July 16, 2007 – After two stages of the 2007 Bike TransAlp Challenge, the Rocky Mountain-Haywood Team of Alison Sydor (Can) and Carsten Bressner (Ger) are leading the Mixed category with the same dominant style in which they won the Craft Trans Germany. They are currently over 47 minutes ahead of their closest competitors.

Team Bulls’ Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) are leading the Men’s competition, while Sandra Klose and Peggy Klose of Team Zwillingscraft are in the Women’s lead. Canada’s Team Raven women’s team of Marg Fedyna and Nikki Kassel are currently in fifth position.

Stage 1 – Mittenwald to Reith im Alpbachtal, 84.67km

Men

1. Karl Platt/Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) 3.13.19
2. Andreas Strobel/Silvio Wieltschnig (Fiat Rotwild) 2.00
3. Alexander Pscheidl/Christian Schneidawind (Team Texpa-Simplon) 7.44
4. Samuel Faruhn/Stefan Schaufuß (Bionicon Pro Team) 17.21
5. Martin Kellermann/Robert Hotter (Sportnora Trek) 18.22
6. Bernhard Meister/Günther Birnstingl (Team Gigasport Austria 1) 18.39
7. Thomas Leitner/Werner Hobarth (Team Mayrhofen) 19.09
8. Thomas Wallner/Markus Stock (Adidas-Fuji-Dtswiss) 19.15
9. Kevin Evans/Brandon Stewart (Adidas Mtn) 19.19
10. Adam Ferrari/Daniele Zucconi (Team Chocolat Stella-Merida-Belcar) 22.04

Women

1. Kerstin Brachtendorf/Daniele Troesch (Fiat Rotwild -Damen) 3.58.37
2. Sandra Klose/Peggy Klose (Zwillingscraft) 0.06
3. Kirsten Rösel/Milena Landtwing (Team Haibike-Fujibike) 21.46
4. Rebecca Burbach/Mirjam Preyer (Srs Pro Sportler) 24.39
5. Shannon Boffeli/Jennifer Hanks (Race Face Uxc) 30.06
6. Melanie Alexander/Pippa Lansdown (Fancier Ride) 36.02
7. Sonja Fink/Verena Stitzinger (Www.2radfreun.De) 40.48
8. Ellen Blome/Silke Pokrop (Jeantex V-Max Ladies) 54.03
9. Marg Fedyna/Nikki Kassel (Team Raven Canada) 1.00.52
10. Simone Gertschen/Christine Probst (Bikeline) 1.19.50

Mixed

1. Carsten Bresser/Alison Sydor (Rocky Mountain / Haywood) 3.37.05
2. Bryant Hebert/Kelly Servinski (Walter) 19.26
3. Werner Fischer/Bärbel Jungmeier (Ciclopia Pro Team) 28.29
4. Bern Hansen Tord/Kristin Larsen Tone (Rye Mix) 33.17
5. Arnold Marcel/Margrit Jörg (Giant-Föhnsturm) 35.09
6. Sabine Compassi/Paul Bühler Martin (Alpenbär) 42.22
7. Walter Marquardt/Conny Marquardt (Team Steppenwolf-Bikes/Gox) 46.45
8. Adriana Nascimento/Eduardo Rocha (Ber Investment Funds – Brazil) 47.58
9. Andreas Lindner/Tanja Ebenbichler (The Caipirinhas) 49.56
10. Stefan Kliebenschädel/Katja Wüst (Velothek.Ch Mixed) 50.41

Masters

1. Ekkehard Dörschlag/Heinz Zörweg (Team Ktm) 3.27.42
2. Bärti Bucher/Renato Burch (Sponser Sport Food) 9.17
3. Doug Brown/Shan Wilson (Adidas William Simpson) 9.24
4. Piergiorgio Dellagiacoma/Gianfranco Degiampietro (Val Di Fiemme Team) 17.18
5. Luc van Roy/Paul Heylen (Scott Begium) 18.59
6. Henrik Cohen/Thomas Aaboe (Nordic Sportscenter) 19.55
7. Luigi Luterotti/Sergio Montagni (Euroslaf Bikbike) 23.12
8. Jeroen Spijkerman/Hubertus Kools (Sporthotel Bruurs 2) 25.49
9. Andrzej Erbel/Jaroslaw Wsol (Wsol Sport I) 33.01
10. Girts Kalnins/Janis Rezins (Ski Club Cesis) 34.06

