Ulrich Stanciu

Ulrich Stanciu (born November 21, 1947 ) is a German journalist and author and is considered one of the fathers of mountain bike sports in Europe. In the 1980s he was editor-in-chief of the sports magazine surf , one of the leading German-language titles on windsurfing . In 1989 he founded the mountain bike magazine Bike -Magazin , whose editor he is still today. In 1997, he designed and organized a mountain bike race across the Alps from Germany to Italy for the first time, which as Bike Transalp is now one of the most important races in the world.

biography

Ulrich Stanciu began studying law , which he broke off to attend the German School of Journalism in Munich . Here he specialized in the visual representation of content in the early 1970s. In 1975, Stanciu began to help design the special interest magazine Windsurfing Magazin from Peter Brockhaus , importer of the Dutch windsurfer manufacturer Ten Cate.

In 1977 Stanciu founded the surf magazine at Delius Klasing Verlag as a competitor for the windsurfing magazine . A year later, the Delius-Klasing-Verlag bought his specialist journal from Peter Brockhaus and integrated it into surf , which became the publisher's top seller by 1984 with a circulation of 104,000 copies. In 1985, Stanciu, as its chief editor , saw a Swiss professional with one of the first mountain bikes (still with drum brakes) at the Surf World Cup on Sylt , which is how the idea for the bike magazine he founded in 1989 , which developed into the largest bicycle magazine in Europe, was born. To this day he is the editor of the magazine.

In 1990 he pioneered the Transalp idea. In the same year at the same time as Andi Heckmair , at the end of July 1990, Stanciu drove with Michael Conrad and Christian Roschmann from Mittenwald to 300 km and 7,000 hm to Bozen . Since then he has driven over 50 complete alpine crossings , the route data of which he recorded with GPS and a roadbook. Using local partial research, he completed his Transalp network as the basis for his non-fiction books on alpine crossings by mountain bike.

In 1994 Ulrich Stanciu founded the Bike Festival Garda Trentino , in 1997 he had the idea for the Bike Transalp , the toughest and now most important mountain bike race in the world. Initially, Stanciu had advertised it as a non-stop orienteering race with no stage goals, as he could not imagine receiving official approval. The unexpectedly high number of registrations including extreme athlete Hubert Schwarz motivated him to redesign the race into a stage race within a few weeks. Stanciu remained the race director of the stage race until 2012. In 1998 he initiated the first edition of the Willingen Bike Festival in the Sauerland , which under his responsibility developed into the largest mountain bike festival in Europe. In 2003 he founded the Tour Transalp , the first stage marathon over the Alps for racing cyclists . His next idea was “Bike Trans Germany”, which he led in 2007 as race director over eight stages with a total of 836 km and 18,000 meters of altitude under the motto “From West to East”. In 2012 the race that took place in June was renamed Bike Four Peaks .

A memorial stone has been located at Passo Rocchetta on the way to the Tremalzopass since May 1st, 2014. The memorial plaque, inscribed in Italian, German and English, commemorates Ulrich Stanciu's first MTB tests as part of the first issue of the bike magazine.

In August 2015 Ulrich Stanciu was inducted into the "Mountain Bike Hall of Fame".

Publications

• Traumtouren Transalp: 20 new alpine crossings with the mountain bike Delius Klasing, 2012. Latest edition: 2013. 2nd edition. ISBN 978-3-768-83464-3 .
• Everything about mountain bikes: purchase advice, technical overview, repair assistance, riding technique Touring tips Delius Klasing, 2005. Latest edition: 2007. 2nd edition. ISBN 978-3-768-81652-6 .
• Großglockner region Delius Klasing 2003. ISBN 978-3-768-81453-9 .
• Bike dream tours - Dolomites South Delius Klasing, 2002. ISBN 978-3-768-81371-6 .
• Dream tours Transalp. The most beautiful alpine crossings with the mountain bike Delius Klasing, 2001. Latest edition: 2010. 12th edition. ISBN 978-3-768-81270-2 .
• Bike Downhill Delius Klasing, 2000. ISBN 978-3-768-80882-8 .
• Everything about the mountain bike Delius Klasing, 1999. ISBN 978-3-768-80678-7 .
• Deep snow skiing: For beginners and advanced skiers Ullstein, 1998. 2nd edition. ISBN 978-3-548-27626-7 .
• Bike Fahrtechnik Delius Klasing, 1996. ISBN 978-3-768-80720-3 .
• Learn to windsurf in 10 hours Delius Klasing, 1994. ISBN 978-3-768-80581-0 .
• The new style (windsurfing) Delius Klasing, 1993. ISBN 978-3-768-80497-4 .
• Speed Delius Klasing, 1989. ISBN 978-3-768-80541-4 .
• The best surfers in the world Delius Klasing, 1986. ISBN 978-3-768-80439-4 .
• Deep snow skiing for beginners and advanced skiers Nymphenburger Verlag 1985. ISBN 978-3-485-01624-7 .
• Windsurfing Rowohlt, Hamburg 1979. ISBN 978-3-768-80720-3 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ulrich Stanciu in the catalog of the German National Library
• Interview on ARD (TV report from April 22, 2015)
• Ulrich Stanciu on the first magazine for mountain bikers published in Bike on June 27, 2007
• www.bike-gps.com Website of Ulrich Stanciu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Interview with Dr. Wolfgang Habermeyer with Ulrich Stanciu on Bayerischer Rundfunk on July 17, 2012
2. ↑ 25 years of passion ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2015 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. In: surf magazine from May 30, 2002 
3. ^ First Transalp in 1989 by Andi Heckmair
4. ↑ Transalp, the first - Andi Heckmaier and Uli Stanciu: MTB Legends in Portrait Report of the bike magazine from November 30, 2008
5. ↑ Ulrich Stanciu Mr. Transalp Description of the author by Delius Klasing Verlag
6. ↑ Bike Transalp nonstop article in bike magazine from July 18, 2014
7. ↑ Platt-Sahm wins at Bike Trans Germany ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Ruhr Nachrichten of June 22, 2007 
8. ↑ with the R-Q1 on the way to its own monument , Rotwild press release from May 6, 2014