Huber and Stiebjahn storm to their third victory

Like yesterday, the Bulls 1 team also prevailed in a finish sprint on the 57,66 kilometers and 2.393 meters of altitude from Bormio to Ponte di Legno and relegated Tony Longo (ITA) and Johnny Cattaneo (ITA) after 2:49.16,9 hours Wilier Force 7C 1 takes second place with a lead of four tenths.

1,5 seconds behind the successful Swiss-German pairing, the yellow jersey wearers, Markus Kaufmann (GER) and Jochen Käß (GER) from Centurion Vaude, crossed the finish line (2:49.18,4), which means they remain slightly in the overall lead have a lead of more than three minutes over the Bulls 1 team. Towards the end of the stage, they tried to limit the competition's lead in the overall ranking with numerous attacks.

After mastering the extremely long climb to Passo Gavia together and the subsequent technically extremely demanding descent to Sant' Appolonia, Stiebjahn and Huber repeatedly attacked in the undulating profile via Case di Viso and Vescasa, but in the end without the desired success.

Nevertheless, Stiebjahn was satisfied after the race: “It's difficult against the guys from Centurion Vaude, but we'll keep trying. Maybe the opportunity will arise again. We are very happy with three stage wins so far. I'm looking forward to the last three days. Maybe it will still work to be at the top in Arco,” said Simon Stiebjahn after the successful final spurt. Teammate Urs Huber added: “We do our best every day. On the second day Centurion Vaude was significantly stronger. So they deserve it, but we still have three days left and we’ll keep at it.”

However, the two overall leaders are not allowing themselves to be put under pressure at the moment. On the contrary: the experienced duo, who had already won the week-long mountain bike classic over the main Alpine ridge in 2013, 2014 and 2015, rode tactically skilfully again today and skilfully played to their own strengths. So Markus Kaufmann sat a little ahead of the rest of the field on the climb to the Gavia Pass in order to be able to complete the downhill in a more controlled manner.

“That was our tactic so that I could be on the safe side,” explained Kaufmann. “It really took off in the last ten kilometers. There were mutual attacks. We slowed down a little on the last descent so as not to risk anything and reached the finish safely.”

Rating leaders continue their winning streak While the Kaufmann/Käß duo confidently controlled the men's event, the leading pairings in the other four categories were able to further extend their lead with a stage win.

In the women's class, Janine Schneider (GER) and Stefanie Dohrn (GER) from the Nauders Canyon/Cube team won for the fourth time (3:48.57,2), followed by the Austrians Verena Krenslehner-Schmid and Philip Handl in the mixed category from Imst Tourism equals (3:40.13,3).

In the Masters classification, the defending champions Massimo De Bertolis (ITA) and Dax Jaikel (CRC) from Wilier Force 7C celebrated their third success of the day (3:11.12,0), just like the two Swiss Claudius Thommen and Thomas Girardi from Stoll Bikes in the Grand Masters category (3:25.01,1).

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Huber and Stiebjahn storm to their third victory

Urs Huber (SUI) and Simon Stiebjahn (GER) celebrated their third stage success on the fourth day of the Bike Transalp powered by Sigma 2018.

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