X-Alps: The first 4 athletes have reached the finish line

On Tuesday morning, after waiting out a storm in northern Italy, Oberrauner and the Frenchman Maxime Pinot (FRA1) were at the front and started together with Patrick von Känel. But the Swiss triumphed in the fight in the air. After landing at the final turnpoint on the Schmittenhöhe above Zell am See, he grabbed his umbrella and sprinted to the signboard, Oberrauner was only 100 meters behind him. He then flew to the landing raft as quickly as lightning, only there did the clock stop. “We were all so close to each other. Once Simon was in front, once Maxime, it was just a question of who was luckier, and in the end it was me." He couldn't put his joy into words: "It's hard to describe the feeling now," said by Känel. Ten minutes later Oberrauner landed. He could no longer contain his celebration of being on the podium: “I’m really happy! It's unbelievable. This is more than I could ever imagine. There were moments where I thought, oh my God, this was hard, but I never wanted to give up. I really enjoyed it. Now I’m here and I’m just happy about it.” A tough expense This year was the toughest edition of the Red Bull Maurer had previously spoken of his historic victory: “I’m finally here again. As a winner, for the seventh time,” he said. “It is very special to win like this, I am very happy.” He added that the competition this year was stronger than ever: “It was a new race for me and it was not clear that I would win again become. The other athletes are very strong, there are better teams and you could see that it was a real head-to-head race and a real battle for seven days.” At 14.30 p.m. Maxime Pinot (FRA1) also made a perfect landing on the raft, but couldn't hide his disappointment. He initially led the race, fell back in the rankings, then made a heroic comeback and was flying wing to wing with Maurer around Mont Blanc three days ago. He has been in second place for most of the last 48 hours. “Of course I am very disappointed. But I would like to congratulate Chrigel, Patrick and Simon. Fourth place feels wrong, but someone has to have it.” Both Benoît Outters (FRA2) and Tobias Großrubatscher (ITA2) from Castelrotto have taken out their night pass for tonight and are trying to make further progress on foot. Großrubatscher is currently in 8th place, just behind Aaron Durogati from Meran. He is currently in 7th place. Click here for live tracking of the X-Alps

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X-Alps: The first 4 athletes have reached the finish line

Patrick von Känel (SUI2) took second place at Red Bull Watch on the floating raft in the sparkling water of Lake Zell. He follows Chrigel Maurer (SUI2), who reached the raft on Monday evening and thus confirmed his seventh consecutive victory in the hike-and-fly race through the Alps.

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