (FRA): 1,085 pts Pei-Yu Shih (TPE): 1,033 pts
Pro Team
Powerslide Vesmaco World Team: 3,733 pts SheaStokes World Team: 3,695 pts Rollerblade SPSPSK World Team: 3,588 pts NL Racing World Team: 3,358 pts MANAO FR SKATES World Team: 3,086 pts
Future Star Men
Adrián Alonso García (ESP): 1,166 pts Luca Rudolph (GER): 1,152 pts Juan José Pacheco Valencia (COL): 978 pts
Future Star Women
Aubane Plouhinec (FRA): 1,172 pts Chiaojung Lee (TPE): 1,005 pts Yicel Camila Giraldo Vasquez (COL): 959 pts