Race Around Austria
The Race Around Austria (RAA) is an annual extreme cycling event in Austria. The 2,200 km long route with about 30,000 meters of altitude leads on roads close to the border once around Austria - within its borders.
The race has always been clockwise . For some years now, the race has been organized by the club of the same name, which is based in St. Georgen im Attergau, and the start and finish are also here.
Due to its length and the altitude to be overcome, the race is considered the toughest bike race in Europe. Since 2010 it has also been a qualifying race for the Race Across America .
In 2018, the first Austrian championship in ultra cycling was held at the Race Around Austria .
Competition mode
Like the Race Across America, the race will be held in a similar way to a time trial . Slipstream driving is generally forbidden, only allowed in team competitions within your own team. The aim is to cover the given route as quickly as possible. There are no stages, time runs non-stop and breaks are at the expense of the participants. The solo drivers sleep around two to six hours a day, with the first night usually being driven through. The waiting period for the circumnavigation, including breaks, is six days, which corresponds to an average of around 15 km / h. The solo women have just under a day longer.
The streets are not closed to public traffic and the road traffic regulations must be observed by the participants. A so-called “pace car” is prescribed, a size-limited automobile that illuminates the road from behind for the cyclist at night and from which he can receive support.
Since the route varies slightly from year to year due to construction sites, the times can only be compared to a limited extent. The winning time for teams of four is usually a good three days (72 hours), while that for solo drivers is 100 hours.
history
The Race Around Austria has its roots in 1988, when the Linz cyclist Manfred Guthardt was the first to ride around Austria in nine days, starting and finishing in Bad Leonfelden. However, he drove the approximately 2,600 km long route like a stage race, drove in daylight and slept at night and made use of every possible border road. He was already driving the route clockwise.
In 2008 two extreme cyclists tried the Manfred Guthardts route. The Styrian Christoph Strasser started his solo project in Deutschlandsberg in August 2008 . Bad Ischler Gerhard Gulewicz started in Schärding in October . Christoph Strasser managed to circumnavigate Austria non-stop, Gerhard Gulewicz had to give up due to snowfall in front of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road .
The first official Race Around Austria then took place in 2009, with four individual drivers and three teams starting in Schärding . The race has been started in St. Georgen im Attergau since 2012 . The date of the event varies around August 15th.
Route variants
In 2013 the Race Around Austria was expanded to include the “Race Around Austria 1500”, and in 2014 to include the “Race Around Austria CHALLENGE”:
- The 1500 race leads directly north after the Großglockner, the route is 1,463 km long.
- The CHALLENGE leads once around Upper Austria, the route length is 553 to 560 km with around 6,500 meters of altitude.
Both will be held in parallel to the classic Race Around Austria.
Rating classes
- Extreme Race Around Austria (until 2012 under the name Race Around Austria )
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Solo rider
- male
- Female
- Team Race Around Austria
- Team of 2
- Team of 4
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Solo rider
- Race Around Austria 1500 (from 2013)
- 1500 male
- 1500 female
- Race Around Austria CHALLENGE (from 2014) ("no licensees", i.e. neither professional nor amateur cyclists)
- Solo CHALLENGE
- male
- Female
- Team CHALLENGE
- 2er
- Business CHALLENGE
- Solo CHALLENGE
Race sequence
The starts are staggered by class over several days in order to compress the finish lines of all classes in a viewer and media-friendly manner within about one day.
Extreme Women starts about 12 hours before Extreme Men. In this class, on the other hand, amateurs (with a B license) start a few hours before the professionals ("A drivers"), every 2 or 1 minutes.
Waiting times are set for several points on the way and the finish line, drivers who exceed one of these time limits must cancel independently. The race management can also remove expected waiting periods out of the race.
Driving within the place-name signs for the start and destination is neutralized, i.e. no (rolling) competitor is overtaken.
The participants receive an extensive route book with the regulations, as well as precise map excerpts and a navigation list for the entire route.
Austrian championships in ultra cycling
In 2018, the Race Around Austria was the race for the first ever Austrian championships in ultra cycling in various categories. A total of six titles were awarded by the Austrian Cycling Association:
championship | Race Around Austria rating class |
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Men's | Solo CHALLENGE |
Ladies | Solo CHALLENGE |
Team of two men | Team CHALLENGE |
Team of two women | Team CHALLENGE |
Team of four men | Extreme team of 4 |
Team of four women | Extreme team of 4 |
Mixed teams are rated for the men's championship. For the future, there are plans to alternate the championships between different 24-hour races.
