Cycling: Georg Egger from the Lexware mountain bike team secured the German championship title in the U23 category in Hausach. Martin Frey and Egger's teammate Christian Pfäffle completed the podium.
Last weekend, Christian Pfäffle started the race for the German U23 championship title as the defending champion. Battered by health problems and injuries, however, he was not the top favorite at the start. Meanwhile, his 19-year-old teammate Georg Egger took the initiative. Already after the short starting lap he took the lead and attacked. Ben Zwiehoff managed to stand up to Egger, but had to let him go because of a broken chain.
“Maybe I overdid it a bit there ,” Egger admitted after his early attack. He then had a minor crash that threw him off his game. Martin Frey from Bad Urach caught up, and the two rode together at the front for two laps. In Frey's shadow, Egger seemed to recover from his early attack and launched another attack on the penultimate lap. “My legs felt great today. To be honest, I was already thinking about the title, but you never know how the competition is doing,” said a beaming Georg Egger after his triumph. Martin Frey secured the runner-up title, finishing 39 seconds behind.
Christian Pfäffle, meanwhile, made the best of his situation and prevailed against Louis Wolf in the battle for the bronze medal. "Given the circumstances, I can be very satisfied with that. Above all, I felt good today, and that makes me optimistic for the coming weeks ," said Pfäffle, who crossed the finish line 52 seconds behind the winner.