BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma
2016 BIKE Transalp Route Finalised & Entries Open
News Release / 09.12.2015
Just a few weeks prior to the official registration start for the 2016 BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma on online-registration.de organisers have unveiled the new course design – and therefore surprised by coming up with some innovations.
The seven-day mountain bike stage race will take place from July 17th till 23rd, 2016 and encompass a total of 519.51 km and 17,751 metres of climbing. However, the participants will kick off things with a novelty.
For the first time ever, the race won't start in Germany. Next year, Imst, Austria will be the first stage town to break with the 18-year tradition of hosting the Transalp start in Germany.
“We picked Imst to meet our own expectations of providing a BIKE Transalp routing which never gets boring and always has something new for the racers,” explained Race Director Marc Schneider.
Leaving the multiple Transalp stage town for its journey across the Alps, the field of pros and amateurs alike will travel through Tyrol to Nauders just like 2014 and from there across the Austrian border. But unlike two years ago, the route won't lead to South Tyrol but to Switzerland.
After a stop in Scuol, the teams of two will enter Italy and pedal from Livigno via new stage towns of Bormio and Mezzana to Trento.
“Both new stage towns, Bormio and Mezzana, offer fantastic opportunities for a creative route set-up,” says Schneider who also adds that “the route itself will be just about the limit!”
Especially as also the very last stage of the race week will feature something brand new. After nine consecutive years of wrapping things off in Riva del Garda the BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma will conclude in Arco which is the third new stage town for the very first time.
Click here to view the total routing and its stages.
For further news and information on the race please visit bike-transalp.de.
Online registration
The official online registration for the 2016 BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma starts on December 8th, 2015, at 12 PM CET on online-registration.de.
BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma
The BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma is the most famous stage race for mountain bike teams of two. From its first edition in 1998 until 2013, the routing led in eight stages from Germany across the main ridge of the Alps to Italy.
In 2014, the event featured seven stages for the first time in Transalp history. In 2016, organisers come up with some interesting and surprising novelties.
For the first time in history, the stage race will start in Imst and come to an end in Arco. From the well-known Tyrolean stage town on the field will master a total of 519.51 km and 17,751 metres of climbing via Nauders, Scuol, Livigno, Bormio, Mezzana and Trento before finally arriving close to Lake Garda.
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