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The winners of the 27th Ischgl Ironbike Marathon have been decided: In one of the toughest mountain bike marathon races in Europe, Andreas Seewald from Germany finished on the podium in the men's race and Bianca Somavilla from Austria in the women's race. Save the Date: The 28th Ischgl Ironbike will take place from 2 - 5 August 2023.
At the 27th Ischgl Ironbike, 965 mountain bikers fought for valuable seconds in various individual and stage races from 3 to 6 August 2022. Exciting contests such as the four-part UCI Stage Race S1, the night-time hill climb "Ischgl Alpenhaus Trophy", the fox hunt with fox Andi Goldberger, the "Ironbike Kids & Juniors Trophy" and above all the legendary "Ironbike Marathon", over the four distances "Extreme", "Hard" , "Medium" or "Light", thrilled riders and spectators.
Gold for Andreas Seewald and Bianca Somavilla at the 27th Ischgl Ironbike Marathon
On 6 August, 509 professionals and amateurs put their personal bests to the test for the first time at the 27th Ischgl Ironbike Marathon on four instead of three differently demanding courses. In the supreme discipline, the Extreme (71.0 kilometres and 3,200 metres of altitude) and Hard (58.3 kilometres and 2,580 metres of altitude) routes as well as the Medium (44.7 kilometres and 1,890 metres of altitude) and Light (24.9 kilometres and 670 metres of altitude) routes were available. NEW in summer 2023: As part of the UCI Stage Races, the men have to compete in the Extreme course and the women in the Hard course. The supreme discipline was won by Andreas Seewald from Germany with a time of 3:37.49.4 on the Extreme course in the men's category and Bianca Somavilla from Austria in 5:00.08.1 in the women's category. On the "Hard" course, Noah Laschewski from Germany won the men's race with a time of 3:16.03.1 and Adelheid Morath from Germany won the women's race in 3:44.04.7. The corresponding stage win thus went to Andreas Seewald and Adelheid Morath. Gold on the medium distance went to Fabian Diepold from Germany with a time of 2:21.55,6 and Paulina Burger from Germany with a time of 3:24.19,0. On top of the light distance podium were Luca Hertner from Germany with a time of 58.45,7 and Tanja Stroschneider from Austria with a time of 1:11.55,7.
UCI S1 stage race
Those who had their sights set on the overall victory of the Ischgl Ironbike Stage Race S1 and wanted to collect UCI points had to complete four race formats. A total of 106 participants competed in the categories "Individual Time Trial", "Alpenhaus Trophy", "Short Track" and "Ironbike Marathon Extreme" or "Ironbike Marathon Hard". All four individual times were added up and the fastest were crowned winners. The women and men were judged in the professional and amateur categories. The well-deserved victory in the professional category went to Andreas Seewald from Germany in the men's category and Claudia Peretti from Italy in the women's category. Amateur gold went to Dominik Schranz from Austria in the men's category and Daniela Traxl-Pintarelli from Austria in the women's category.
Silvretta MTB King and Queen 2022
This year's mountain bike crowns for their majesties Silvretta MTB King and Queen as well as Prince and Princess 2022 were awarded in Ischgl. The times achieved at the M3 Montafon MTB Marathon on 30 July and at the Ischgl Ironbike Marathon on 6 August 2022 were added up to a total time. The fastest riders on the courses "M³ and Ironbike Extreme" in the men's category and "M³ and Ironbike Hard" in the women's category were crowned King and Queen in the respective professional and amateur categories. The title of Prince went to the fastest of the "M² and Ironbike Hard" courses, the title of Princess to the fastest of the "M² and Ironbike Medium" courses. This year's Silvretta MTB Kings on the "M³ and Ironbike Extreme" routes are Frans Claes from Belgium in the pro category and Johannes Keller from Germany in the amateur category. Adelheid Morath from Germany was crowned Silvretta MTB Queen on the "M³ and Ironbike Hard" routes. The victory and the associated title of Silvretta MTB Prince 2022 went to Louis Treß from Germany in the men's category on the "M² and Ironbike Hard" routes.
Night-time chase at the Alpenhaus Trophy
On 3 August, the night hill climb, which could be ridden as an individual race or as part of the UCI S1 stage race, attracted 136 mountain bikers to the start. On the 7.27-kilometre Alpenhaus Trophy course with 980 metres of altitude difference, Lubomir Petrus from the Czech Republic won the men's race and Julia Sörgel from Austria the women's race. In the subsequent e-bike fox hunt, Christian Bair from Austria motorised hunters managed to overtake the non-motorised ski jumping legend "fox" Andi Goldberger, who had started with a lead, and claim a success bonus of 100 euros for himself.
Strong young mountain bikers
Just like the big ones: At the "Ironbike Kids & Juniors Trophy" on 5 August, 87 kids and juniors aged 5 to 16 proved that they are definitely to be reckoned with in the future.
All information and results lists are available at www.ischglironbike.com.