Four South Tyroleans pedal at the World Cup in Canada

Johannes von Klebelsberg will be the first South Tyrolean to start the race in Mont-Sainte-Anne. He will compete in the downhill qualification this Friday evening (CEST). He has starting number 123 (start time: 20.53:18 p.m. CEST). About a month ago, the XNUMX-year-old from Bolzano celebrated his debut in the highest international racing series in Leogang. At that time, however, his final destination was already in qualifying. In Monte-Sainte-Anne, Von Klebelsberg, who was crowned Italian champion around two and a half weeks ago in Champoluc in the Aosta Valley and took the lead in the Italian Gravitalia racing series at the weekend, wants to try to qualify for the final of a World Cup for the first time.

Meanwhile, Rabensteiner, Kerschbaumer and Lechner will make their big appearance on Sunday when the cross-country competitions are on the program. U23 athlete Lisa Rabensteiner has been on the podium at every World Cup so far this season (with the exception of Cairns, where she did not start). The Villandro woman, who took third place in Pietermaritzburg, Nove Mesto and Albstadt, wants to continue this series in Monte-Sainte-Anne. Eva Lechner, who celebrated her third World Cup victory in Cairns, but then had to settle for a place outside the top ten in Nove Mesto and Albstadt, as well as at the European Championships in St. Wendel, wants to get back into the World Cup races overseas Find your way back to success.

Rabensteiner and Co. will train with the national team in August In the meantime, the Italian Cycling Federation has also announced the names of the young athletes who will prepare with the national team in Livigno in August for the World Championships in Hafjell, Norway (September 2nd to 7th). The 13-person squad includes the three South Tyroleans Lisa Rabensteiner, Greta Seiwald and Maximilian Vieider. The “Azzurri” will move into Livigno on August 7th. Rabensteiner will not join the team until August 15th due to her participation in the World Cup in Windham. The training camp lasts until August 21st.

The schedule of the South Tyroleans at the World Cup in Mont-Sainte-Anne: Friday, August 1rd: 14 p.m. (20 p.m. CEST): Downhill World Cup Qualification Elite Men (Johannes Von Klebelsberg)

Saturday, August 2th: 14 p.m. (20 p.m. CEST): Downhill World Cup - Final Elite Men (possibly Johannes Von Klebelsberg)

Sunday, August 3th: 9 a.m. (15 p.m. CEST): Cross Country World Cup Women U23 (Lisa Rabensteiner) 13 p.m. (19 p.m. CEST): Cross Country World Cup Elite Women (Eva Lechner) 15.30:21.30 p.m. (XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. CEST): Cross Country World Cup Elite Men (Gerhard Kerschbaumer)

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Four South Tyroleans pedal at the World Cup in Canada

This weekend the 2014 MTB World Cup continues in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, the first of two stops on North American soil. Eva Lechner, Gerhard Kerschbaumer and Lisa Rabensteiner, as well as downhill rider Johannes Von Klebelsberg will be at the start from South Tyrol.

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