July 20, 2005 – Here are the results from Stages 3 and 4 of this year’s Transalp Challenge.

Stage 3:

Men

1. Rocky Mountain Team Platt, Karl (GER) Bresser, Carsten (GER)
2. Giant-Racing-Team Brentjens, Bart (NEL) Kraler, Martin (AUT)
3. Team Papival-Stoeckli Zahnd, Thomas (SUI) Spaeth, Sandro (SUI)
4. ADIDAS / FIAT ROTWILD 1 Wieltschnig, Silvio (AUT) Strobel, Andreas (GER)
5. Banano de Costa Rica Ramirez, Federico (CRC) Amador, Ivan (CRC)
6. Team Vaude Dämpfle/Mathis Mathis, Harald (GER) Duske, Daniel (GER)
7. Team Focus / GT Africa Heymans, Mannie (GER) Bassingthwaighte, Marc (NAM)
8. Team TEXPA Schneidawind, Christian (GER) Pscheidl, Alexander (GER) 04:07:10(11)
9. Team Sexten Schönegger, Albert (ITA) Schwingshackl, Martin (ITA) 04:09:35(14)
10. KTM Lang / Merida-DT Swiss Ortner, Helmut (AUT) Galler, Roland (AUT)

Women

1 Enocsson, Anna (SWE) Süss, Esther (SUI) 04:18:52(1) 05:16:57(1)
2 Tomlinson, Lesley (CAN) Reeves, Gretchen (USA) 04:36:12(2) 05:30:12(2)
3 ergon-TREK/TrengaDe-Toyota Schwing, Katrin (GER) Marunde, Regina (GER) 04:48:33(5)
4 Adidas / FIAT Rotwild 2 Brachtendorf, Kerstin (GER) Grona, Sabine (GER) 04:46:20(3) 05:36:50(3)
5 Zwillingscraft Klose, Sandra (GER) Klose, Peggy (GER) 04:52:26(7) 05:54:45(6) 06:23:06
6 Team Adidas Kobin, Louise (SWE) Fedyna, Marg (CAN) 04:49:35(6) 05:51:18(5) 06:31:
7 CUBE Racing 2 Nitzsche, Annekatrin (GER) Spieckermann, Stephanie (GER 04:48:22(4) 06:14:43
8 Team San-Hil Huber, Sandra (GER) Grosse-Hering, Hilde (GER) 05:49:33(8) 07:24:51(8) 08:28:
9 Alpstours / Med-Sport Sumerauer, Sandra (GER) Böger, Anja (GER) 05:53:12(9) 07:40:26(9) 08:25:06
10 Joy-Ride Rabensteiner, Elisa (ITA) Kammerer, Sylvia (ITA) 06:06:02(10) 08:19:39(

Stage 4

Men
1. Rocky Mountain Business Objects (Bresser, Carsten (GER)/Platt, Karl (GER) 04:15:54
2. Team Papival-Stoeckli (Spaeth, Sandro (SUI)/Zahnd, Thomas (SUI) 04:21:59
3. Giant-Racing-Team (Kraler, Martin (AUT)/Brentjens, Bart (NEL) 04:25:41
4. Banano de Costa Rica (Amador, Ivan (CRC)/Ramirez, Federico (CRC) 04:31:19
5. ADIDAS / FIAT ROTWILD 1 (Strobel, Andreas (GER)/Wieltschnig, Silvio (AUT) 04:34:25
6. Team Vaude Dampfle/Mathis (Duske, Daniel (GER)/Mathis, Harald (GER) 04:37:19
7. Team TEXPA (Pscheidl, Alexander (GER)/Schneidawind, Christian (GER) 04:37:55
8. Team Focus / GT Africa (Bassingthwaighte, Marc (NAM)/Heymans, Mannie (GER) 04:41:19
9. KTM Lang / Merida-DT Swiss (Galler, Roland (AUT)/Ortner, Helmut (AUT) 04:41:44
10. Adidas South Africa (Evans, Kevin (RSA)/Swanepoel, Ben Melt (RSA) 04:48:27
43. Reboundcycle.com (Draper, Ryan (CAN)/Simson, Hazen (CAN) 05:37:33
84. Fresh Air Experience (Atkinson, Fraser (CAN)/Correa, Mario (USA) 06:13:15
89. Team Whistler (Watts, Ryan (CAN)/Lloyd, Thomas (CAN) 06:17:01
166. Need 4 Speed (Hallisey, James (CAN)/Thompson, Hugh (CAN) 07:21:52
169. Bike Action 2 (Tutti, Graham (CAN)/Player, Paul (CAN) 07:23:31
208. Purepower-Silentbreeze Xenofit (Schleinkofer, Patrick (CAN)/Bartz, Mike (GER) 08:01:39

