Speeding allowed as an exception – in Braunau city center on Saturday (from 4 p.m.) the local elite will circle the ring road for the cycling criterion, in the 30 zone even the radar box will be temporarily switched off for this purpose. “Otherwise it would trigger all the time,” says Erwin Hörtl, the man who launched the Braunauer Radsporttage 22 years ago.
For the women, Bundesliga points are at stake in the fast-paced 30 laps of 1.23 kilometers each, on Sunday (from 11) these are then also awarded to the men. On the traditional course over several laps (140.4 kilometers) with start and finish on the Schlossberg in Ranshofen, the Austrian Continental teams will also be joined by teams from Germany and the Czech Republic.
Gogl back on the bike
Michael Gogl, who fell badly in the Tour de France, was back on his bike for the first time yesterday seven weeks after his accident in which he broke his pelvis and collarbone. “It was an indescribably good feeling,” said Wolfsegger.
The Spaniard Marc Soler (UAE) won the fifth stage of the Vuelta yesterday in a sprint in a breakaway group, the red jersey from Primoz Roglic (Jumbo) was taken by one of his escape colleagues, the Frenchman Rudy Molard (Groupama). Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar) was a strong ninth.
Time trial world champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos) won the prologue of the Germany tour in Weimar yesterday.
Source: Nachrichten
