Rank three went to Team Bulls 1 (3:20.29,3) which is also sitting in third position of the overall ranking (+4,06 min). Karl Platt (GER) and Urs Huber (SUI) lost 2.46 minutes today after having played the main role in keeping the pace high today.
But in the final climb to Passo Trela, the German seven-time Transalp champ rapidly lost energy after he and the reigning Swiss marathon champ had initiated an attack after the long ascent to Pass da Costainas.
“It was pretty gentle riding in the beginning, but than the field got separated pretty quickly. We then entered the final climb with the two other teams where we lost Team Bulls soon after,” summed up Kristian Hynek today's race over the very exhausting long climbs as well as steep and nasty ramps like Fuorn Pass or Passo del Gallo.
“It was a good stage for us again. We didn't win but we had everything under control again. We are still in Yellow, and that is the most important thing,” said this year's bronze medallist of the marathon world championships before also warning:
“We capitalized on the profound local knowledge of Centurion Vaude which have been her for a training camp, which helped increasing the lead over the third ranked team. But they are very strong, and there are still four more days of hard work to come. Still, a lot of things can happen.”
Especially as today's stage profile wasn't to the taste of the two Austrians who hope to keep the momentum for the next couple of days as Herman Pernsteiner explained:
“Those many short climbs are not in our nature. We prefer longer climbs. And today, the others pushed it a lot. We will see how things turn out. It'sstill very exciting – and having two wins in the books is also nice.”
Sporting Events / 14.07.2016
The BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma is going to write history this coming Sunday. For the first time ever, the sevenday mountain bike stage race across the main ridge of the Alps (July 17th - 23rd) won't start in Germany but in Imst, Austria.
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