Transalpine Run: South Tyroleans back in the lead

Irene Senfter and Stefan Tschurtschenthaler returned with an impressive performance on the sixth stage. The people from Lanan and Sexten won the category ranking with the fourth best overall time. This meant they took almost 17 minutes off their rivals for the overall victory, the two Spaniards Rodriguez Bustillo and Azpeleta Che Dominguez from Madrid. The lead of the South Tyroleans in the overall ranking is twelve minutes with two stages to go.

“We were in a great mood today,” says Stefan Tschurtschenthaler. We attacked on the first mountain and ran the descents in a controlled manner." Irene Senfter adds: “We were weak yesterday. Our goal was to arrive in Niederdorf tomorrow as leaders, because we are running for the OK team there. But we obviously want to hold on until the end.”

In the Senior Master category (total age over 100 years), Peter-Paul Steinhauser from St.Jakob im Ahrntal and Hermann Schaiter from St.Georgen again came in second place. They were 28.41 minutes behind the series winners, Gerald Rüschenpöhler and Jörg Schreiber from Germany. In the overall ranking, the South Tyrolean duo moved up to second place because defending champion Rudi Schöpf had to compete today without his partner Hans Hörmann, who injured his ankle tendon. Schöpf therefore started the race - out of competition - with Alfred Psenner from Steinegger, who also had to do without his partner, Jens Kramer, due to a tendon injury.

The seventh and penultimate stage takes place tomorrow. It leads from St.Vigil in Enneberg over 41,80 km and 1950 meters in altitude to Niederdorf in the Pustertal.

Mixed 1. TeamDolomiti SuperbikeSenfter Irene/Tschurtschenthaler 4:21.17,8 2. Team BuffBustillo Rodriguez/Che Dominguez Azpeleta Only +16.44,9 3. Team EisenherzBode Mathis/Färberböck Eva +38.16,6

Senior Masters 1.Trail Team Kempten Rüschenpöhler Gerald/Schreiber Jörg 4:36.37,3 2. Team AhrntalSteinhauser Peter-Paul/Schaiter Hermann +28.41,5 3. Team Schiller Klöpfel Jürgen/Soff Andreas +57.30,5

Men 1.Team SalomonKarrera Aranburu Iker/Reiter Philipp 3:54.16,4 2.Gore Running Wear TeamHolzinger Florian/Rolfes Volkmar +10.02,1 3. Life Fire Region KleinwalsertalNeuhauser Seppi/Mulahalilovic Sejad +28.29,9

Women: 1.Team Mountain Herois Schiebel Gitti/Wermescher Ildikó 4:58.30,5 2. Team Breitenbach Buschmann Jutta/Berglund Kristin +33.52,4 3.Team Schwizer BärggaiseHauser-Ruckli Cornelia/Ogi Helene +52.05,2

Master: 1. Team Salomon Masters Stork Christian/Veit Michael 4:17.25,5 2. Team Hour of the HeartTough Stefan/Klisch Ralph +7.53,8 3.Team OrthomolSport Drechsler Thomas/Lang Stefan +16.26,4

Stage plan Gore-Tex Transalpine Run 2012 (1st - 8th September 2012) 1st stage: Ruhpolding/D - St.Johann in Tirol/A 49,60 km 1663 m (ascent) 1667 m (descent) 2nd stage: St. Johann in Tirol/A - Kitzbühel/A 34,80 km 1849 m 1742 m 3rd stage: Kitzbühel/A - Neukirchen am Großvenediger/A 46,50 km 2258 m 2147 m 4th stage: Neukirchen am Großvenediger/A – Prettau im Ahrntal/I 43,30 km 1997 m 1420 m 5th stage: Prettau im Ahrntal/I - Sand in Taufers 32,80 km 1821 m 2403 m 6th stage: Sand in Taufers/I - St. Vigil/I 38,50 km 2289 m 1966 m 7th stage: St.Vigil/I - Niederdorf im Pustertal/I 41,80 km 1950 m 2000 m 8th stage: Niederdorf im Pustertal/I - Sexten/I 33,40 km 1269 m 1104 m

Total: 320,70 km 15096 m (descent: 14449 m)

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Transalpine Run: South Tyroleans back in the lead

The South Tyrolean mixed duo regained the lead in the mixed class on the sixth stage of the Transalpine Run from Sand in Taufers over 38,50 km and 2289 meters in altitude to St. Vigil. In the Senior Master category it was only enough for a podium place. The second team had to give up.

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