MTB cycling: Last weekend, the second round of the KMC MTB Bundesliga 16 was held in Heubach as part of the 2016th BikeTheRock. In front of thousands of spectators, last year's winner Florian Vogel from Switzerland and the Norwegian MTB legend Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjaa won.
The men's race guaranteed maximum excitement until the end. Due to the different sections of the route, Florian Vogel could not break away from the two Frenchmen Victor Koretzky and Julien Absalon. The Swiss lost the lead he had gained in the climbing sections on downhill – the French were clearly better here. As the first rider of the top trio, however, Julien Absalon had to accept a significant deficit, who had taken a break after the World Cup in La Bresse and now has to find his competitive rhythm again. On the last climb, Florian Vogel set such a high pace that the second Frenchman in the lead could no longer follow. With a lead of 47 seconds, the Swiss crossed the finish line in front of Victor Koretzky and was celebrated accordingly by the spectators. Third place went to double Olympic champion Julien Absalon, 1:20 minutes behind the winner.
The women's race was dominated by an unleashed driving Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjaa. The Norwegian, who gave a convincing solo show in Heubach, achieved her fifth victory at BikeTheRock. Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjaa already had a lead of 25 seconds after the first lap, after five laps her lead had grown to an impressive 3:26 minutes. “It was a super nice feeling today. I love to ride in Heubach, I like the climb and the descent. The rain before the race played into my hands,” the Norwegian commented on her performance in the second race of the KMC MTB Bundesliga. However, tension was announced in the battle for second place. Five riders fought for the podium place to the right of the Norwegian, the Mexican Daniela Campuzano got the better end ahead of the German champion Helen Grobert.
KMC MTB Bundesliga 2016: The other dates
09/10.04.2016/XNUMX/XNUMX: Bad Saeckingen (HC)
June 18/19.06.2016, XNUMX: Heubach (HC)
08.07.2016-3-XNUMX: Albstadt (XCE/CXNUMX)
30.07.2016/2/XNUMX: Nürburging (CXNUMX)
August 27/28.08.2016, 2: Ortenberg (CXNUMX)
September 17/18.09.2016, 1: Titisee-Neustadt (CXNUMX)
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