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SAINT GEORGEN/ATTERGAU. He has staying power, stamina and stamina anyway – Philipp Kaider, reigning world champion in the 24-hour cycle time trial, drove into Sankt Georgen im Attergau on Saturday as the winner of the 15th Race Around Austria for the first time. After 2,200 difficult kilometers and 30,000 meters in altitude, only a short time separated him from second, Schlüßlberger Mario Thallinger.
The two went head-to-head until the last day before Kaider, who works as an intensive care nurse and is by no means a professional, emerged victorious against the Glocknerman winner in three days, 17 hours, 47 minutes. “Winning the toughest bike race in Europe is indescribable,” said the Lower Austrian. The Italian Dorina Vaccaroni, Olympic gold medalist in fencing in Los Angeles in 1984, needed five days, three hours and 29 minutes as the women’s winner and, like many others, was welcomed by thousands of spectators at the finish in Attergau.
Like so many heroes of this ultra event, Michael Hofer from Julbach delivered an unbelievable race. In two days, seven hours and eleven minutes he triumphed in the B competition over 1500 kilometers in a new record time. By the way, Kaider had held it until now.
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