The road race saw a big men’s field and the three women that signed up racing together. As race organiser it’s difficult to deal with this few female registrations that’s why we let the signed up women decide what they prefered - racing alone or racing with the men. They decided to race with the men.

The big favorite was Erik Köhler, dominant winner of last year’s edition. Who could possibly stop him? To make things short: nobody could. Köhler dropped the hammer in the second lap and from then was on his (successful) solo mission to lap the entire field. Behind him the fight for the two remaining podium spots was on. Andreas Müller, Tim Ceresa and Daniel Campbell-Williams battled it out. As Köhler lapped the chase group Müller tagged onto his wheel and rolled away from Ceresa and Campbell-Williams, a sneaky move to be honest. But like that secured himself the second place. The fight for third was between Ceresa and Campbell-Williams, just like in the fixed gear race before. And again Ceresa could take the third spot on the podium.

In the women’s race Sam Sandten, who came in second in the fixed race before, took the win in dominant fashion ahead of Jule Borths and Christiane Holzheid.

MEN Road WOMEN Road

1. Erik Köhler 1. Sam Sandten

2. Andreas Müller 2. Jule Borths

3. Tim Ceresa 3. Christiane Holzheid

It's time for Real Road Cycling again.

by Standert Bicycles and MarksWalter

Photos by Fellusch