Chiba Alpine Cup
The Chiba Alpencup is a cycling marathon event that consists of three races with a common overall ranking for drivers who take part in all three races.
The series includes the Amadé bike marathon , the Engadin bike marathon and the Eddy Merckx Classic . In the past, the Berchtesgadener Land Radmarathon , which was held for the last time in 2010, was part of it. The most demanding of the three cycling marathons is the Engadin cycling marathon in Zernez ; it leads over three passes for the short route and five passes for the long route, which makes the bike marathon a special challenge and at the same time is one of the most famous and largest bike marathons in Switzerland . This cycling event is part of the Swiss Cycling Top Tour , and the Engadin cycling marathon is also the largest event in the “Alpine Cup”. In this racing bike series, a joint ranking is carried out together with the Amadé bike marathon in Radstadt , Austria , and the Eddy Merckx Classic bike marathon in Fuschl am See . The end of the Alpencup is the Eddy Merckx Classics , which takes place in Austria in mid-September.
Amadé cycling marathon
The Amadé bike marathon is the first of the Alpine Cup and takes place in May. The start and destination is Radstadt im Pongau, it ran over two routes, a short route and a long route: the short one runs over a distance of about 96 km and has an altitude of 1535 meters, the long route runs over a distance of about 147 km and has 2221 meters of altitude. This makes it the easiest of the three races. For some years now, three route variants over 181 km and 2490 meters in altitude, 96 km and 1535 meters in altitude and 54 km and 1040 meters in altitude have been offered.
Engadin cycling marathon
The Engadin Cycle Marathon is the highlight of the Alpine Cup and the only one in Switzerland. It takes place in July and has been held since 2005. The start and finish point is Zernez in the Engadine . It also leads over a short and long route: the short route runs over a distance of about 97 km and has 1325 m ascent, the long runs over a distance of about 211 km and has 3827 m altitude; therefore it is the hardest of the three races and also runs over three passes with over 2000 meters.
Eddy Merckx Classics
Eddy Merckx Classics , named after five-time Tour de France winner Eddy Merckx , is the end of the Alpine Cup and the only stage with a short, a medium and a long route. Previously, Eugendorf the start and finish of the cycling marathons; from September 2015 Fuschl am See will be the starting and finishing point. The short route is 63 km long and has an altitude of 918 meters, the middle one is 106 km long and has an altitude difference of 1593 meters and the long one is 169 km long and has an altitude difference of 2609 meters. It takes place in September.