mathias nothegger : 2 videos

4.285 participants startet the legendary race of the Oetztal Cycle Marathon yesterday morning. Among the competitors was the overall third of Tour de France 2011 Fränk Schleck (LUX), triple MTB marathon World Champion Alban Lakata (AUT) and the Austrian ski jumping legends Andreas Goldberger (double champion of the Four Hills Tournament) and Olympic Team Champion Martin Koch. But the majoritiy of the participants were amateurs from 34 nations. After 4 steep Alpine passes, 238 kilometres in...

The season's most dominant marathon participant, Mathias Nothegger, crowns a successful year with his victory at the 38th Ötztaler Cycle Marathon! In the women's class Switzerland's Laila Orenos achieved the fifth victory in a row! The biggest surprise in Ötztal was former ÖSV Nordic combined athlete Patrick Hagenaars with an amputated arm, who finished third and made a dream come true! Yesterday the Ötztaler Cycle Marathon kicked off the most cycling-intensive September in the history of spo...