Portugal dress rehearsal a success: Team Vorarlberg impressively dominates Cycling Bundesliga at Erlauftaler Radtage! Colin Stüssi wins – Felix Stehli in third place!
Colin Stüssi wins Bundesliga race in Purgstall – Felix Stehli third – Team Vorarlberg also wins team classification
From kilometer zero, it was Team Vorarlberg that kept the throttle to the finish. In the fourth Bundesliga race over 166 kilometers in Purgstall, the leading groups were constantly changing. Team Vorarlberg professionals were always represented in each one. On the difficult circuit, Colin Stüssi and Felt-Felbermayr pro Sebastian Schönberger pulled away in the final section of the race.
Colin Stüssi won the two-man sprint ahead of Schönberger and was delighted with his first win of the season in the 2024 German Cycling League.
“It’s so much fun to ride a bike race when you can take the reins and go on the offensive with a cohesive team. It was a perfect test of form for the Tour of Portugal!” Colin Stüssi after the race
Felix Stehli completes a perfect podium with third place . Lukas Rüegg was equally strong in seventh place, followed by team captain Lukas Meiler. Dominik Amann finishes eleventh, Nikolas Riegler 17th and Laurin Nenning also shows up today with 23rd place. The team also secured the team ranking today and improved to third place in the league standings.
Result https://www.computerauswertung.at/veranstaltungen/2024/240714/20240714_Erlauftaler_Sonntag_ME_MU.pdf
Three youngsters sprint into the top ten at the town hall sprint
On Saturday evening Dominik Amann sprinted to a great sixth place at the criterium in Wieselburg. Nikolas Riegler finishes eighth, Laurin Nenning tenth!
Next mission: Off to the 85th Volta a Portugal UCI 2.1!
Next Saturday, the support crew will set off on the long journey to Portugal with the vehicles. All seven drivers will fly out at the beginning of the week. The mission to defend the title begins on July 24 in Aguera with a prologue time trial!
Line-up Team Vorarlberg: Laurin Nenning, Dominik Amann, Colin Stüssi, Jannis Peter, Lukas Meiler, Felix Stehli, Lukas Rüegg, Nikolas Riegler, Pirmin Benz;
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