Review 2018

A enormous mass of 719 athletes kicked off the 21^st edition of the Salzkammergut Trophy at 5 am on a promising glorious sunny day of July 14^th 2018. The rider had to tackle 210,2 km and stunning 7.119 meter of elevation.

As always the race unfolded as tense as ever. The previous winner Konny Looser from Switzerland lead Andi Seewald from Germany followed by locla hero David Schöggl (KTM Pro Team) in the first part of the race. At kilometer 125 the trio is still together. However next to the Hallstätter Salzberg David Schöggl had to give in and was left behind by Konny Looser and Andi Seewald. The distance featured some minute and the half, but Looser hammered on, upped the ante and intensified the pace. As a consequence he distanced himself from Seewald too ad kept this 2 minute gap all the way to the finish line. This brought for him not only the first place and personal best time but also the new Trophy record time in the process.

Also the team rating victory goes to Switzerland! Roman Dietrich, Stefan Inauen and Dani Räss from RMC Appenzell win with a total of 33:40:34

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The same thrilling scenario wrapped up in the women field too. Barbara Mayer from Linz set up a decently high tempo. Close far behind the former winner Sabine Sommer bode her time and waited for Mayers chink in the armor to come to shine. The duo was followed by Alexandra Wogg.

The distance between the 2 leader shrunk considerably at km 107. Km 148 was the turning point where Sommer closed the gap. However instead of attacking Mayer, they joined forces and created a well-paced time all the way to the finish. Thus, they, in an unprecedented manner in the history of the Trophy, crossed the finish line arm in arm. To top off their stunning performance a new track record was created in the process as well.
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