GCC leadership jersey goes back to Manuela Freund
That was not to be expected. But on Saturday, after 20 laps on the Schleizer Dreieck, Manuela Freund was allowed to put on the leader's jersey in Thuringia.
Exciting races on the traditional race track in Schleiz - in good and dry conditions, hundreds of amateur cyclists from all over Germany again drove their winners
Manuela finished third in 4:33:08,18 and was able to change the lead in the overall GCC ranking. She leads the women's classification with a narrow lead ahead of Helena Bieber.
The Lübbering team was also successful at the 25th Dreiländergiro Nauders.
Angela Mancini, Felicitas Wendler, Tanja Dittrich, Thomas Frost, Michael Weise and Stefan Frost faced the demanding route with more than 3.300 meters of altitude and inclines of up to 15 percent.
Tanja was 4th on the 168 km Engadin distance and finished with a time of 6:34:32.5. Michael also rode the long distance and finished 6th in 39:33.8:256.
Thomas, Stefan, Felicitas and Angela chose the Vinschgau route with 120 km. Felicitas finished 5th after 36:32.8:19 and Angela 32nd (6:05:19.6).
Thomas was 371st with a time of 6:05:19.7 and Stefan was just behind him in 398th place with a time of 6:13:59.7.
A remarkable result with a field of more than 800 participants per route.