Bike Transalp: Five podiums for South Tyrol in Kaltern

The route initially led from the main town of Sarn up to the Stoanernen Mandln. The bikers cycled via Mölten down to Vilpian, on to Nals and back uphill to Gantkofel. Finally we went down to Kaltern on the Eppaner Höhenweg.

Sarner Franz Hofer and his teammate Daniele Mensi from Brescia were the first to arrive there. They completed the fifth section in 3:20.21 hours and won confidently, one minute ahead of the German defending champions Markus Kaufmann and Jochen Käß. They are in fifth place in the overall ranking before the sixth stage.

“We were highly motivated by yesterday’s podium finish and therefore went on the attack,” explains Hofer. “I recommended to my partner not to lose my rim and to stay close to my rear wheel,” said the 33-year-old. “The world's best athletes are at the start of the Transalp and they are a class above. That's why we took full risks on the descents today and it paid off, even though I fell and had a flat tire." Laner and Debertolis' winning streak continues:

Andreas Laner and Massimo Debertolis (Team AIL Trentino) won the masters classification for the fifth time in a row (3:33.56). In the overall standings, they are over an hour ahead of their pursuers, Thorsten Damm and Martin Hollerbach from Germany. “I recovered well from yesterday’s stage,” says Laner. “Debertolis still had to give me some support on the second climb.” And Massimo Debertolis says: “Today’s section was more difficult than indicated on the map”. Viktor Paris from Nals and Georg Piazza from Val Gardena achieved their second podium place in third place in the master class.

In the Grand Masters, Walter Platzgummer from Naturns and his Trentino partner Piergiorgio Dellagiacoma again took second place, while Daniel Jung (Latsch) and his Norwegian partner Kristin Aamodt came third in the mixed classification.

Tomorrow the BIKE Transalp leaves South Tyrol. The sixth and second longest stage over 98,25 km and 2.894 meters in altitude takes the participants from Kaltern to Trento.

Results 5th stage

Master 1. Team AIL Trentino (Debertolis Massimo/Laner Andreas) 3:33.56 2. Scott Fahrradladen Gudensberg (Damm Thorsten/Hollerbach Martin) +13.01 3. Sunshine Racers Nals (Paris Viktor/Piazza Thomas) +14.45 4. Focus RAPIRO MULTIPOWER (Nützsche Olaf/Reinisch Klaus) +22.24

Grand Master 1. RaD.SPORT.Scene Ausseerland Racing (Zörweg Heinz/Mclean Andrew) 3.55.15 2. Naturns Mavic TV Unterthurne (Platzgummer Walter/Dellagiacoma P.) +19.52,9 3. Craft and friends (Weese Felix/Niggl Georg) +21.02 4. Team P-Jentschura (Marquardt Walter/Voll Ulrich) +25.44 Mixed 1. Topeak Ergon Racing Team (Bigham Sally/Thomas Ben) 3:55.20 2. TEAM Kind regards, Cyprus I (Schwindling Sascha/Schmidt Silke) +11.24 3. Mountain Heroes Mixed (Jung Daniel/Aamodt Kristin) +18.21 4. BIKE & MORE 4/Team Hersh Amici di (Stropparo Annabella/Pellegrini Piero) +25.00

Men 1. Scott Team (Hofer Franz/Mensi Daniele) 3:20.21 2. CENTURION VAUDE 1 (Kaufmann Markus/Käß Jochen) +1.00 3. CENTURION VAUDE 2 (Geismayr Daniel/Genze Hannes) +1.05 4. Topeak Ergon Racing Team (Lakata Alban/Hynek Kristian) +1.37 5. Team Bulls (Platt Karl/Huber Urs) +3.58 6. Team TEXPA-SIMPLON (Hardter Uwe/Kleiber Andreas) +9.56 7. CENTURION VAUDE 3 (Palmberger Rupert/Demuth Frank) +12.25

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Bike Transalp: Five podiums for South Tyrol in Kaltern

The South Tyrolean mountain bikers celebrated their greatest success to date on the fifth stage of the Craft Bike Transalp from Sarnthein over 67,42 km/2.785 m to Kaltern. They won in the men's and master's categories and also took three podium places.

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