Winner lists - Race Around Austria
Data format, annotations
- 3:04:05 d = 3 days 4 hours 5 minutes ... time between start and finish
- 23:45 h = 23 hours 45 minutes
- 22.2 km / h = average speed = distance / time
- (*) First participation
- (**) Record time = less time than before for each class and year
- km = distance according to the tour book
Extreme individual competition
Men | |||
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year | First place | Second place | third place |
2020 |
Christoph Strasser **
3:11:26 d 26.1 km / h |
Robert Muller
3:16:22 d 24.54 km / h |
Ralph Diseviscourt
3:21:00 d 22.8 km / h |
2019 |
Rainer Steinberger
3:21:15 d 23.15 km / h |
Thomas Mauerhofer
4:01:45 d 22.23 km / h |
Marcello Luca
4:08:28 d 20.80 km / h |
2018 |
Patric Greener
3:16:24 d 24.65 km / h |
Markus Hager
3:19:30 d 23.81 km / h |
Michael Kochendörfer
4:03:24 d 21.86 km / h |
2017 |
Markus Hager
3:20:28 d 23.8 km / h |
Ralph Diseviscourt
4:05:22 d 21.7 km / h |
Lukas Kienreich
4:09:18 d 20.9 km / h |
2016 |
Christoph Strasser **
3:12:41 d 25.4 km / h |
Patric Greener
3:19:38 d 23.4 km / h |
Markus Hager
3:19:50 d 23.4 km / h |
2015 |
Christoph Strasser **
3:14:44 d 24.7 km / h |
Patric Greener
3:21:39 d 22.9 km / h |
Svata Bozak
4:06:06 d 21.0 km / h |
2014 |
Christoph Strasser **
3:15:24 d 24.67 km / h |
Patric Green *
4:02:49 d 21.82 km / h |
Pierre Bischoff
4:07:41 d 20.65 km / h |
2013 |
Joachim Ladler
3:21:06 d 23.16 km / h |
Severin Zotter
4:02:14 d 21.95 km / h |
Jacob Zurl *
4:03:20 d 21.71 km / h |
2012 |
Eduard Fuchs
3:23:02 d 22.62 km / h |
Simon Ruff
4:00:13 d 22.40 km / h |
Johann Eisenbraun
4:02:03 d 22.03 km / h |
2011 |
Eduard Fuchs
4:04:50 d |
Gerald Bauer
4:07:02 d |
David Misch
4:08:05 d |
2010 |
Eduard Fuchs
4:04:36 d |
David Rihtarič
4:12:01 d |
Bernhard Steinberger
4:17:55 d |
2009 |
David Rihtarič
5:02:53 d |
Reinhard Wendler
5:12:41 d |
Rainer Popp
5:19:35 d |
Women | |||
year | First place | Second place | third place |
2020 |
Nicole travels
4:10:18 d 20.40 km / h |
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2019 |
Nicole Reist (**)
4:09:00 d 20.69 km / h |
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2018 |
Anna Bachmann (**)
4:13:31 d 19.84 km / h |
Isabelle powder
4:14:17 d 19.70 km / h |
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2017 |
Daniela Genovesi
5:04:00 d |
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2016 |
Angela Perin
5:06:51 d |
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2015 |
Alexandra Meixner
5:17:54 d 15.5 km / h |
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2014 |
Isabelle powder
5:05:01 d 17.25 km / h |
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2013 |
Nicole Reist ( née Fehr)
5:15:12 d 15.95 km / h |
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2012 |
Nicole Fehr
5:20:25 d 15.31 km / h |
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2011 |
Trix Zgraggen **
4:20:15 d |
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2010 |
Hanka Ebertová
6:15:53 d |
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2009 |
Extreme team competition
Teams of 2 | |||
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year | First place | Second place | third place |
2020 |
CLR Sauwald Cofain 699
Markus Eichinger, Amadeus Cosimo Lobe 3:23:45 d |
Team Forchheim Martin Waldenberger, Harry Schweikert 3:05:49 d |
Tantscher & soon to be Tantscher Bianca Bischof, Dominik Tantscher 3:07:27 d |
2019 |
Strasser / Kienreich (**) Christoph Strasser, Lukas Kienreich 2:21:38 d |
