Swiss Bike-Adventure

Tomorrow, Wednesday 28th at 8:00 Matt and Robert will start ITT in Andermatt.

It’s also the first time Matt and Robert will meet each other. Previously they have only ridden together on Zwift!

“Hi, I’m Matt Spooner – a passionate cyclists and Triathlete. I live in Zug, Switzerland, with my wife and youngest daughter, my older sons are studying in the UK. Swiss Bike Adventure will be my first multi day ride, however, I have a strong competition background: I finished Triverest in 2020, I competed in the IM70.3 world championships in Nice in 2019, and completed the Summits For Hope Everesting challenge in 2018. Recently I started Ultra Running”

Robert Britton – British endurance athlete based in Italy, who likes to run and ride rather long distances.Finisher: 2 x Two Volcano Sprint (1000km), 3 Peaks Race (2000km) and Race Across Italy (790km).

Good luck guys! Enjoy the route!

Follow the challenge here:https://swiss-bikeadventure.com/tracking-2021/

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Lorenz Beck finished the Swiss-BikeAdventure in ITT mode this afternoon 16:25 at Siviriez, where he started 4 days 10 hours and 10 minutes ago. That’s an average of 300km a day and brings him to 4th place overall. Yesterday Lorenz cycled from Bellinzona over Nufenenpass, Furkapass, Sustenpass and Grosse Scheidegg 240 km and 6600 vm to Interlaken, we met him at Realp after the Furkapass downhill. He told us that he enjoyed the route a lot and even that he knows Switzerland very well, he discovered some new places on the route.

Congratulations Lorenz!

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David Hermans is the first rider who finished the Swiss-BikeAdventure in ITT mode. David finished this morning 21.07.2021 03:25 at the devils statue in Andermatt, that’s 3 days 20 hours and 25 minutes for the 1300km route with almost 30’000vm and 3rd fastest finish time. His last stage he started at Albulapass and he did an impressive distance of 341km with 7560m climbing over Albulapass, Flüelapass, San Bernardino, Nufenen and Furkapass. 5 big giants in one go to the finish.

Congratulations David!

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3 more riders start this Saturday for the Swiss-BikeAdventure. They all start as ITT at different places.

• 17.07.2021 / 06:15: Lorenz Becker, start: Siviriez, km 305
• 17.07.2021 / 07:00: Ueli Moser, start: Corgémont, km 484
• 17.07.2021 / 07:00: David Hermans, start: Andermatt, km 0

Good luck to all of them!

The tracking is open for ITT till end of September.

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On 26th of June at 7am 11 riders left Andermatt for 1300km with nearly 30000m vertical climb of the second edition of Swiss-BikeAdventure with the first Grand Depart.
The first day of the event was truly idyllic: perferct weather, long but beautiful climbs of Susten pass and Grosse Scheidegg, riders were moving fast forward with accompaniament of cows bells. Since day two heavy rains with thunderstorms slowed many, riders were forced to take unplanned brakes due to wet weather and strong winds. Despite challenging weather conditions 7 of the riders made it to the finish line in Andermatt.
Christoph, Michele, Kai, Irena, Pavel, Urs, Carsten – massive thanks for your relentless pursuit of adventure that has brought you back to little devils statue for the finishers photo – totally soaked and cold but happy! Maria, Marcel, Nora, Sylvian – we hope to see you again in Andermatt!

Registration for ITT will be open till September:
https://swiss-bikeadventure.com/register

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Carsten Honemann arrived after 6 days and 4 hours the little devil statue at the finish in Andermatt. Not sure he could make it, since the rim of his rear wheel got cracks around more and more spokes. At the finish the wheel looked a bit scary. Despite the problem, he decided to cycle at daytime only. At the end he got rewarded with sunshine and blue sky over last big climbs Nufenenpass and Furkapass.

Congratulations Carsten!

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Urs Arnold Kutschera, a longdistance cyclist veteran. Urs finished as 6th very demanding Swiss-BikeAdventure course. First 2 days Urs had issues with his tubeless tyres and a loosen disc. And a bad stomach slowed him down too. Nevermind Urs continued riding despite unusual bad weather conditions with heavy storms from the Jura on.

Congratulations Urs!

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It took 5 days and 16 hours for Pavel Klinov to finish the Swiss-BikeAdventure route. On the last stretch from Ticino over Nufenen and Furkapass Pavel could finally make some terrain good to Urs. It was Pavel’s second bikepacking event he participated.

Congratulations Pavel!

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Irena Sosinska – the only woman finisher of the Swiss-BikeAdventure this year. Due to hydraulic breaks complete failure just before the start of the race, she had to change to new and unfamiliar bike and then she climbed Col Du Chasseral twice because of a thunderstorm which caught her on the climb and forced her to back down to a safe place. On the way to Schaffhausen she carried her bike over fallen trees that blocked the road after a passing storm the night before. She arrived to the finish line after 1300km with nearly 30000 elevation gain in 5 days and 11 hours.

Congratulations Irena!

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Kai Edel 3rd finisher of the Swiss-BikeAdventure at the finish in Andermatt. Last year Kai struggled with a broken shifter cable and flats and had to go back to work at Pony Riders Courier Service and he could not finish the route. This year also rain could not stop him and Kai finished in 4 days 11 hours the 1300km and almost 30’000vm route he likes a lot. Swiss-BikeAdventure also crosses Basel, where Kai helps out with work at KurierZentrale.

Congratulation Kai!

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