The battle for overall victory at Bike Transalp is coming to a head

Huber and Stiebjahn continue to swim on the wave of success. On the sixth stage of the BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma, which ran over 79,45 kilometers and 2.805 meters in altitude from Pellizzano to Roncone on Friday, the Bulls 1 team celebrated its fifth stage victory (3:35.35,0) and thus further reduced the gap in the overall ranking to the wearers of the yellow jerseys from Centurion Vaude.

The leaders from Germany, Markus Kaufmann and Jochen Käß, finished the penultimate day of the Transalp week in second place (3:36.25,5) and are still 1.07 minutes ahead of the Bulls team with only one stage left to go to Arco.

Third place went to Uwe Hochenwarter (AUT) and Gregory Brenes (CRC) from Wilier Force 7C 2 (3:36.53,0), who were able to consolidate their third place in the overall ranking.

Contrary to expectations, the decision for the day's victory on the stage characterized by fighting and many attacks was not made because a team revealed physical weaknesses, but because Markus Kaufmann was set back by a technical defect on the descent from the Passo Bregn da l'Ors. During the rapid descent, the rear wheel was suddenly at an angle in the frame after a broken axle.

“We had everything under control until then and rode well with the others. After we noticed the damage, we thought 'Game over, that's it,'" said Kaufmann. But the two-time German champion remembered his inventive qualities and removed the distance from the thru-axle so that it could be used again, although only from held a few threads.

“Then of course it was difficult mentally. We then drove full throttle and with anger in our stomachs. We haven't looked good the last few days. That's why it's all the more bitter because there would have been more possible today," said the 35-year-old Transalp Triple winner from 2013, 2014 and 2015.

High tension before the final Since Team Bulls also invested a lot in trying to make up time, the Grand Finale on Saturday promises pure excitement, especially since there is traditionally no holding back in the fight for the title on the final stage of the BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma.

Accordingly, Simon Stiebjahn's declaration of war was clear: “We gave everything today and attacked fully. We made up time, that was our primary goal. We have a plan for tomorrow. It will definitely be an exciting race. We will try everything to be at the top in Arco.” Sarner in 10th place Michael Wohlgemuth from Sarner is in 10th place in the overall men's ranking. The 20-year-old, who had to finish the Transalp last year as an individual finisher due to an injury to his teammate at the time Michael Zemmer, will start with Costa Rican Eddy Perez. Leaders in the rankings don't show any weakness While the two dominant duos in the men's ranking are likely to ensure the most exciting race outcome in recent years, the die has already been cast in the remaining four ranking categories. The lead of the respective leaders is too great. Especially since three of them were able to further increase their buffer on their pursuers with another stage win.

In the Masters classification, the wearers of the blue jerseys Massimo De Bertolis (ITA) and Dax Jaikel (CRC) from Wilier Force 7C (4:03.27,2) triumphed once again. Thomas Piazza from Val Gardena and Viktor Paris from Nals (Sunshine Racers Nals) are in third place, 3 minutes behind the leaders.

In the women's category, Janine Schneider (GER) and Stefanie Dohrn (GER) from the Nauders Canyon/Cube team also celebrated their fifth stage victory (4:39.43,3), while the Austrians Verena Krenslehner-Schmid and Philip Handl from Imst Tourismus in the mixed The class was once again unbeatable (4:33.33,5).

In the Grand Masters category, Anton Warter (AUT) and Heinz Zörweg (AUT) from the KTM Rad.Sport.Scene team secured their second victory of the day (4:12:20,3) with a lead of 1.19 minutes over those still in the ranking Swiss Claudius Thommen and Thomas Girardi from Stoll Bikes (4:13.39,4) were at the front. 60 kilometers to go The last stage of the BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma is anything but an easy coasting.

It's only 60 kilometers from Roncone to Arco, but with two poisonous mountains and 2.300 meters in altitude, the participants will be really challenged on their way to the finisher shirt.

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The battle for overall victory at Bike Transalp is coming to a head

The Swiss Urs Huber and Simon Stiebjahn from Germany celebrated their 6th victory on the 5th Transalp stage and thus moved up to 1.07 minutes on the overall leaders.

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