Women
1. Ghost Intern. Racing Team (Suss, Esther (SUI)/Enocsson, Anna (SWE) 05:31:35
2. Zwillingscraft (Klose, Peggy (GER)/Klose, Sandra (GER) 05:31:48
3. Team Adidas (Fedyna, Marg (CAN)/Kobin, Louise (SWE) 05:49:44
4. Rocky Mountain Business Objects (Reeves, Gretchen (USA)/Tomlinson, Lesley (CAN) 05:53:17
5. Adidas / FIAT Rotwild 2 (Grona, Sabine (GER)/Brachtendorf, Kerstin (GER) 06:07:03
6. ergon-TREK/TrengaDe-Toyota (Marunde, Regina (GER)/Schwing, Katrin (GER) 06:18:33
7. CUBE Racing 2 (Spieckermann, Stephanie (GER)/Nitzsche, Annekatrin (GER) 06:29:34
8. Alpstours / Med-Sport (Boger, Anja (GER)/Sumerauer, Sandra (GER) 07:39:46
9. Team San-Hil (Grosse-Hering, Hilde (GER)/Huber, Sandra (GER) 07:46:17
10. Joy-Ride (Kammerer, Sylvia (ITA)/Rabensteiner, Elisa (ITA) 08:20:56

GC

Men
1. Rocky Mountain Business Objects (Platt, Karl (GER)/Bresser, Carsten (GER) 17:23:44
2. Giant-Racing-Team (Brentjens, Bart (NEL)/Kraler, Martin (AUT) 17:34:17
3. Team Papival-Stoeckli (Zahnd, Thomas (SUI)/Spaeth, Sandro (SUI) 17:38:29
4. ADIDAS / FIAT ROTWILD 1 (Wieltschnig, Silvio (AUT)/Strobel, Andreas (GER) 18:03:05
5. Banano de Costa Rica (Ramirez, Federico (CRC)/Amador, Ivan (CRC) 18:04:57
6. Team Vaude Dampfle/Mathis (Mathis, Harald (GER)/Duske, Daniel (GER) 18:40:57
7. Team TEXPA (Schneidawind, Christian Pscheidl, Alexander (GER) 18:50:06
8. Team Focus / GT Africa (Heymans, Mannie (GER)/Bassingthwaighte, Marc (NAM) 18:51:25
9. KTM Lang / Merida-DT Swiss (Ortner, Helmut (AUT)/Galler, Roland (AUT) 18:58:57
10. Salomon Team (Novotny, Robert (CZE)/Horak, Martin (CZE) 19:07:52

Women
1. Ghost Intern. Racing Team (Enocsson, Anna (SWE)/Suss, Esther (SUI) 21:05:49
2. Rocky Mountain Business Objects (Tomlinson, Lesley (CAN)/Reeves, Gretchen (USA) 22:21:37
3. Zwillingscraft (Klose, Sandra (GER)/Klose, Peggy (GER) 22:42:33
4. Team Adidas (Kobin, Louise (SWE)/Fedyna, Marg (CAN) 23:02:50
5. Adidas / FIAT Rotwild 2 (Brachtendorf, Kerstin (GER)/Grona, Sabine (GER) 23:17:05
6. ergon-TREK/TrengaDe-Toyota (Schwing, Katrin (GER)/Marunde, Regina (GER) 23:21:12
7. CUBE Racing 2 (Nitzsche, Annekatrin (GER)/Spieckermann, Stephanie (GER) 24:29:00
8. Team San-Hil (Huber, Sandra (GER)/Grosse-Hering, Hilde (GER) 29:29:14
9. Alpstours / Med-Sport (Sumerauer, Sandra (GER)/Boger, Anja (GER) 29:38:56
10. Joy-Ride (Rabensteiner, Elisa (ITA)/Kammerer, Sylvia (ITA) 31:39:23