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Christian Sinek, Erwin Kazmirski 3:17:22 d |
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2018 |
Akkura Sports Team Hannes Moshammer, Klaus Gruber 3:06:37 d |
IQ12 Cycling Team Pascal Höhn, Christian Panusch 3:18:39 d |
Kilometers eater Dirk Führer, Sandro Schierz 3:12:34 d |
2017 |
kkcycling.at by Drott Philipp Kaider, Bernhard Kornherr 3:06:01 d |
Rad Team Tauplitz Martin Gruber, Gerald Schink 3:15:07 d |
Team Marziani Matteo Ferrara, Alex Castellino 3:18:07 d |
2016 |
V.URC ** Severin Zotter, Lukas Kienreich 2:20:07 d 31.5 km / h |
Sport Vollmann Philipp Kaider, Bernhard Kornherr 3:03:22 d 28.5 km / h |
Team Akkura Hannes Moshammer, Valter Hoti 3:09:01 d 22.7 km / h |
2015 |
UNIQA GeneralAgentur Sprung & Partner Werner Ullram, Johannes Blauensteiner 3:07:27 d 27.1 km / h |
Special Olympics 2017 Thomas Aflenzer, Georg Supp 3:11:37 d 25.6 km / h |
Ultracycling duo Benjamin Deimel, Markus Loydolt 3:22:52 d 22.6 km / h |
2014 |
VC Sunday driver Leonding Dominik Böcksteiner, Thomas Osbelt 3:08:51 d 26.67 km / h |
www.atterbiker.at Manuel Moravec, Arnold Dachs 3:11:54 d 25.70 km / h |
Schrenk Sport Team Stefan Schrenk, Mario Immervoll 3:14:10 d 25.02 km / h |
2013 |
DRACK REAL ESTATE ** Thomas Osbelt, Dominik Böcksteiner 3:00:29 d 29.75 km / h |
ULTRACYCLINGDUO BISCHOFF / SPERL Pierre Bischoff, Chris Sperl 3:01:32 d 29.23 km / h |
Vitalogic / SK VOEST Barbara Mayer, Andreas Töpfer 3:03:03 d 28.74 km / h |
2012 |
Zimmer17 Sports Matthias Müllner, Stephan Glanz ** 3:10:33 d 26.11 km / h |
Sport Kaiser Manuel Geyer, Thomas Treml 3:14:58 d 24.78 km / h |
Bike in Team Sinzig Ralph Retterath, Frank Klotz 3:23:54 d 22.47 km / h |
2011 |
Team Radcult ** Rene Illigasch, Michael Petter 3:13:49 d |
Campana Hydro Power Robert Moormann, Fritz Eberlein 3:20:49 d |
TREK mountain bikers 108 Christian Goldinger, Alois Lang 3:21:51 d |
2010 |
/ www.merkur-druck.com ** Rosi Hofmann, Dirk Ehling
4:07:25 d |
Light-Bikes Racingteam Martin Pitschmann, Franz Essl 4:09:54 d |
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2009 | |||
Teams of 4 | |||
year | First place | Second place | third place |
2020 |
Sareno / Elektro Reindl Christian Oberngruber, Michael Hofer, Michael Gabriel, Andreas Paster |
Bucklige Welt bike region Alfred Schabauer, Christoph Puchegger, Manfred Zöger, Markus Plank |
Infraworld Frankenburg Thomas Streicher, Thomas Plakolm, Hubert Schausberger, Franz Zechmeister |
2019 |
Pichler Glas Julian Mihalic, Manuel Moravec, Roland Greifeneder, Karl Pichler |
Infraworld Frankenburg Andreas Preuner, Thomas Plakolm, Franz Zechmeister, Hubert Schausberger |
RC Gruppetto Graz Georg Michl, Rene Grossauer, Christoph Werner, Martin Konrad |
2018 |
CLR Sauwald Cofain 699 Christoph Mühringer, Amadeus Cosimo Lobe, Patrick Harner, Markus Eichinger |
Hill Racing Team Leo Hillinger, Benjamin Karl, Johannes Hessenberger, Wolfgang Krenn 2:18:08 d |
Team Upper Austria Children's Cancer Aid Andreas Riedl, Christian Gruber, Markus Weinhandl, Bernhard Sillipp 3:02:10 d |
2017 |
RSC Krems Erwin Gabler, Hans Mittelhofer, |
RC Bike 4 Life Christoph Kaltenböck, Christian Proschinger, |
Eder Mat Maker Barbara Mayer, Dieter Zeininger, |
2016 |
RSC Wolfsegg Rudi Hötzinger, Johann Gittmaier, |
Team Nakita & Siga Atterbiker.at Jan Stöttinger, Michael Weinzinger, |
Dannemann Global Racing Team Andreas Neudorfer, Philipp Schütter, |
2015 |
Ernstl`s Sport by Sareno ** Michael Hofer, Michael Gabriel, |
Team Melasan Sport Torsten Endres, Thomas Mairhofer, |
