4 Stunning Days In GSTAAD
Fri 27th Jan, 2017 @ 12:30 pm
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Is snow riding and pink Lycra your thing? If it isn’t then maybe it should be!
The 2017 Snow Bike Festival is history. The world’s first UCI race on snow enjoyed 4 days of pristine weather, action-packed racing and stunning scenery. Professional and amateur riders from over 20 countries tackled the demanding, yet beautiful routes around the wonderful valleys around GSTAAD. Nicola Rohrbach (SUI) and Katrin Leumann (SUI) took home the title as the first ever mountain bikers to win a UCI race on snow! Below, we take a look back at 4 fantastic days in the Swiss Alps.
The Snow Bike Festival is Europe’s “Winter Festival of Snow Biking”. The third edition of the innovative snow-bike event took place at Gstaad, Switzerland, from January 19 to 22, 2017: 4 days of thrilling snow-bike action. For the first time, the International Cycling Union UCI honored the race with a “Stage Race Class 2” accreditation. The Snow Bike Festival is the first ever UCI race on snow!
In the GC Nicola Rohrbach and Katrin Leumann secured victories. Florian Chenaux and Markus Bauer finished 2nd and 3rd.
For those of you who can’t wait to race on snow again, a limited number of early bird entries are now on sale via our website:
http://www.snowbikefestival.com/register-now
Photo credits: Zoon Cronje
