At the start line in Castione della Presolana, you could see many tense faces. There was obvious excitement ahead of the long sixth stage with its many metres of altitude. And not without reason. The penultimate day was a tough one. The participants faced 3240 metres of altitude over 119 kilometres. The heat made the conditions even more difficult.
The route of the sixth day of the TOUR Transalp 2022 first took the athletes back up to the Passo della Presolana, which then led them over to the neighbouring valley, to Dezzo di Scalve. From here, the small, inconspicuous but no less beautiful pass, the Croce di Salven, was climbed before rolling down to Breno. It was here, in the valley town of the Passo Croce Domini, that the TOUR Transalp had only been once before, in 2017. Today, the centrepiece of the royal stage followed here: the Passo Croce Domini. A road with little traffic then led the athletes through an almost mystically deserted world of tiny mountain villages and vast alpine pastures up to the lesser-known but scenically breathtaking pass summit, the Goletto di Cadino. After a 30 kilometre descent with a small climb in the opposite direction, the route reached the shores of Lago d'Idro. This is where the river Chiese, which gives the valley its name, flows into the lake. After a few kilometres into the valley, the racing cyclists reached their destination of Roncone, although there were still another 400 metres of ascent on the route map.
Today's Alpine passes: Passo della Presolana, Croce di Salven, Passo Croce Domini (Goletto di Cadino). After today's tour of violence, everyone can celebrate their achievement with pride and look forward to a refreshing dip in Lake Garda. Because tomorrow is the day: the final stage to Arco on Italy's largest lake awaits.
The results of stage 6
In the men's team category, the Strassacker 2/radsport-news.com team of Benjamin Witt and Philip Peitzmeier and the Stipbike Racing Team of Erik Franssen and Stefan Verhaaf provided the excitement. With a time of 4:09.29.5 hours, Witt and Peitzmeier crossed the finish line a hair's breadth ahead of Franssen and Verhaaf, who missed out on victory by tenths of a second with a time of 4:09.29.9 hours. Third place went to Johannes and Hans Miggenrieder from the Prolog cycling wear Racing Team with a time of 4:21.59.5 hours.
The women's teams were once again won by the Kartoffelclub team of Kerstin Kaiser and Luisa Zimmermann with a time of 6:11.28.9 hours. Second place went to Gitta Fernau and Petra Marton from Team Genussschnecken with a time of 6:50.05.7 hours. Carmen Krebs and Karina Steffan from the TSV Karlstadt girls took 3rd place today with a time of 6:54.16.1 hours.
In the mixed category, Francesco Visconti and Chiara Doni from the Hypertech pb Castelli team once again won the day in 4:17.42.9 hours. Second place went to Tina Büttner and Johannes Wagner from Team drahtesel-lützelbach.de with a time of 4:27.19.6 hours. Philipp and Laura Tibitanzl from the greybee team crossed the finish line after 4:31.59.3 hours.
Benjamin Witt and Philip Peitzmeier from Team Strassacker2/radsportnews.com continue to lead the overall standings for the men's teams, while Kerstin Kaiser and Luisa Zimmermann from Team Kartoffelclub and Francesco Visconti and Chiara Doni from Team Hypertech pb Castelli lead the mixed category for the women.
Further information and all results can be found at: https://tour-transalp.de