RSC Barista Schärding Willi Hoffmann, Walter Sageder, |
2014 |
Team Ride All Adventures ** Felix Schneider, Peter Fröhlich, |
/ TEAM MELASAN SPORT Wolfgang Götschhofer, Alexander Gogl, |
RSC BARista Schärding Willi Hoffmann, Lukas Altenhofer, |
2013 |
RAAM Racing by Innsholz
Christoph Strasser, Gerald Bauer 2:18:47 d 32.41 km / h |
RSC BARista Schärding Christian Fraungruber, Willi Hoffmann, |
www.atterbiker.at Manuel Moravec, Arnold Dachs, |
2012 |
www.atterbiker.at VARIOTHERM Wolfgang Götschhofer, Jan Stöttinger, Robert Buchleitner, Manfred John 2:21:31 d 31.03 km / h |
DINERS CLUB BLACK TUSK TEAM Peter Fröhlich, Wolfgang Hofmann, Gerald Staber, Felix Schneider 2:23:13 d 30.18 km / h |
BODYFORM SALZBURG Mario Albenberger, Manfred Mandler, Hannes Buchner, Hans Peter Prodinger 2:23:54 d 29.99 km / h |
2011 |
bet-at-home.com RAA-cing Team ** Walter Sageder, Christian Zeller, Bernhard Lanz, Walter Dicketmüller 2:20:13 d |
Radteam Oberhofen - MAFI natural wood floors Franz Asen, Gerhard Asen, Toni Vogl, Werner Draxl 2:21:22 d |
Eder Mat Couture - GOOIX Barbara Mayer, Jürgen Pölzl, Mario Kirch, Andreas Töpfer 2:22:25 d |
2010 |
www.atterbike.at ** Erwin Mayer, Andreas Haberl, Manfred John, Wolfgang Götschhofer 3:00:36 d |
Team Zisser Enns Bernhard Losbichler, Gerhard Dormayr, Heinz Haindl, Harald Kainrath 3:01:54 d |
RC ARBÖ SK VOEST Mario Kirch, Reinhard Grausam, Roland Wurm, Manfred Leitner 3:02:20 d |
2009 |
The Woidviertler ** Johannes Helmreich, Manuel Hahn, Stefan Auer, Willi Stemmer 3:08:34 d |
Team Roadbike Rosi Hofmann, Dirk Ehling, Alexander Lang, Christian Fischer 3:19:43 d |
Winner list - Race Around Austria 1500
Winner list - Race Around Austria CHALLENGE
Others
More "Race Around ..." cycling races:
- Race Around Ireland, since 2009, about 2200 km with 22,000 vertical meters, Ultra, August / September
- Race Around Slovenia, at least since 2011
- Race Around Denmark, since 2017
- Race Around Lower Austria, from May 2019
Web links
- Race Around Austria
- Routebook_2017 - With an outline of the history of the race.
- XLOC Tracking Services GmbH - results up to 2014 - no longer available on June 21, 2018
- SELTRACK LIVE-GPS Tracking - 2015 results - no longer available on June 21, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tel. Info, Dr. Michael Nussbaumer, Head of the Race Around Austria Association (formerly: SVU Race Around Austria), St. Georgen im Attergau, June 21, 2018. - The reason for the direction of travel has been - since 2012 - the geographical cohesion of the field of drivers that was stretched over the last third of the route, on the loop in Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The small loop in the very west is also driven to the right.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ First Austrian championships in ultra cycling at the Race Around Austria 2018. Accessed on February 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Tel. Info, Dr. Michael Nußbaumer, Head of the Race Around Austria Association, St. Georgen im Attergau, June 21, 2018.
- ↑ Challenge - The Race , accessed on August 15, 2015
- ↑ Once around Upper Austria as a 24-hour race. (No longer available online.) September 3, 2013, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 5, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Name according to the list of participants , accessed on August 15, 2015
- ↑ http://urc.veloblitz.at/?page_id=482
- ↑ "Race around Lower Austria" starts in 2019 orf.at, May 11, 2018, accessed June 23, 2018.