Mondraker Enduro2: Racing fun despite the snow in Davos

For the third time, the international enduro scene met in Davos for the Mondraker Enduro2. Despite nasty weather with rain, cold and snow, the 450 riders enjoyed the alpine racing adventure on the trails around the destination of Davos Klosters. The winners were the Wheeler-iXS and Norco Twins Racing teams. In future, the event will take place under the name MONDRAKER ENDURO TEAM.

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Rain, snow and cold could not dampen the good mood. Despite the really bad weather, the event and the Davos Klosters region were once again extremely well received by the international field of participants: "The trails are just perfect, even with rain and snow", "endless dirt and fun", or "the coolest and most flexible mountain bike event far and wide!" These were the almost unanimous comments of the 225 hardy teams of two from 24 nations in Europe and around the world, who covered 9 so-called "stages", i.e. measured sections, on their bikes over the past three days.

Originally, 13 of these were planned - but due to snow and landslides, some stages had to be omitted at short notice. On the transfer stages in between, often supported by mountain railroads, the clock was stopped and the riders had time to chat with other race participants from distant countries and cultivate the international bike community when the impressive alpine backdrop of the Grisons mountains was already hidden in the clouds. Nevertheless, it was great fun for everyone.

Winning is secondary

In the men's category, essentially the same teams as last year battled it out for the top places. The WHEELER - iXS team with Stefan Peter and Tim Bratsch ultimately won the race again with 1h 03min 38sec and a good minute ahead of Nick Beer and Daniel Eymann from the mtbeer.ch - BiXS - DT Swiss team. Third place went to the British team The Dudes of Hazzard with Liam Moynihan and James Shirley.
In the newly created 77+ category, the Tanner Twins with Jürg and Markus Tanner took victory after not being able to go full throttle last year due to illness. Second place went to Team fusion-world.ch/bikeride.ch with Othmar Künzli and Anthony Mayr, third place to the Old Brothers BC Titlis with Dany Häfliger and Fredy Rohrer. In the mixed category, the NonDeBizz team with Sébastien Angiolini and Clivia Gobat won the race. However, snowboard pro Nevin Galmarini proved that he is also very fast on the bike and took a strong 2nd place with his colleague Stefanie Thalmann as the Love the ride / No shortcuts team. The Belgian SWOOTH VOJO TEAM with Tim Jacobs and Kristien Achten took third place.

In the women's category, the favorites Anita and Carolin Gehrig from Team Norco Twins Racing clearly came out on top with a time of 1h 17min 17sec, a good 7 minutes ahead of the other sisters Ramona and Jennifer Kupferschmied, Team Swiss MTB Girls powered by STOLL. Third place went to Daniela Michel and Anja Rohrer from Team FlitzChicks RC Steffisburg.
Despite the sometimes tough battles, everyone agrees that winning is secondary at this fun team event. First and foremost is simply having fun.

Conclusion: Fantastic mountain bike festival despite capricious weather

The capricious weather turned out to be a very special challenge for the organizing committee. "Our aim was to show experienced mountain bikers from all over the world the most beautiful trails in the destination of Davos Klosters in the best of company," summarizes Britta Wild. "Despite a lot of rain and snow, we succeeded once again this time. It was another fantastic mountain bike festival!" Race director Michi Wild was also satisfied after the event: "Due to the really bad weather, we had to be extremely flexible and decide from day to day which stages we could ride. Fortunately, we are a well-coordinated team and the Davos Klosters mountain railroads, who make the event possible in the first place thanks to their dense transportation network, handled our last-minute changes brilliantly! Despite the dirt and cold, there was always a great atmosphere among the riders." A big thank you also goes to the 50 or so volunteers, without whom the event would not have been possible.

2020: Fourth edition under the new name MONDRAKER ENDURO TEAM

Next year, the established team enduro fun race in Davos Klosters for experienced mountain bikers will take place again from 3 to 5 September 2020. The event will now run under the name MONDRAKER ENDURO TEAM: "The basic idea, the proven and valued ideology and the organizing committee will remain the same," assures Britta Wild and explains further: "However, we still have many ideas and want to further develop our independent fun event, always according to the motto, even more fun from bikers for bikers. The new name leaves more options open - let us surprise you!" Information on the expanded concept and registration options will be available from fall 2019. As part of the name change, the new website www.enduro-team.ch has already been launched.

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