Dolomiti Superbike: Numerous top athletes are chasing world champion Lakata

The Dolomiti Superbike will start in Niederdorf from 7.30 a.m. in six blocks. This year, the two routes over 113 kilometers and 3357 meters in altitude or 60 kilometers and 1785 meters in altitude lead in a clockwise direction through the five Alta Pusteria communities of Niederdorf, Braies, Sexten, Innichen and Toblach. Even in its 21st edition, the starting field of the mountain bike classic is filled with top-class riders. In the elite category, the nine best-placed athletes from the UCI Marathon World Championships will be at the start and will try to beat the new world champion Alban Lakata, who was already victorious in Alta Pusteria in 2012. The two-time world champion (2008,2009, 2012) and South Tyrolean-by-choice Roel Paulissen from Belgium and the Greek world champion (2014) and Dolomiti winner (2013) Periklis Ilias will also be at the start. Kristian Hynek, 2006 Dolomiti winner, from the Czech Republic has also announced his participation and the Colombian Hector Leonardo Paez, third place in this year's Marathon World Championships and XNUMX Dolomiti winner, will also tackle the race on Saturday despite a broken finger. Not to be forgotten are the 2013 German marathon champion and Absa Cape Epic winner Robert Mennen as well as his teammate and reigning German champion, Markus Kaufmann. The two-time Nals winner Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez is coming to Hochpustertal from Spain and Switzerland will also be prominently represented with the three-time Dolomiti winner (2008, 2010, 2011) Urs Huber and the ninth-place finisher at this year's World Championships, Lukas Büchli. This means that only silver medalist Chrisoph Sauser from Switzerland is missing from the top ten in the World Cup rankings. Italy has Tony Longo, the winner of the Alpine Trophy, Juri Ragnoli, the winner of the Four Peaks, and Damiano Ferraro and Samuele Porro, fifth and seventh place in the World Championships. South Tyrol's most promising participants are Hannes Pallhuber and Franz Hofer. For the women, the favorite roles are shared between the three-time Dolomiti winner Sally Bigham from Great Britain, the Italian Elena Gaddoni, the two Germans Silke Keinath and Katrin Schwing, and the Austrians Verena Krenslehner and Christina Kollmann.

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Dolomiti Superbike: Numerous top athletes are chasing world champion Lakata

When the starting signal for the 21st edition of the Dolomiti Superbike is fired this Saturday, 5509 athletes from over 40 different nations will be at the start, including world champions and some winners from previous editions of the mountain bike classic.

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