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Sandra Mairhofer and Fabian Rabensteiner the first leaders of the Marathon Tour

Great start of the Marathon Tour 2024 with the prestigious Specialized Bike Marathon-Bike Festival in Riva del Garda, which opened the circuit that will see the best specialists of the discipline involved until September.

@ Garda Dolomiti SpA - Ph Chris Gollhofer

The Specialized Bike Marathon took place on Saturday 4 May, part of the international competition of the Bike Festival Riva del Garda organized by Garda Trentino, which saw tens of thousands of visitors from 2 to 5 May.

Source: FCI press release

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The race that has always been the scene of great international challenges, with the world's best athletes battling for the prestigious victory. The highlight sporting event of the Festival, suitable for the most ambitious bikers, who wanted to try their hand at the first top MTB race of the season, competing with the stars of the international scene. Three routes, open to both elite and amateur athletes: Ronda Extrema (82,77 km and 3.434 d+), registered by the UCI as “Hors race category” and valid for the Marathon Tour; Ronda Grande (59,56 km and 2.406 d+); Ronda Piccola (30,67 km and 1.065 d+).

The start is at 7am, with many big names in the Marathon discipline at the start with special guest the Slovakian Peter Sagan. A total of over 30 athletes registered, representing 1.400 nations. The Ronda Extrema saw numerous well-known faces in the front row, including the winners of the last two editions, Leon Hector Paez, the Italian champion Diego Rosa, the winner of the 43 marathon world cup Fabian Rabensteiner and Andreas Seewald. In the longest and most challenging race of the Specialized Bike Marathon, with its 2023 km and 82,77 meters of altitude difference, participants had to tackle a series of steep uphill sections and many technical trails. The battle for the men's podium was exciting, where the South Tyrolean Fabian Rabensteiner won with a time of 3.434:4:01, trailing the Swiss champion Marc Stutzmann by just three hundredths of a second in the final sprint. “In the mud, today the race was very technical, this helped me because in theory the route wasn't very suitable for me. I managed to have a good, consistent race, without going over-revving and in the final I played my cards", Rabensteiner's words. On the third step of the podium was the German Simon Stiebjahn, with a time of 27:4:02. Fourth was the Colombian Leon Hector Paez, who triumphed last year.

RONDA EXTREME ELITE MALE

1.RABENSTEINER FabianWILIER-VITTORIA FACTORY TEAM MX4:01:27,5
2.STUTZMANN MarcCanyon Sidi MTB4:01:27,8
3.STIEBJAHN SimonSinger Racing Team4:02:15,5
4.PAEZ Leon Hector LeonardoSOUDAL LEECOUGAN INTERNATIONAL TEAM4:04:09,7
5.SIFFREDI AndrewSCOTT RACING TEAM4:04:35,6
6.TAFFAREL NicolaMETALLURGICA VENETA MTB PRO TEAM4:05:08,8
7.SEEWALD AndreasCanyon Sidi MTB4:05:08,9
8.CHECKS DarioSOUDAL LEECOUGAN INTERNATIONAL TEAM4:05:09,4
9.BEELI AndrinSCOTT RACING TEAM4:05:44,9
10MAZZOLA GianantonioKTM ALCHEMIST POWERED BRENTA BRAKES4:06:33,1
COMPLETE RANKING

RONDA EXTREME ELITE WOMEN

1.MAIERHOFER SandraSOUDAL LEECOUGAN INTERNATIONAL TEAM5:03:21,5
2.FUMAGALLI MaraKTM ALCHEMIST POWERED BRENTA BRAKES5:06:35,9
3.PERETTI ClaudiaOLYMPIA FACTORY TEAM5:09:53,0
4.ZARANTOELLO MariaMETALLURGICA VENETA MTB PRO TEAM5:12:14,8
5.BURATO ClearMentecorpo Drigani pro team cycles5:14:10,6
COMPLETE RANKING


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