adelheid morath : 3 videos

The Queen Stage proofed it’s name with a nail-biting sprint finish in the men race and drama in the women race. In the men race it all came down to a sprint finish between the two top teams, Canyon Northwave and Wilier Pirelli. After being in the lead at the top of the Scalettapass Canyon were chased down by Wilier Pirelli in the downhill. All four riders approached the final few hundreds meter together and it was Wout Alleman (BEL) from Wilier Pirelli who made the first move and got in front...

Stage 1 was a 51km loop with 2.000m of climbing around Lenzerheide. The recently crowned silver medal winner at the Mountain Bike Marathon Championships, Martin Stosek (CZE) and his teammate, fresh crowned Swiss Marathon champion Marc Stutzmann of team Canyon Northwave won this stage. In the women category it was the African duo, Kim Le Court (MRI) and Vera Looser (NAM), team Elysator Efficient Infinity Insure winning todays stage and starting into tomorrow’s stage 2 with the leader jersey.

Today the 2022 Swiss Epic kicked off with perfect mountain biking weather and a total of 410 teams of two from 50 countries are ready to conquer the alps. Stage 1 was a 59km loop with 2.250m of climbing around Davos. The recently crowned European Mountain Bike Marathon Champion, Fabian Rabensteiner (ITA) and his super strong teammate Daniel Geismayr (current Austrian Marathon champion) of team Wilier Pirelli Factory won todays stage. In the women category it was the German duo, Bettina Jana...