2nd Berchtesgadener Land Radmarathon

18/6/2006

Dynamic Bike Team Eppan at the 2006 Berchtesgadener Land Cycle Marathon

Second race of the CHIBA Alpine Cup 2006

He did it, after 205 kilometres and 3,180 metres of altitude on two wheels, he is the winner of the 2nd Berchtesgadener Land Cycling Marathon in 5:42.48 hours: Andreas Ortner from Anger - the man of the 18th June 2006 in Berchtesgadener Land - rejoices. Second place in 5:43,10 hours was shared by Stefan Kogler from St. Gilgen in Salzburg Land and Thomas Brengartner from Bad Reichenhall. The two athletes had cycled hand in hand across the finish line.
The Italian Anna Corona earned her crown as marathon winner in Berchtesgadener Land for the second time. The 45-year-old athlete from Morbegno left many a fast man behind her with an excellent overall time of 6:24.52 hours over the 205-kilometre course and relegated the German Cornelia Heinig from Nobitz and the Italian Alessandra Buccioli to second place. The winner of the age group up to 1962, Katrin Eichhoff from Munich, was the second lady to break the seven-hour mark with a fast time of 6:37.03 hours. In her class, 32-year-old Alexandra Franz from Ramsau and 31-year-old Austrian Michaela Voss came close to this women's sound barrier in 7:08.05 hours and 7:09.16 hours respectively.
Off they went: 1,787 athletes set off on their marathon tour at 7.30 a.m. in front of the Old Saltworks in Bad Reichenhall after the starting gun was fired by the Mayor of Reichenhall, Dr Herbert Lackner, and the Managing Director of Berchtesgadener Land Tourismus GmbH (BGLT), Gabriele Deml. Already early in the morning, many had come to the spa town of Bad Reichenhall to cheer on friends, acquaintances, relatives. In total, more than 10,000 fans experienced the races along the route and at the cyclists' festivities.

(Source: Press release)

Three Dynamic Bikers took part in the Berchtesgaden Cycle Marathon, the second of the three races counting towards the 2006 CHIBA Alpine Cup.
707 of the 1,600 participants opted for the long route covering 205 km and 3,180 metres of elevation gain, including Richard Palma, Manfred Scherer and Christian Sanco. By finishing third in his category (35th overall), Richard was able to defend his lead in the Alpencup standings (Over-45s category). Manfred and Christian crossed the finish line at the same time, finishing in 63rd and 64th place respectively.

(Gemeindeblatt from 23.06.2006)