After our team training camp in the Arlberg, we set off early Sunday morning toward Hohenems, where the Highlander Cycle Marathon was scheduled to conclude the training week. This fantastic event is always a dress rehearsal for the Ötztaler in weeks, and not just for me, so I had a lot planned for today. Early in the morning, everyone was still quite... read more
I slept well, the alarm didn't go off until 6, and thanks to my Transalp routine, every move was perfect, so I rolled into the formation exactly two minutes before the start. The starting gun fired and I headed for the first climb. It was fast, 2 watts, but I remember with horror the stages of this race where I was more struggling with the breakfast in my throat on the Ova Spin... read more
After the misery of empty promises, I had already written off participation in this year's Schwalbe TOUR Transalp and was fully focused on the cycling days in the Tyrolean Oberland. At the Kaunertal Glacier Emperor, I was able to immediately demonstrate my strong form with my first win of the season, thus creating a good starting position for the... read more
Things have been pretty hectic for me over the last few days – after Villach, I was busy at several events in Landshut, Ingolstadt, Munich, and finally, at the cycling weeks in Füssen. After a leisurely 180km ride yesterday, I traveled directly to Kaunertal and, accordingly, started the race without any great ambitions. To be precise, it was... read more
Everything's ready. After our training camp in the Dolomites, we all traveled to Lienz together on Saturday, arriving around noon, and I was able to use the afternoon to get some organizational things done. My laptop had broken while I was in the Dolomites, so I'd already lost quite a bit of my time. Before the afternoon thunderstorm, I went... read more
