Markus Kaufmann and Jochen Käß with a stage win for their fourth title

On Saturday, the Centurion Vaude team completed the last 60,41 kilometers and 2.309 meters of altitude of the route from Roncone to Arco in 2:48.13,6 hours.

Overall, the triple winners from 2013, 2014 and 2015 spent 22:41.23,9 hours in the saddle this year to cover the total distance of 505,88 kilometers and 18.167 meters of altitude from Imst to Lake Garda.

Second overall went to Urs Huber (SUI) and Simon Stiebjahn (GER) from Team Bulls 1 (22:46.44,7), who had to bury their hopes of a miracle on the last day due to a technical defect. Third place in the overall ranking was secured by Uwe Hochenwarter (AUT) and Gregory Brenes (CRC) from Wilier Force 7C 2 (23:09.56.1), who crossed the finish line in the center of Arco on the last day of the race as the fifth fastest team (2:53.09,3, XNUMX).

Thanks to the victory, the German pairing Kaufman/Käß, who had finished second behind their teammates Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) and Daniel Geismayr (AUT) last year, continued the success story of their racing team. Since 2013, a two-man team from Centurion Vaude has always won the BIKE Transalp. “The title means very, very much to me. It was the team's sixth win in a row. The fact that Jochen and I are winning together again after we had so many problems, especially two years ago, is sensational. “It’s really fun,” says 35-year-old Markus Kaufmann.

First title for Schneider and Dohrn While it was the experienced men's duo's fourth title in six years, Janine Schneider (GER) and Stefanie Dohrn (GER), one of the youngest duos of the year, secured the crown in the women's category.

The two riders from the Nauders Canyon/Cube team, both of whom were taking part in the Alpine classic for mountain bikers for only the second time, ended the strenuous week of racing with their sixth stage victory (3:43.47,5) and a total time of 29:26.58,8 hours. “It was incredibly difficult. When you're ahead you feel the pressure, you never know what the competition is doing. We tried to find the right balance between safety and turning the gas tap. “That was really exhausting,” summarized Stefanie Dohrn. First stage win for Sundshine Racers Nals Massimo De Bertolis (ITA) and Dax Jaikel (CRC) from Wilier Force 7C have more experience with Transalp titles. With second place (3:11.05,0) behind the Sunshine Racers Nals Victor Paris (ITA) and Thomas Piazza (ITA), who celebrated their first stage win of the year (3:10.57,8), the former world champion and the The amputee Central American successfully won last year's title and also secured a hat-trick of titles at the Masters (25:10.20,2).

In the Grand Masters category, Claudius Stoll (SUI) and Thomas Girardi (SUI) from Stoll Bikes more than deserved the title in the class for men's teams with a total age of more than 3 years thanks to their fifth day's success (15.25,4:100). a (26:20.09,5).

Verena Krenslehner-Schmid (AUT) and Philip Handl (AUT) from Imst Tourismus remained unbeaten throughout the entire race week, and they also impressively won the Grand Final (28rd place) on their way to the mixed title (39.36,2:3). :42.09,3

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Markus Kaufmann and Jochen Käß with a stage win for their fourth title

With a victory on the final stage of the BIKE Transalp, the Germans Markus Kaufmann and Jochen Käß secured their fourth title in the seven-day stage race through the Alps.

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