Senior Master

1. Ferdinand Ganser/Georg Niggl (Sport Team Buhler/Gat Kempten-goX) 3.58.19
2. Terje Lund/Sigurd Roeggen (Ryegutta) 10.32
3. Walter Ehrler/Markus Gisler (D’Ãœrner Oldies) 11.36
4. Bernhard Lukas/Huber Josef (Team Juwelier Hilscher / Becker Coaching) 11.39
5. Pio Tomesetic/Giuseppe Zanini (Bike & More 8) 18.11
6. Thomas Jäger/Hans-Peter Thönnes (Jaeger-Motorsport.De) 22.43
7. Franco Martini/Ezio Polo (I Pensionati) 24.49
8. Jiri Cesal/Urs Güntensperger (Buelibiketigers) 25.43
9. Robert Foster/Steve Moffatt (Team Cannondale) 27.43
10. Noldy Eberli/Oskar Schelbert (Mythen Boys Thomyk) 42.43

Stage 2 – Reith im Alpbachtal to Mayrhofen, 87.33km

Men

1. Karl Platt/Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) 4.01.30
2. Andreas Strobel/Silvio Wieltschnig (Fiat Rotwild) 3.38
3. Alexander Pscheidl/Christian Schneidawind (Team Texpa-Simplon) 16.16
4. Thomas Wallner/Markus Stock (Adidas-Fuji-Dtswiss) 29.45
5. Kevin Evans/Brandon Stewart (Adidas Mtn) 33.07
6. Samuel Faruhn/Stefan Schaufuß (Bionicon Pro Team) 33.57
7. Martin Kellermann/Robert Hotter (Sportnora Trek) 35.26
8. Christoph Listmann/Robert Eder (Bike Magazin / Scott) 36.37
9. Bernhard Meister/Günther Birnstingl (Team Gigasport Austria 1) 37.44
10. Alexander Stark/Philipp Hoffmann (Scott Genius Generation) 38.15

Women

1. Sandra Klose/Peggy Klose (Zwillingscraft) 5.09.01
2. Kerstin Brachtendorf/Daniele Troesch (Fiat Rotwild -Damen) 9.37
3. Kirsten Rösel/Milena Landtwing (Team Haibike-Fujibike) 15.58
4. Rebecca Burbach/Mirjam Preyer (Srs Pro Sportler) 35.41
5. Marg Fedyna/Nikki Kassel (Team Raven Canada) 43.24
6. Melanie Alexander/Pippa Lansdown (Fancier Ride) 58.53
7. Sonja Fink/Verena Stitzinger (Www.2radfreun.De) 1.15.34

Mixed

1. Carsten Bresser/Alison Sydor (Rocky Mountain / Haywood) 4.53.23
2. Werner Fischer/Bärbel Jungmeier (Ciclopia Pro Team) 19.08
3. Arnold Marcel/Margrit Jörg (Giant-Föhnsturm) 32.01
4. Bern Hansen Tord/Kristin Larsen Tone (Rye Mix) 50.27
5. Louise Kobin/Eric Warkentin (Xfusion/Shoair) 51.03
6. Walter Marquardt/Conny Marquardt (Team Steppenwolf-Bikes) 51.14
7. Jacobus Barnard/Frances Barnard (Pezula) 57.58
8. Adriana Nascimento/Eduardo Rocha (Ber Investment Funds – Brazil) 1.03.57
9. Stefan Kliebenschädel/Katja Wüst (Velothek.Ch Mixed) 1.04.13
10. Sabine Compassi/Paul Bühler Martin (Alpenbär) 1.14.03

Master

1. Ekkehard Dörschlag/Heinz Zörweg (Team Ktm) 4.15.32
2. Bärti Bucher/Renato Burch (Sponser Sport Food) 29.10
3. Max Knox/Oliver Munnick (Adidas William Simpson) 34.44
4. Piergiorgio Dellagiacoma/Gianfranco Degiampietro (Val Di Fiemme Team) 44.21
5. Günter Sandmann/Christoph Wehrle (Die Unglaublichen) 52.37
6. Luc van Roy/Paul Heylen (Scott Begium) 54.19
7. Jeroen Spijkerman/Hubertus Kools (Sporthotel Bruurs 2) 58.54
8. Luigi Luterotti/Sergio Montagni (Euroslaf Bikbike) 1.01.05
9. Henrik Cohen/Thomas Aaboe (Nordic Sportscenter) 1.01.08
10. Girts Kalnins/Janis Rezins (Ski Club Cesis) 1.01.43

Senior Master

1. Walter Ehrler/Markus Gisler (D’Ãœrner Oldies) 5.24.47
2. Ferdinand Ganser/Georg Niggl (Sport Team Buhler/Gat Kempten-Gox) 8.52
3. Terje Lund/Sigurd Roeggen (Ryegutta) 11.28
4. Bernhard Lukas/Huber Josef (Team Juwelier Hilscher / Becker Coaching) 23.48
5. Robert Foster/Steve Moffatt (Team Cannondale) 32.47
6. Thomas Jäger/Hans-Peter Thönnes (Jaeger-Motorsport.De) 34.14
7. Pio Tomesetic/Giuseppe Zanini (Bike & More 8) 38.57
8. Jiri Cesal/Urs Güntensperger (Buelibiketigers) 47.42
9. Franco Martini/Ezio Polo (I Pensionati) 51.30

