Platt and Walker win the premiere of the Engadin Bike Giro
After three stages, 157 kilometers and 5,637 vertical meters on the trails around St. Moritz, German marathon champion Karl Platt from Team Bulls emerges as the first winner of the Engadin Bike Giro. After finishing fourth on the first stage, Platt laid the foundations for his success on the second stage, which he won ahead of Sascha Weber and Hansueli Stauffer. Weber, who started the last stage as the leader, crashed after around 30 kilometers. He then has to abandon the race due to the resulting broken handlebars. Hansueli Stauffer from the BiXS Pro Team takes the win on the last section. Platt was able to keep the gap to Stauffer small and won the overall classification with a lead of almost four minutes over Stauffer. Stauffer's team-mate Jeremy Hugenin finished in third place with two fourth places.
Walker cleans up
As runner-up in the Swiss Marathon Championships, Nadja Walker from the Bikewelt Gisler team was already sure of her good form in the run-up to the race. The fact that she finished the Engadin Bike Giro 2016 with all three stage wins is surprising and all the better for her too. Dutch marathon champion Hielke Elferink from the "Craft Rocky Mountain Factory" team is already well behind Walker in second place overall. Milena Landtwing, the local heroine, didn't really get going at the start of the Giro, but then got better and better. The BiXS Pro Team rider takes third place.
Continuation in 2017
Three fantastic days in the Engadin lie behind the responsible organizers and the 400 mountain bikers who took part. According to the organizers, the first edition was a more than successful premiere event, which will continue next year from 30 June to 2 July and thus also take its place in the international mountain bike calendar in 2017.
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