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Salzkammergut Trophy

Mid of July – Summer, Sun, Salzkammergut Trophy: For all mountain bikers, this event in Bad Goisern is an annual must. More than 5,000 participants started on one of seven possible distances in the 21st edition of this classic.

Felix was the first rider for the Chase team to enter the competition at 5.00 a.m. – insiders know what this early start time means: 210 kilometres and 7,100 metres of elevation gain, the extreme distance through Salzkammergut! Since for the experienced long-distance athlete such ultra distances are nothing completely unusual anymore, he also showed an accordingly high performance! After 13 hours and 18 minutes he reached the finish line very tired although extremely satisfied.

 

 

In the meantime Manfred had also completed his race. He started on the 55 km “All-Mountain”-distance, which contains the most difficult downhills of the region. An extremely exciting course of the race developed on this track. On the last climb, the top group of four fell apart after an attack by the German Simon Gessler, only Manfred could follow the pace. In the final descent and on the last flat kilometres towards the finish, the two rivals even worked together to maintain their advantage on the rest of the competition. The decision had to be made during the sprint and Manfred was unbeatable – he won with a 2 hours and 40 minutes race time, only 1 second ahead of Gessler.

 

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Kitzalpbike – Austrian National Championships MTB Marathon

At the end of June the Kitzalpbike MTB Festival took place in Kirchberg in Tyrol, for the 23rd time this year. At 9 a.m. the long distances started together, more than 1,000 participants waited for long and steep climbs, fast downhills and demanding single trails.

Chase team rider Manfred started at the Austrian National Championship on the longest distance with 90 kilometres and over 4,000 metres of altitude difference. On the first mountain he found a good rhythm and was well in the race. But already at the second long ascent up to Ehrenbachhöhe it didn’t run quite as smoothly, the legs didn’t turn really loose anymore. Already then Manfred suspected that today would be a “long” day. The route did not become any easier afterwards, it went on over the Mausefalle to the Hahnenkamm and to the Pengelstein, before after a longer descent the last ascent waited for the riders – again it went up to the Ehrenbachhöhe at 1,800 meters sea level.

At the end, after more than 4,000 meters of altitude difference, the more than 20 minutes long and demanding downhill run over the Fleckalmtrail waited for the riders. Manfred reached the finish after almost 5 ½ hours of driving time. He was exhausted and tired and at the same time disappointed about his performance – unfortunately things did not go well for him on that day. His goal was a time under 5 hours, which would definitely have been possible on a “normal” day.

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Mountainbike Marathon Pöllau

At the MTB Marathon through the Pöllauertal Nature Park, Chase team rider Manfred started on the 75 kilometre classic distance. Right from the start, he was able to keep up with the enormously high pace of the overall Challenge leader Wolfgang Krenn. This pace was a bit too fast for Manfred, but he fought audaciously and bit his way into the rear wheel of his competitor. After two hours of racing, however, he was presented with the bill for his “stalling”. He lost a lot of time and when shortly before the finish line there was still competition from behind he could not oppose anything. In the end, he still managed to secure third place in the class.

 

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GP Sportland Lower Austria

The fourth race of the 2018 German Cycling League took place as part of the St. Pölten Cycling Marathon. The start and finish was directly in front of the state government building, but in between were 165 sweaty and demanding race kilometres for the drivers.

The race of the elite offered an extremely exciting competition in sultry weather in Ötscherland and the Mariazell area. The course was packed with many meters of altitude and demanding descents and demanded everything from the drivers. At the front Riccardo Zoidl of Felbermayr Wels won the race, behind him Chase team rider Manfred crossed the finish line with the main field after a driving time of 4 h and 30 min. The Chase Up wheels again did a great job and passed the endurance test both uphill and downhill with flying colours.

Chase Technical Manager Felix was also at the start in St. Pölten – he started a few minutes after the elite riders in the much larger field of amateurs. However, it was the same demanding and challenging course for the participants as for the elite riders. Felix found himself after the first mountain of the second group. The many animating attempts to keep up the pace to avoid a grouping of the rear drivers cost grains. On the penultimate climb he had to let his competitors go, and in the second half of the race he had cramps. Nevertheless, he finished the race in the front half of the field.

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7th place in the time trial at the Tour of Bihor UCI 2.2

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8th place ate the C2 Cross Country in nationalpark Kozara

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Manfred at the Cross Country Worldcup in Nove Mesto

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Silbermedaille at the regional Championchip

At the beginning of the MTB racing season Manfred won the silver medal in the elite class at the Cross Country National Championships!

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#3 Bahn-O-Rama

#3 Bahn-O-Rama © Martin Granadia

Chase, handcrafted in Austria, Chase rims. Foto© Martin Granadia

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.

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#3 Bahn-O-Rama. Chase, handcrafted in Austria, Chase rims. Foto ©Martin Granadia

Results #3 Bahn-O-Rama

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Austrian championship Cyclo-cross

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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