Kaufmann and Käß conquer yellow with victory on the queen stage

The three-time Transalp winners from Team Centurion Vaude completed the 101,82 kilometers and 3.512 meters in altitude from Nauders to Livigno in 4:29.28,9 hours and thus took the overall lead after the previous leaders Urs Huber (SUI) and Simon Stiebjahn (GER ) from Team Bulls 1 crossed the finish line as the second fastest duo of the day, 3.29:4 minutes behind (32.57,9:XNUMX). Third place went to the Austrian-Costa Rican pairing Uwe Hochenwarter and Gregory Brenes from Wilier Force 7C 2 (4:32.58,4), who also took third place in the overall ranking from the fourth-placed Buff Scott MTB team riders Francesc Guerra Carretero ( ESP) and Luis Leao Pinto (POL), who lost valuable time due to a fall by the Portuguese (4:36.14,0). As expected, the decision about the day's victory came during the climb to the Döss Radond pass. After the professional teams of the 21st racing edition of the Alpine classic had separated themselves from the rest of the field on the climb to the Bergkastell and then competed together on the subsequent descent to and around Lake Reschen down into the Vinschgau, the experienced pairing of Kaufmann/Käß took advantage of the opportunity in Santa Maria .

“The profile with many meters of elevation on a long stage suited us. We then saw that Simon Stiebjahn was having problems and we kept up our pace and continuously increased our lead,” said Kaufmann after the successful ride into the yellow jersey.

Leadership change in Masters category As with the men, the duo, who had previously been considered the top favorites, prevailed in the most difficult section of this year's BIKE Transalp in the Masters and thus won the blue leader jerseys.

The two defending champions Massimo De Bertolis (ITA) and Dax Jaikel (CRC) from Wilier Force 7C completed the more than 100 kilometers from Tyrol via Switzerland to Italy in 4:50.56,6 hours, 7,07 minutes faster than the previous championship leaders Jan Halik (SVK) and Karel Hartl (CZE) from Norwit-CYKLOmax Slovakia (4:58.04,3), who were ahead by ten seconds on Sunday.

In the women's and mixed categories, however, the respective leaders once again had the upper hand. There are four passes on the menu on Tuesday The third stage of the BIKE Transalp on Tuesday offers both compressed riding fun and a lot of work with a total of 70 meters of altitude over a length of almost 3000 kilometers thanks to the freeride routes on the Carosello 2.239. From Livigno to Bormio, no fewer than four passes have to be conquered: Carosello 3000 (2.800 m), Passo Trela (2.295 m), Bocchetta di Trela (2.350 m) and Passo di Fraele (1.955 m).

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Kaufmann and Käß conquer yellow with victory on the queen stage

Markus Kaufmann (GER) and Jochen Käß (GER) won the queen stage of the BIKE Transalp on Monday.

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