GC after stage 2

Men

1. Karl Platt/Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) 7.14.49
2. Andreas Strobel/Silvio Wieltschnig (Fiat Rotwild) 5.38
3. Alexander Pscheidl/Christian Schneidawind (Team Texpa-Simplon) 24.00
4. Thomas Wallner/Markus Stock (Adidas-Fuji-Dtswiss) 49.00
5. Samuel Faruhn/Stefan Schaufuß (Bionicon Pro Team) 51.18
6. Kevin Evans/Brandon Stewart (Adidas Mtn) 52.27
7. Martin Kellermann/Robert Hotter (Sportnora Trek) 53.49
8. Bernhard Meister/Günther Birnstingl (Team Gigasport Austria 1) 56.24
9. Christoph Listmann/Robert Eder (Bike Magazin / Scott) 1.01.24
10. Peter Targatsch/Alexander Kirchmair (Team Vaude) 1.04.48

Women

1. Sandra Klose/Peggy Klose (Zwillingscraft) 9.07.45
2. Kerstin Brachtendorf/Daniele Troesch (Fiat Rotwild -Damen) 9.31
3. Kirsten Rösel/Milena Landtwing (Team Haibike-Fujibike) 37.37
4. Rebecca Burbach/Mirjam Preyer (Srs Pro Sportler) 1.00.13
5. Marg Fedyna/Nikki Kassel (Team Raven Canada) 1.44.10
6. Melanie Alexander/Pippa Lansdown (Fancier Ride) 1.34.48
7. Sonja Fink/Verena Stitzinger (Www.2radfreun.De) 1.56.16

Mixed

1. Carsten Bresser/Alison Sydor (Rocky Mountain / Haywood) 8.30.28
2. Werner Fischer/Bärbel Jungmeier (Ciclopia Pro Team) 47.37
3. Arnold Marcel/Margrit Jörg (Giant-Föhnsturm) 1.07.10
4. Bern Hansen Tord/Kristin Larsen Tone (Rye Mix) 1.23.44
5. Walter Marquardt/Conny Marquardt (Team Steppenwolf-Bikes) 1.38.00
6. Louise Kobin/Eric Warkentin (Xfusion/Shoair) 1.42.02
7. Adriana Nascimento/Eduardo Rocha (Ber Investment Funds – Brazil) 1.51.55
8. Stefan Kliebenschädel/Katja Wüst (Velothek.Ch Mixed) 1.54.55
9. Jacobus Barnard/Frances Barnard (Pezula) 1.55.02
10. Sabine Compassi/Paul Bühler Martin (Alpenbär) 1.56.26

Master

1. Ekkehard Dörschlag/Heinz Zörweg (Team Ktm) 7.43.14
2. Bärti Bucher/Renato Burch (Sponser Sport Food) 38.27
3. Max Knox/Oliver Munnick (Adidas William Simpson) 44.09
4. Piergiorgio Dellagiacoma/Gianfranco Degiampietro (Val Di Fiemme Team) 1.01.39
5. Luc van Roy/Paul Heylen (Scott Begium) 1.13.18
6. Henrik Cohen/Thomas Aaboe (Nordic Sportscenter) 1.21.03
7. Luigi Luterotti/Sergio Montagni (Euroslaf Bikbike) 1.24.17
8. Jeroen Spijkerman/Hubertus Kools (Sporthotel Bruurs 2) 1.24.43
9. Günter Sandmann/Christoph Wehrle (Die Unglaublichen) 1.27.49
10. Girts Kalnins/Janis Rezins (Ski Club Cesis) 1.35.49

Senior Master

1. Ferdinand Ganser/Georg Niggl (Sport Team Buhler/Gat Kempten-Gox) 9.31.58
2. Walter Ehrler/Markus Gisler (D’Ãœrner Oldies) 2.45
3. Terje Lund/Sigurd Roeggen (Ryegutta) 13.09
4. Bernhard Lukas/Huber Josef (Team Juwelier Hilscher / Becker Coaching) 26.35
5. Thomas Jäger/Hans-Peter Thönnes (Jaeger-Motorsport.De) 48.06
6. Pio Tomesetic/Giuseppe Zanini (Bike & More 8) 48.16
7. Robert Foster/Steve Moffatt (Team Cannondale) 51.39
8. Jiri Cesal/Urs Güntensperger (Buelibiketigers) 1.04.34
9. Franco Martini/Ezio Polo (I Pensionati) 1.07.27