Daniel Geismayr muss sein Meistertrikot weitergeben
Auf der „corona-verkürzten“ Rennstrecke der Österreichischen Staatsmeisterschaft musste Daniel Geismayr sich dem Routinier und MTB Marathon Weltmeister von 2017 – Alban Lakata – geschlagen geben und gewann am Ende mit 40 Sekunden Rückstand die Silber-Medaille.
Auch in Österreich war die Unsicherheit hinsichtlich der Austragung der nationalen Meisterschaften groß und bis zuletzt ungewiss. Nachdem das für Mai geplante Rennen in Kleinzell abgesagt wurde, konnte schließlich im Salzkammergut ein geeignetes Event gefunden, welches dem Meisterschaftsrennen am zurückliegenden Sonntag einen passenden Rahmen bieten konnte.
Ein paar Zugeständnisse mussten hinsichtlich der Streckenführung und -Länge gemacht werden und so war die Strecke mit nur 55,3 km und 2.100 hm sicherlich eines der kürzesten in der ÖM-Geschichte. Unsere beiden Österreicher im Team, welche als Vorjahres-Meister und Vorjahres-Dritter angereist waren, berichten beide an diesem Herbstsonntag nicht die besten Beine erwischt zu haben.
Daniel Geismayr bestimmte von Beginn an das Rennen in der Spitzengruppe mit, konnte in den entscheidenden Momenten dem Team BULLS Piloten Alban Lakata jedoch keine Paroli bieten. So musste er ihn ziehen lassen und beendete das Rennen nach 2:17.37 als neuer Viez-Meister. Dritter wurde Daniel Federspiel in 2:18.58.
Team-Young-Gun Philip Handl aus Tirol musste das Rennen vorzeitig mit einem Kettenriss beenden.
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