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Joris Ryf (SUI) is the winner of the Snow Bike Festival UCI Marathon and Overall Race. Janine Schneider (GER) wins UCI women’s category and Marion Fromberger (GER) claims the victory in the women’s overall category. 140 riders out of 16 nations participated in the fifth edition of the Snow Bike Festival. Snow and weather conditions were outstanding, and the atmosphere created by all the participants made the event a huge success. On Friday, riders tackled a 19km afternoon race. What seemed to...

140 riders out of 16 nations participated in the fifth edition of the Snow Bike Festival. Snow and weather conditions were outstanding, and the atmosphere created by all the participants made the event a huge success.Sunday was loaded with action. Riders got up early that morning to catch the cable car to the top of Rinderberg, which the Bergbahnen especially opened 1 hour before skiers could use it. After the start at more than 2000 meters above sea level at -10 degrees, participants had the...

140 riders out of 16 nations participated in the fifth edition of the Snow Bike Festival. Snow and weather conditions were outstanding, and the atmosphere created by all the participants made the event a huge success. On day 2, riders saw clear blue skies when gathering on the start line in front of Park Gstaad. The hardest challenge was lying ahead with a full marathon distance of 60 km. However, the overwhelming experience in the picturesque Swiss Alps compensated the riders for the hard ef...

140 riders out of 16 nations participated in the fifth edition of the Snow Bike Festival. Snow and weather conditions were outstanding, and the atmosphere created by all the participants made the event a huge success. On Friday, riders tackled a 19km afternoon race. What seemed to be an easy ride at first, turned into “one of the toughest 20 k’s I’ve ever ridden” (Brett King, Snow Bike Festival participant), mainly due to the combination of meters in altitude and the snow. Start was at the Pa...

Starting on Rinderberg at 2’000 meters altitude, with a downhill of more than 1’000 meters in altitude taking place on a ski slope, the riders experienced a special highlight of the Snow Bike Festival right at the beginning. In the picturesque valleys and mountains around Gstaad Nadine Rieder (GER) and Ramon Lauener (SUI) claimed the overall victory of Snow Bike Fesitval’s 5th edition. Canadian Raphael Gagne Took second place, while David List (GER) completed the podium in the men’s competiti...

The Snow Bike Festival is a 4-day mountain biking stage race that takes place in the snow covered Swiss Alps. The event has seen competitors from across the globe congregate in the stunning region of Gstaad (SUI), creating a genuinely international atmosphere. The world’s first UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) race on snow sees professional mountain bikers and aspiring amateurs from around the world head to the trails and slopes around Gstaad, to compete in one of the most unique mountain...

Die Audi Nines finden zum ersten Mal am Tiefenbachgletscher in Sölden statt. Ab 9. April 2018 erwartet die Besucher eine Woche voller Film- und Fotoshootings, der Contest Day am 14. April 2018 bildet den krönenden Abschluss. _____________________________ Sölden's Tiefenbach Glacier hosts the Audi Nines for the very first time. From 09 April 2018 onwards visitors can look forward to a full week of action-packed film and photo shootings, including a Contest Day on 14 April 2018 - the undispute...

Die Audi Nines finden zum ersten Mal am Tiefenbachgletscher in Sölden statt. Ab 9. April 2018 erwartet die Besucher eine Woche voller Film- und Fotoshootings, der Contest Day am 14. April 2018 bildet den krönenden Abschluss. _____________________________ Sölden's Tiefenbach Glacier hosts the Audi Nines for the very first time. From 09 April 2018 onwards visitors can look forward to a full week of action-packed film and photo shootings, including a Contest Day on 14 April 2018 - the undisp...

Stage 1 and 2 of the Snow Bike Festival 2018 – Gstaad (SUI) went down yesterday and today. The athletes are focused for the last Stage tomorrow. Here is the official Clip. Intermediate Results after Stage 2 UCI Women Category (all participants) 1 Leumann, Katrin (SUI) 2 Elferink, Hielke (NDL) 3 Rieder, Nadine (GER) 4 Kupferschmied, Ramona (SUI) 5 Hug, Cornelia (SUI) 6 Süss, Esther (SUI) 7 Baumann, Chrystelle (SUI) UCI Men Category (Top10) 1 Ryf, Joris (SUI) 2 Rohrbach, Nico...

The Snow Bike Festival is honoured to announce that it has once again received Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) accreditation and has been upgraded to a “Stage Race Class 1”, making it one of only 13 stage races worldwide to be classified this highly. This results in an increased prize purse and additional UCI points. The event will return to the beautiful region of Gstaad in the Swiss Canton Berne. Here is the official Trailer.

The third and final stage on Sunday was again greeted with fantastic weather and provided for excellent riding conditions. The race started in the promenade in Gstaad. The route took the riders towards Lake Lauenee with the lake itself being one of the most beautiful places you will ever come across. Johann Tschopp won the stage but it was unfortunately not enough to secure him the overall winner prize as the number of points that Tomas Misser got for the eliminator race leapfrogged him t...