Ötztal cycling marathon
The Ötztaler Radmarathon is a cycling marathon for racing cyclists that was held from 1982 to 2017 at the end of August and has been held on the first Sunday in September since 2018. The "Ötzi" is considered extremely difficult. In 2017, the same organizer held the international road bike race Pro Ötztaler 5500 for the first time two days before the bike marathon. In 2020 the Ötztal Cycle Marathon was canceled due to the ban on events, which will apply until the end of August 2020. The 40th Ötztal Cycle Marathon is scheduled to take place on August 29, 2021.
Attendees
Every year tens of thousands try to get one of the 4,000 starting places that have been awarded by lottery since 2008.
Overview of destination arrivals in recent years:
| year | total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2884 | ||
| 2006 | 3715 | ||
| 2007 | 3873 | 3716 | 157 |
| 2008 | 3413 | 3315 | 134 |
| 2009 | 3739 | 3558 | 183 |
| 2010 | 3942 | 3748 | 194 |
| 2011 | 3910 | 3701 | 209 |
| 2012 | 3579 | 3407 | 172 |
| 2013 | 2375 | 2292 | 83 |
| 2014 | 3681 | 3507 | 174 |
| 2015 | 4292 | 4036 | 256 |
| 2016 | 4170 | 3942 | 228 |
| 2017 | 4000 | 3769 | 231 |
| 2018 | 3531 | 3358 | 173 |
| 2019 | 4233 | 4013 | 220 |
route
The route and the start / finish locations have varied since 1982. The race started and ended in Innsbruck and Mutters . Between 1994 and 2001 there were different start / finish locations along the route and since 2003 the current route has been driven with start / finish in Sölden . This variation in the routing is also the reason that the "official distance and altitude indication" of 238 km and 5500 meters in altitude (as it has been printed on the finisher jerseys since the 90s) no longer corresponds to the current route. Before 2003 the route was as follows:
- 1982–1985: Innsbruck - Kühtai - Timmelsjoch - Jaufen - Brenner - Innsbruck
- 1986: Innsbruck - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Kühtai - Innsbruck
- 1987: Mutters - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Kühtai - Kematen - Axams - Mutters
- 1988–90: Mutters - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Kühtai - Axams - Mutters
- 1991: Innsbruck - Kühtai - Timmelsjoch - Jaufen - Brenner - Matrei - Ellbögener Straße - Innsbruck
- 1992: Innsbruck - Kühtai - Timmelsjoch - back through the Ötztal - Haiming - Silzer Sattel - Ochsengarten - Kühtai - Innsbruck
- 1993: Innsbruck - Kühtai - Timmelsjoch - Jaufen - Brenner - Innsbruck
- 1994: Sölden - Timmelsjoch - Jaufen - Brenner - Innsbruck - Kühtai - Sölden
- 1995: Steinach - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Kühtai - Axams - Mutters - Steinach
- 1996 (25.08.): Sölden - Kühtai - Axams - Mutters - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Sölden
- 1996 (01.09.): Steinach - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Kühtai - Axams - Mutters - Steinach
- 1997: Steinach - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Kühtai - Axams - Mutters - Steinach
- 1998: Sölden - Kühtai - Axams - Mutters - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Sölden
- 1999: Steinach - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Kühtai - Axams - Mutters - Steinach
- 2000: Sölden - Kühtai - Axams - Mutters - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Sölden
- 2001: Steinach - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Kühtai - Axams - Mutters - Steinach
- 2002: Sölden - Ötz - Ochsengarten - Silzer Sattel - Haiming - Telfs - Dörferlinie - Kematen - Innsbruck - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Sölden
- 2003 until today: Sölden - Kühtai - Innsbruck - Brenner - Jaufen - Timmelsjoch - Sölden
From the 2000s on, Mercenary Tourism took over the organization of the Ötztal Cycle Marathon and relocated the start / finish point to Sölden.
The current route is around 220 km and 5050 meters in altitude, contrary to the official length of 238 km and 5500 meters in altitude, which drivers need between 7 and 14 hours to cover.
From 2013 to 2018 the Ötztal Moped Marathon followed the route of the bike marathon.
Passports
The cycling marathon leads from Sölden in the Ötztal over four passes:
- Kühtaisattel (+1200 m)
- Brenner Pass (+780 m)
- Jaufenpass (+1130 m)
- Timmelsjoch (+1760 m)
Route
Sölden ( 1377 m ) - Längenfeld - Umhausen - Oetz (820 m) - Kühtai ( 2017 m ) - Kematen in Tirol - Völs - Innsbruck ( 574 m ) - Sonnenburgerhof - Schönberg im Stubaital - Matrei am Brenner - Steinach am Brenner - Gries am Brenner - Brenner ( 1374 m ) - Sterzing ( 948 m ) - Jaufenpass ( 2094 m ) - St. Leonhard in Passeier ( 689 m ) - Timmelsjoch ( 2474 m ) - Sölden ( 1377 m ).
winner
Men
- 1982 Franz Wegscheider
- 1983 Franz Wegscheider -2-
- 1984 Walter Slavik
- 1985 Anton Schöllberger
- 1986 Ekkehard Dörschlag
- 1987 Ekkehard Dörschlag -2-
- 1988 Ekkehard Dörschlag -3-
- 1989 Ekkehard Dörschlag -4-
- 1990 Giuseppe Bovo
- 1991 Markus Kremser
- 1992 Gilbert Glaus
- 1993 Valter Bonča
- 1994 Valter Bonča -2-
- 1995 Moritz Kruse
- 1996 Manfred Engensteiner / Holger Sievers
- 1997 Patrick Vetsch
- 1998 Patrick Vetsch -2-
- 1999 Ralf Keller
- 2000 Manfred Engensteiner
- 2001 Hugo Jenni
- 2002 Giuseppe Pannetta
- 2003 Mirko Puglioli
- 2004 Mirko Puglioli -2-
- 2005 Christian Ceralli
- 2006 Emanuele Negrini
- 2007 Emanuele Negrini -2-
- 2008 Antonio Corradini
- 2009 Emanuele Negrini -3-
- 2010 Antonio Corradini -2-
- 2011 Stefan Kirchmair
- 2012 Stefan Kirchmair -2-
- 2013 Roberto Cunico
- 2014 Roberto Cunico -2-
- 2015 Enrico Zen
- 2016 Bernd Hornetz
- 2017 Stefano Cecchini
- 2018 Mathias Nothegger
- 2019 Mathias Nothegger -2-
Women
- 2001 Raffaela Romani
- 2002 Anna Corona
- 2003 Anna Corona -2-
- 2004 Anna Corona -3-
- 2005 Anna Corona -4-
- 2006 Monia Gallucci
- 2007 Karin Gruber
- 2008 Monica Bandini
- 2009 Edith Vanden Brande
- 2010 Edith Vanden Brande -2-
- 2011 Edith Vanden Brande -3-
- 2012 Edith Vanden Brande -4-
- 2013 Monika Dietl
- 2014 Laila Orenos
- 2015 Laila Orenos -2-
- 2016 Laila Orenos -3-
- 2017 Laila Orenos -4-
- 2018 Laila Orenos -5-
- 2019 Christina Rausch
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ötztaler Radmarathon canceled. In: ORF.at. April 18, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Results . www.oetztaler-radmarathon.com. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ↑ Ernst Lorenzi: I have a dream - Ötztaler Radmarathon , Lorenzi, 2004, ISBN 978-3950174304 .
- ↑ Altitude profile . www.oetztaler-radmarathon.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ↑ Route . www.oetztaler-radmarathon.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015.