Podest debut for Graf

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David Graf is currently benefiting from his impressive form and has won his first medal in the elite race at the BMX World Championships in Heusden/Zolder, Belgium. Graf was often dogged by bad luck in other years. Now he seems to have broken free of this. A month ago, the man from Winterthur won bronze at the European Games in Baku. Now there is another bronze award in Belgium. Gold and silver go to the two Dutchmen Niek Kimman and Jelle van Gorkom.
The performances of the young Swiss BMX riders were also strong: Louanne Juillerat finished sixth in the junior women's category, while Jannic Cavegn made it through to the quarter-finals in the junior men's category. Tristan Borel and Jeron Breschan took silver and bronze in the Boys 13 category. Kilian Burkhardt also secured an excellent third place in the Boys-15 category, as did Gil Brunner in the Boys-16 category.
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Iron Lady Milena Landtwing

Milena Landtwing takes victory at the Ironbike Marathon in Ischgl (AUT) with a hussar ride. On the long distance over 79 kilometers and 3,820 meters of altitude difference, she distanced second-placed Hielke Elferink (NED) by over 16 minutes. The men's race was won by the well-known Roel Paulissen (BEL) ahead of Andreas Seewald (GER) and Christoph Soukup (AUT). The two Swiss riders Lukas Buchli and Oliver Zurbrügg finished in sixth and seventh place.
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Another Transalp podium for Urs Huber

At the Craft-BIKE-Transalp from Ruhpolding (GER) to Riva del Garda (ITA), the two Germans Markus Kaufmann and Jochen Käss are the first team ever to take their third overall victory in a row. Urs Huber and Karl Platt follow six minutes behind in second place. They win the first two stages, but then steadily fall back a little.
In the Grand-Master category, the Swiss duo of Bärti Bucher and Hansjürg Gerber clearly won the overall victory. They take all seven stage wins.
And last but not least, the two Swiss riders Barbara Liardet and Stéphanie Gutknecht take third place overall in the women's category. The victory goes overwhelmingly to the professional duo Sally Bigham and Christina Kollmann.
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Successful Swiss enduro racers on the Reschen Pass

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In the third race of the European Enduro Series on the Reschen Pass, Swiss rider Monika Büchi takes her first victory in the series. After a total downhill time of around 48 minutes, she prevailed in a close race against the two Germans Lisa Policzka and Sandra Börner. Remo Heutschi also took victory in the Masters race.
After his injury break, Gusti Wildhaber is fighting his way back step by step in the Elite class. And with success: after his fourth place last weekend, he now makes it onto the podium in second place. Wildhaber gets better and better towards the end of the race and manages two more stage wins. This puts him between the brothers Markus and Tobias Reiser (GER). With Jonas Bähler, Felix Klee and Stefan Peter, three more Swiss riders make it into the top 20.

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