GAW employees climb the Alpentour Trophy
In the thick of things - GAW employees climb the Alpentour Trophy!
The 25th edition of the Alpentour Trophy (a four-day mountain bike adventure race) recently took place in the Schladming Dachstein region in Styria/Austria.
GAW technologies is one of the sponsors of this sporting event, which is located in a truly amazing and beautiful landscape. Traditionally, professionals as well as amateurs and hobby bikers take part in this race. Around 450 participants rode up and down a 200-kilometer route and mastered 8,570 meters of altitude - sometimes in close contact with some of the usual native animal inhabitants of the mountain meadows.
For the first time, there were also three new one-day marathon routes with the ONE DAY Alpentour/Medium/Light races. Michael Stermschegg and Johann Illmaier from GAW took the opportunity to climb the mountains on their bikes and reached the finish line on the famous Planai with excellent personal best times.
A real highlight - Michael is even considering taking part in the overall race over several days next year.
In the pros, the German Adelheid Morath (in the GAW jersey) took the overall victory in the women's category, while in the men's category it was the previous-year winner Colombian Hector Leonardo Paez.
The anniversary edition of the race also featured the popular City Sprint for children - great athletes of tomorrow who raced through Schladming's city center on their tricycles, children's bikes and mountain bikes and had a lot of fun.
Congratulations to all participants and of course especially to the winners!!
Picture credits: ©️ GAW / Alpentour (Peter Maurer/Marketa Navratilova/Igor Schifris/Regina Stanger/Alexander Zauner).
July 2024