On July 29th, 144 mountainbikers competed in the 16th edition of the Schlossberg XC in Kirchschlag. The competition was again part of the Austrian Youngstercup, the greatest national junior-racing-series in Austria, the LRV-Lower Austria junior-cup and the Austria Sportklassecup as well. Bikers from all nine Austrian federal states, one of them was our athlete Manfred Zöger, and also international athletes competed in the race. Cyclists from Hungary, Germany and Slovenia have been racing at this event for years now.
The race day started in the morning with the elite- and hobbyclass, then the junior-riders had their turn. Gladly, we can announce that our Chase athlete Manfred Zöger could win the race in the eliteclass in front of many visitors and the event-association. He celebrated his third home triumph on the 24km long track with the time of 1hr 4min. With this performance, the lower-austrian athlete could stand this position against Höller and Mesanagic. We congratulate him on the great win!
Under the slogan ‘Stage free for the stars of tomorrow’ the junior-athletes of the classes U9 to U17 competed in exciting position-fights. During warm conditions children and teenagers had the chance to attend a cross-country-competition as well as a technically difficult parcour. Although they had international opponents, the austrian riders could win most of the races. Only under the girls of the U9 and U11 the winners came from Germany and Hungary. All other winners of the day came from Austria though.
In conclusion, the racing day was very successful and the track and the whole event got appreciative feedback from the participants.
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