It's been five years since a team was able to defend their Transalp title. Now the two Germans Markus Kaufmann and Jochen Käss have achieved this feat. Their team colleagues Hannes Genze (GER) and Daniel Geismayr (AUT) are ten minutes behind in second place. On the final stage to Riva del Garda, the two teams finished third and second. The final stage win went to the Austrian Alban Lakata and his Czech team partner Kristian Hynek.

Starting the race as big favorites, it looked like a great duel between Lakata/Hynek and the winning team until a wheel defect intervened for the German-Czech pairing. In the end, the pair finished third. Urs Huber and Karl Platt were also unable to keep up at the front after the second stage, on which Karl Platt finished almost hypothermic. The ungrateful fourth place at the end is their result after seven stages of struggle and toil.

Rewarding slog for Hug and Fässler
Having started the race in second place, Cornelia Hug and Andrea Fässler took over the lead jersey from Austria's Silke Schrattenecker and Barbara Mayer after the second day. After their victory on the fourth stage, the latter came closer again, but then lost a lot of ground. Hug and Fässler then extended their lead to almost 40 minutes and took their first victory in this mountain bike stage race.

The German-French pairing of Sarah Bosch and Danielle Troesch finished in third place. Swiss riders Stéphanie Gutknecht and Barbara Liardet were eliminated from the race after the fifth stage.

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