July 17, 2005 – Here are the results of the first stage of the 2005 Transalp Challenge, in Austria. In the women’s , Canada’s Leslie Tomlinson, partnered with Gretchen Reeves (Rocky Mountain Business Objects) was second.

TransAlp Challenge

Stage 1: 111.33 km, Mittenwald -Mayrhofen

Men
1. Bresser, Carsten (GER)/Platt, Karl (GER), (Rocky Mountain Business Objects) 3:44:28
2. Kraler, Martin (AUT)/Brentjens, Bart (NEL), (Giant-Racing-Team) 3:44:31
3. Spaeth, Sandro (SUI)/Zahnd, Thomas (SUI), (Team Papival-Stoeckli) 3:46:44
4. Amador, Ivan (CRC)/Ramirez, Federico (CRC), (Banano de Costa Rica) 3:56:17
5. Strobel, Andreas (GER)/Wieltschnig, Silvio (AUT), (ADIDAS / FIAT ROTWILD 1) 3:56:21
6. de Knegt, Gerben (NEL)/Dijkhuis, Atze (NEL), (BEJAN / TAC 1) 4:01:28
7. Duske, Daniel (GER)/Mathis, Harald (GER), (No Name) 4:01:38
8. Evans, Kevin (RSA)/Swanepoel, Ben Melt (RSA), (Adidas South Africa) 4:01:46
9. Galler, Roland (AUT)/Ortner, Helmut (AUT), (KTM Lang / Merida-DT Swiss) 4:01:48
10. Bassingthwaighte, Marc (NAM)/Heymans, Mannie (GER), (Team Focus / GT Africa) 4:01:54

Women

1. Suss, Esther (SUI)/Enocsson, Anna (SWE), (Ghost) 4:18:52
2. Reeves, Gretchen (USA)/Tomlinson, Lesley (CAN), (Rocky Mountain Business Objects) 4:36:12
3. Grona, Sabine (GER)/Brachtendorf, Kerstin (GER), (Adidas / FIAT Rotwild 2) 4:46:20
4. Spieckermann, Stephanie (GER)/Nitzsche, Annekatrin (GER), (CUBE Racing 2) 4:48:22
5. Marunde, Regina (GER)/Schwing, Katrin (GER), (ergon-TREK/TrengaDe-Toyota) 4:48:33
6. Fedyna, Marg (CAN)/Kobin, Louise (SWE), (Team Adidas) 4:49:35
7. Klose, Peggy (GER)/Klose, Sandra (GER), (Zwillingscraft) 4:52:26
8. Grosse-Hering, Hilde (GER)/Huber, Sandra (GER), (Team San-Hil) 5:49:33
9. Boger, Anja (GER)/Sumerauer, Sandra (GER), (Alpstours / Med-Sport) 5:53:12
10. Kammerer, Sylvia (ITA)/Rabensteiner, Elisa (ITA), (Joy-Ride) 6:06:02

Stage 2: