Wildhaber and Braumann win bike attack
In Saturday's qualifying run, Wildhaber laid his cards on the table and secured the top starting position for Sunday's main race with the best time from Parpaner Rothorn to Lenzerheide. On the modified route, the riders had to position themselves as well as possible to avoid getting caught in the traffic jam on the singletrails that soon followed. Wildhaber was the best at this. After his lightning start, he pulls away from his competitors meter by meter. Only a crash or a defect could stop Wildhaber. The latter happened to his German competitor Marco Bühler. The third-placed finisher in the qualifying race grazes the changer on a stone and has to abandon his podium ambitions on the course.
Wildhaber is able to keep up his pace and reaches the finish line in Churwalden in first place after around 30 minutes. Multisport talent Armin Beeli establishes himself in second place. The man from Flims pushes past Mirco Widmer - the runner-up in the qualification - and takes second place just under 40 seconds behind Wildhaber. Widmer finished one minute further back in third place.In the women's race, Birgit Braumann is one of the favorites at the top of the podium. She finished well ahead of Kristien Nelen from Germany. Sara Wunderlin holds the Swiss flag high in third place. Her sister Alba, who was considered the favorite, suffers a puncture but still finishes in a good eighth place.
The Trek Bike Attack went off without a hitch and the alternative route via Foil Cotschen was also praised by both participants and spectators. The organizers can therefore look back on a successful staging of the downhill marathon classic. With a few exceptions, the women's starting block, which is separate from the men's, is also rated as good.Ranking list menRanking list women
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