A South Tyrolean winner at the Tour Transalp

The corratec 1 team benefited from a one-minute time penalty that race director Marc Schneider had given to Team Serpantin-Panavto for unauthorized garbage disposal.

Time penalty for garbage disposal As a result, Ivan Sedelkov (RUS) and Remmert Wielinga (NED), who were actually the first to cross the finish line after 133.62 km and 2.701 meters in altitude (3:58.46,3), slipped behind the leaders Daniel Pechtl (AUT) and Thomas Gschnitzer in the daily ranking (South Tyrol) (3:59.13,9) and the Belgians Frederic Glorieux and Bob Michels (3:59.16,4) returned to fourth place.

The yellow jersey wearers from the Plasmatreat-Storck Bicycle 1 team defended their narrow lead over the Tauris-Grinta! duo, who were only 3,2 seconds behind on the wonderful Dolomite stage, which covered a total of four passes keeps the pressure on the Austrian-South Tyrolean pairing high. Gschnitzer escapes the fall A pressure that almost proved fatal for the two overall leaders today. On the last descent from the Cereda Pass, Thomas Gschnitzer was a little too bold in a direct duel with his competitors from the Belgian plains and missed a bend. However, the 34-year-old specialist for long climbs was lucky because the guardrail was missing at exactly the point of the mishap, allowing him to roll out without falling.

The 176 cm tall athlete was accordingly happy: “It was a surprise that we were able to win the yellow jerseys yesterday and an even bigger surprise that we were able to keep them for another day. We must not allow ourselves to be tempted into anything now and not become overconfident.” A well-considered announcement from Gschnitzer in view of the constant attacks from the competition, which was once again busy waiting for opportunities to set itself apart.

Like yesterday, the Russian-Dutch pairing of Serpantin-Panavto was once again the most active. After completing the easy ascent to Passo Cimabanche, which climbed steadily over more than 30 km, in a group, Sedelkov and Wielinga tried to escape, as they had done yesterday, but had to give up the previous day's efforts on the steep climb to Passo Giau, pay tribute to the scenic highlight of today's stage.

After the breakaways had been caught again before the summit, a lead group of almost ten people set off together on the descent to Alleghe and Agordo and together over the attractive ascent to Forcella Aurine before the preliminary decision was made at the last pass.

After team corratec 1 dared to attack in the last two kilometers, the Russian-Dutch duo jumped in and was able to pull away a little on the subsequent descent. In the end, the Serpantin-Panavto team was the first duo to reach the old town of Fiera di Primiero, but lost the day's victory to team corratec 1 due to improper behavior on the route. Sightseeing tour packed with highlights While the fight for every second is on at the front of the field, for the participants of the TOUR Transalp further back in the peloton, the experience of nature is their top priority. And that wasn't neglected on today's sightseeing tour through the heart of the Dolomites, which was peppered with scenic highlights.

Above all, the somewhat remote Passo Giau, which, coming from Cortina d'Ampezzo, leads past the spectacular Cinque Torri, the five towers, is burned into the memory of cyclists as an insider tip.

On behalf of hundreds of participants from all over the world, Matthias Hihn (GER) from therafit 3 explained: “The Passo Giau was simply fantastic. That was the best day so far. Of course I hope it gets even better, but that will be very difficult.” Leaders underpin their claim to the title While the lead in the men's ranking is still tight and every second counts, the leaders of the other four categories have all secured their third daily victory in a row.

Like yesterday, Anna Kiesenhofer (AUT) and Günther Flatscher (AUT) from Bikeexpress were the first mixed team to cross the finish line (4:13.28,1).

In the Grand Masters category, the Austrians Günter Baringer and Axel Strauss from Roadbiker.at & Bike city once again prevailed (4:15.38,7), while Jamie Armstrong and Geoff Dyke from the Canadian duo TNA-Method won the Masters (4: 17.49,0).

In the women's ranking, the two Dutch women Linda Stuurman and Carla Mellema continue to be at the top. The Dutch Express team completed the third stage of the TOUR Transalp in 4:55.37,1 hours. Triathlon star out of the race Thomas Hellriegel (GER), one of the most prominent participants in this year's tour, had to drop out early. After the former IRONMAN winner had an unfortunate fall shortly after the start yesterday, the 47-year-old was unable to continue the race today due to sore ribs. However, his teammate Faris Al-Sultan (GER) has announced that he wants to finish the TOUR Transalp as an individual finisher.

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A South Tyrolean winner at the Tour Transalp

Michael Spögler from South Tyrol and the German Michael Markolf have successfully forgotten their collapse from yesterday and won the third section of the Tour Transalp 2018 from Sillian to Fiera di Primiero.

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