Morath and Paez conquer the throne at Kronplatz

The Kronplatz King MTB Marathon was held for the 6th time and this year the race is part of the Marathonman Europe series and was also a preliminary decision for the Italian World Championship nominations. In addition to the approximately 70 elite riders, another 500 cyclists from 16 nations fought on the 64 km with 3.150 meters of altitude of the King Marathon Distance and the 49 km with 2160 m+ of the Prince Classic and gave the spectators an exciting “Point to Point” races offered. One of the characteristics of the Kronplatz King Marathon is the start in the town of St. Vigil at 1.200 m and the finish at the summit of the famous ski mountain Kronplatz at 2.275 m above sea level.

This year too, many top athletes from the UCI World Series had registered, above all Leonardo Paez and Aleksei Medvedev, with their entire team Soudal Lee Cougan, the newly crowned MTB marathon European champion Fabian Rabensteiner, the South Tyrolean, who practically had a home race, took the place excellent 4th place. The Italian Samuele Porro was also at the start, while among the women the names of the 2022 HERO winner, Adelheid Morath and the Dolomiti Superbike winner, Claudia Peretti stood out. The good weather conditions, even if they were quite changeable, accompanied the athletes from the start at 08.00 a.m. on the long route and 30 minutes later on the shorter route.

The riders could expect strenuous climbs and a spectacular panorama. © Kronplatzking / Ivan Goller

In the men's elite, the competition was immediately noticeable, with frequent leadership changes at the top while the favorite group was still compact. In the end, however, Leon Hector Leonardo Paez (COL) made it and was the first to cross the finish line at the foot of the Peace Bell Concordia 2000. He secured the title of King of Kronplatz and the golden crown in 2022 with a total time of 3:17.43,9. The places of honor, however, went to Aleksei Medvedev (RUS) with 2.18,6:3.27,5 behind and to Daniele Mensi (ITA) with XNUMX:XNUMX behind. Adelheid Morath wins among women The new queen of Kronplatz, on the other hand, is Adelheid Morath, after a tough fight that ended for her at the finish in 4:00.50,9. She leaves her pursuers Chiara Burato in second, 17.27,3 behind, and Costanza Fasolis in third, 17.47,8 behind. As bombastic as every year, the winning photo with the new royal couple from Kronplatz, crowned and dressed by race director Maurizio Kastlunger.

On the shorter distance, the Prince Classic over 49 km and just over 2000 meters in altitude, Simon Schupfer (AUT) in the men's race with a final time of 2:35.39,5 and Lorena Zocca (ITA) in the women's race with a race time of 3:23.12,7 highlighted.

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Morath and Paez conquer the throne at Kronplatz

The new ruling couple from Kronplatz are Adelheid Morath and Leon Hector Leonardo Paez after they won in their respective categories over the long distance of this year's edition of one of the most popular MTB marathons in the Dolomites.

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