Austrians win fourth stage and increase gap at the top of the GC in Brasil Ride

Rio de Contas, Bahia, Brasil - Austrian stars in long distance MTB races in Europe, Daniel Geismayr and Hermann Pernsteiner returned to the top of the podium in the sixth edition of Brasil Ride. After winning the last two stages, Geismayr and Pernsteiner once again managed to face the heat of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, not only to win another dispute, but also increase the gap. The Austrian duo completed the 84.7 kilometers of the fourth stage with a time of 4h05min48, 7min57 ahead of Hans Becking (NED) and Jiri Novak (CZE), runner-ups. Remi Laffot (FRA) and Steffem Thum (GER) completed the podium with the time of 4h17min55.

"It was incredibly hot today. I believe this was the hottest race day of my life (over 30 degrees). Riding the last climb was very hard for us. We felt too weak in this last section, and made a lot of mistakes. We tried to keep a steady pace to win. Anything can happen in a stage marathon, so we have to have good planning and try to increase the gap, if possible. Or just manage to keep ahead", said Hermann.

Placed fourth in the world rankings of the UCI MTB Marathon Series of the season, Daniel Geismayr has had good results in ultramarathons in recent years, as being the runner-up of the Swiss Epic 2015 and Bike Trans Alp 2014, three times runner-up in the Austrian Championship MTB Marathon, and also three times Cyclocross National champion. Current Marathon runner-up in the Austrian MTB Marathon, Hermann’s best result is the European Marathon in 2012.

Daniel and Hermann now have 13h04min39 accumulated minutes, approximately 28 minutes ahead of the 2014 champions, Hans and Jiri, who add 13h32min10. Hugo Prado Neto and Lukas Kauffmann, who placed fourth on this stage, now occupy the third place in the GC, with 13h33min51.

Ladies’ record - Major candidates for the ladies’ title in Brasil Ride after half the competition on Wednesday (21st), Raiza Goulão and Viviane Favery wrote their names in the history of the main mountain biking ultramarathon of the Americas. By completing the 84.7 kilometers of the fourth stage with a time of 5h27min29 and keeping their place on the top of the podium, the duo broke the record held by Americans Sonya Looney and Nina Baum in 2014. They reduced the time of the stage in 12min40.

"I’m speechless. I feel amazing. Every effort is being compensated to me and Raiza. The old record owners are references for me in the sport and having achieved this result with my companion shows that I'm on the right track", celebrated Viviane Favery. Italians Annabella Stropparo and Elenda Gaddoni completed as runner-ups, followed by Isabella Lacerda and Nina Baum.

Open - Classification at four stage
1-Daniel Geismayr (AUT) / Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) - 4h05min48
2-Hans Becking (NED) / Jiri Novak (CZE) - 4h13min45
3-Remi Laffot (FRA) / Steffem Thum (GER) - 4h17min55

Open overall - After four stages
1-Daniel Geismayr (AUT) / Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) - 13h04min39
2-Hans Becking (NED) e Jiri Novak (CZE) - 13h32min10
3-Hugo Prado Neto (BRA) e Lukas Kauffmann (SUI) - 13h33min51

Ladies - Classification at four stage
1-Raiza Goulão (BRA) / Viviane Favery (BRA) - 5h27min29
2-Annabella Stropparo (ITA) / Elenda Gaddoni (ITA) - 5h40min39
3-Isabella Lacerda (BRA) / Nina Baum (USA) - 6h20min43

Ladies overall - After four stages
1-Raiza Goulão (BRA) / Viviane Favery (BRA) - 17h15min43
2-Annabella Stropparo (ITA) / Elenda Gaddoni (ITA) - 18h32min53
3-Isabella Lacerda (BRA) / Nina Baum (USA) - 20h28min55

Brasil Ride 2015 Stages

5th stage: October 22 - 7h
94,7 km in Rio de Contas

6th stage: October 23 - 6h
143,4 km between Rio de Contas and Mucugê

7th stage: October 24 - 9h
72,1 km in Mucugê

Daily Videos - Brasil Ride is providing daily videos on facebook and in your youtube channel. Watch and share:
Day 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJB7qMKYRVE&feature=youtu.be
or wetransfer : http://we.tl/lKcQ2knZU3

Day 2 - https://youtu.be/DDZLjdHUmFk
or wetransfer : http://we.tl/y0pOoMuIlq

Day 3 - https://youtu.be/-Qa1BrwE9kc
or wetransfer : http://we.tl/sBM9OqJG2K

Daily images for televisions around the world:

The sixth edition of the main MTB Ultramarathon promises to overcome borders. Daily, video production teams from Brasil Ride will have their images available on a tune with an Uplink. Every day, between 9h e 9h45 (Brasilia time - UTC - 3:00), starting on Sunday (18th) to October 25th, around 20 minutes of the best images from the last day and more interviews will be available in the address:
Satellite: NSS806
Transponder : 312.5E
Downlink: 3869-R
Sylbom Rate : 7200
Fec: 3/4
Modulation : DVB-S2 / 8PSK

Cross Country World Champion in 1995 and gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, the Dutchman Bart Brentjens will also act as commentator of the competition. He is the official commentator on Red Bull TV on all stages of UCI MTB World Cup. At the trails, Bart goes in search of the third championship of the master category alongside Abraão Azevedo, one of the biggest names in Brazilian cycling.

Note: The image credits are to Célula - Gabriel Tarso, Ricardo Quintela and Tony Tiger - and Marcelo Machado, Cassio Zerbinato, and Gabriel Coimbra.

About the event - Brasil Ride’s sixth edition is going to happen between October 17th to 24th. The event gathered 500 athletes from 23 countries and 18 Brazilian States plus our Federal District. The race is now S1, after being rated S2 in 2014, and will award the Elite Category’s champions 120 points in the rankings of the UCI (International Cycling Union). These points are really precious for the Brazilians who are fighting for a spot at Rio Olympics 2016. In addition to the prizes offered after every stage of the race, this edition will have the highest prize in money ever offered for cycling in Brazil, with about R$ 70,000.

Attention: During the event, text, photos and videos will be available to all media daily. For media enquiries and image requests, please contact redacao@zdl.com.br or +55.11.98783 7408.

Brasil Ride 2015 its a realization of SUDESB, Bahiatursa, Governo da Bahia and Ministério do Esporte
Sponsorship: Shimano, Trek and Caixa
Co-Sponsorship: Thule, Pearl Izumi and Oakley.
Support: Continental Pneus, Red Bull, GU, Muc-Off and Prefeitura de Rio de Contas
Supervision: UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale), CBC (Confederação Brasileira de Ciclismo) and FBC (Federação Baiana de Ciclismo)
Organization: REC, Roma Comunicação and Prefeitura de Mucugê.

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