After two weaks of break, last Friday a lot of cyclers fought about points and round wins in the Dusika Stadion. Additionally to the third race day of Bahn-o-Rama, there was the Austrian Championship in Team sprint, even that this one was without participation of Chase athletes. So the second part of the competion was even more exciting.
First, you have to pass a knock-out-race to qualify for the A or B race and then you cycle a point race depending on your qualification. Part of this event was Felix Ritzinger with his completely new Chase.cx track rims that passed the endurance test easily without any problems. He quity obviously cycled with a lower transmission than the other starters, for training purposes. But Felix still reached the fourth position in the knock-out race and in the following point race over 60 rounds he could win this competion clearly.
The electrity plant Donaustadt in Vienna is usually only known as orientation point on the way to Lobau if cycling on the danube island in Vienna. On Sunday, for the first time it was the location and beautiful scenery for a cyclo-cross race. About 100 starters did prefer cycling and competed in three different races instead of celebrating the last Sunday before christmas quiet at home. In the main competition lasting 60 minutes, there were even two Chase athletes participating.
A very exciting fight in the top of the cyclers field. Chase, handcrafted in Austria, Carbon, rims. Foto: M. Bihounek/martinbihounek.com.
The track was mostly flat but due to a lot of holes demanding for body and material. In combination with the partially heavy wind, it was a very strategic race. After the first half, you could watch the first really severe attacks. It ended very positively for Felix and with a third row for Manfred, only some seconds after him.
Manfred showed himself in his best form. Chase, handcrafted in Austria, Carbon, rims.
Having the Austrian cross-country championship in mind that will take place in January in St.Pölten, both athletes can be really proud of their performance so far and there is still time to work on the last fine tunings concerning their skills.
The fast course: Felix’ favorite. Chase, handcrafted in Austria, Carbon, rim. Foto: M. Bihounek/martinbihounek.com
/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/handcrafted-01-vergrößert-280x300.png00Isabell Lange/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/handcrafted-01-vergrößert-280x300.pngIsabell Lange2018-01-26 17:36:312018-01-26 17:48:18Second win in a row @Wien Energie Cross
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Sunday’s motto was all about cyclo-cross. A little nervous but though with enthusiastic anticipation to the competition, I headed to the start with my new Chase mud rims . 21 female cyclists, including the Austrian national champion and worldcup participant Nadja Heigl, showed great female cycling on the Danube island in Vienna. In the very demanding course I wasn’t able to take the chance to stay with the 3 cyclers at the peak position surrounding Nadja Heigl because of being in the last starting row and a very tricky section directly after the start. In the race lasting about 40 minutes, I ended in a narrow fight about the fourth position which I could only decide in the last finish sprint. All in all the battle about this fourth position made me think positive. The first Mitzi Cross was really fun and makes me look for more. #girlpower
/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/handcrafted-01-vergrößert-280x300.png00Isabell Lange/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/handcrafted-01-vergrößert-280x300.pngIsabell Lange2018-01-17 11:36:462018-01-26 17:00:351. Mitzi-Cross at the rowing center Steinspornbrücke
The highlight of the cyclo-cross season and the final cross competition was the Austrian championship on January, 7th. The track next to the Traisen river in St.Pölten was quite muddy and due to many narrow curves it turned out being very demanding.
Championship Austria Cyclo-cross St.Pölten, handcrafted in Austria, Carbon, Felge, Grenzgasse 111 9/6/6, St. Gabriel, Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, Chase, Manfred Zöger, Felix Ritzinger
Manfred started with some doubts about his physical condition, he had a bad cold during Christmas holidays and therefore had to pause for nine days. In the beginning he was surprised, but he had a good start into this race. After the first round he was in group fighting for position 5. He managed to hold this position for more than the half of the race, there were a lot of tough battles.
Closer to the finish line, the last three rounds Manfred lost his luck. He suffered all in all three punctured wheels, in the exact same place each time.
Thanks to the great and fast work by the Chase support team he succeeded in finishing the competition. Although the very last race was not what Manfred had hoped for, he can look back to a successful cyclo-cross season. In 10 competition participations, he reached the winner’s rostrum for 6 times and even won 3 races supported by Chase-mud rims!
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On 9 December, the Pernitz Cycling Club organised the cross race with start and finish in the Alpenstadion. The conditions made high demands on the drivers. The temperatures were at freezing temperature and the gusty wind made them feel even harder, accompanied by light snowfall.
The course was mostly flat and the ground was mostly frozen. Some tight turns and obstacles made it a real cross-country course.
Manfred didn’t get his best day this time. Especially in the starting phase he didn’t make it into the race at all. In the first two laps he had already lost some positions and valuable time from eighth on the grid to the top.
In the course of the race, however, he was able to stabilize his performance and at least recover a few places.
At the end of the race he finished in a satisfactory 6th place after one hour of cycling.
Frozen meadow soil, many turns and a quite flat course had to be mastered “right through the stadium”. The weather presented itself in typical cross-country manner: -2 degrees, light snowfall and bitterly cold wind were not meant to stop 40 hardboiled athletes from starting in the 60-minute race.
At the last two starts in Cyclocross Felix was still bothered by bad luck and missed the connection to the top due to the bad starting position mostly already at the start, at the third attempt of this year’s cross-season things went much better. With a very good start, the jump from the fourth row of the starting line to the front of the field and thus the foundation for a solid performance. At the beginning with visual contact to second placed Tom Mayr the lead grew constantly and ended in a quite clear start-finish victory.
Next weekend Felix will start at the 3rd track O-Rama on December 15th and the following Sunday at the Wienenergie-Kraftwerk Querrennen in Freudenau. This is followed by a training phase before the Austrian State Championship in Cyclocross is the next goal in the new year.
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When the Oval in the Ferry Dusika Stadium calls on Friday afternoon, it is high time for the Bahn-O-Rama competitions. This was also the case on 24.11.2017 – but with a slight but very nice difference to the previous Bahn-O-Rama event. This time I was the radiant owner of the beautiful #CHASEcx carbon rims on my track bike.
In the constantly growing number of ladiestaking part I was able to present myself well and, above all, gain experience. Two competitions were on the agenda for the women’s/young talent field – elimination race and points race. Especially in the qualifying race, things went well for me by finishing second in the women’s competition. I lacked the tactical instinct for the points race, so that the 30 laps felt more like 50 – after all it was enough for sixth overall place.
The international cross-country GP in Stadl-Paura was waiting for the participants and spectators this year with a starter field of the special class. The athletes in the C2 race of the elite men came from a total of 8 different nations. Among the participants were also starters from Belgium and the Netherlands, the cross-nations par excellence.
Accordingly, the race was extremely fast right from the start. Manfred was in midfield right from the start. The weather was really bad with about 3° and partly rain, so perfect for crossing. This made the already demanding course even more difficult, with only a few passages left to be completed on an ongoing basis.
Manfred showed a decent performance and finally finished 18th. He could not quite keep up with the international top riders. After all, he was still second-best Austrian with his performance.
After a short break from competition, the cross race in Pernitz is his next planned racing event.
