13th Amadé Radmarathon

28/5/2006

Dynamic Bike Team Eppan at the 13th Amadè Cycle Marathon 2006

Kick-off of the 2006 CHIBA Alpine Cup in Radstadt - Richard Palma takes the lead in the “Over 45” category

From ideal (bright blue sky at the start) to mixed conditions were the conditions for the 1,697 participants at the 13th Amadé Cycling Marathon on 28 May 2006 with start and finish in Radstadt.
On the classic A-course with 178 km there were two winners, Roland Stauder from South Tyrol and Rupert Probst from Salzburg, after this duo took a wrong turn 50 metres before the finish. As a result, the second-placed Stauder, who thus had the shorter way to the finish, pushed ahead of the first-placed Probst during the subsequent turnaround. After a short discussion, the race organizers let themselves be carried away to a Solomonic judgement and fairly put both riders in first place ex aequo with a time of 4:37.03 hours.
The women's race was won by the Italian Anna Corona from Armistiz in a remarkable time of 5:04:00 hours.
Winner of the B-distance (98 km) was Alexander Tuma. The Salzburg regional classification was won by Hannes Fischbacher from Flachau. The local hero Karin Gruber won the women's category with 2:47.12 hours, the fastest women's time ever recorded on this course.

Armin Tschigg crossed the finish line in 34th place with a time of 4:52.16 h, just 15 minutes behind the winner. Richard Palma followed closely behind him, finishing 39th with a time of 4:53.45 h. Manfred Scherer came 88th, putting him in 27th place in the CHIBA Alpencup.
Further races in the CHIBA Alpine Cup include the Berchtesgaden Cycle Marathon on 18 June 2006, covering 205 km and 3,180 metres of elevation gain in Germany, and the Engadin Cycle Marathon, covering 182 km and 3,405 metres of elevation gain, on 16 July 2006 in Switzerland.

(Gemeindeblatt from 16.06.2006)