Olympic champion Miguel Martinez and Italian champion and last year's winner Marco Bui are among the favorites for the race. Marco Bui rides together with Hubert Pallhuber and Roel Paulissen for the Rainer Wurz team - whose manager is Alexander Wurz.

Wurz himself became world-famous through his Formula 1 racing, but his roots lie in cycling: the Austrian was BMX world champion at the age of 12. Today Wurz is a test driver for McLaren-Mercedes, but is going back to his roots with his bike team. He's right...

Information about the E1 bike race in Nals

Location: Nals in South Tyrol, located between Bolzano and Merano in the Vinschgau
. Date: May 5, 2002
URL: www.sunshineracers-nals.it
Root team: www.rainer-wurz.com