Brasil Ride 10 years: Tiago Ferreira and Hans Becking win Queen stage and increase gap

Considered the most difficult stage of Brasil Ride, the Queen Stage was held on Wednesday (23) and showed that DMT Racing Team Tiago Ferreira (POR) and Hans Becking (NED) are in good shape to defend their yellow jersey. After riding 104 km and climbing 2,600 m, Ferreira and Becking won the fourth stage in 4:38:39, just over three minutes ahead of Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) and Matous Ulman (CZE) from Specialized Racing and Henrique Avancini and Manuel Fumic (GER) from Cannondale Factory Racing XC, who finished practically together.

With the win, Tiago Ferreira and Hans Becking increased the lead in the GC. In the previous stage the gap was 4min33, now it increased to 7min47, as Avancini and Fumic finished the fourth of seven Brasil Ride stages in 4:41:53. "The stage was pretty fast from the start because Avancini and Fumic wanted to keep up a fickle pace. On all the climbs they were pushing hard, but fortunately Hans and I were fine and we were able to follow them smoothly. In the Seven-Turn Climb (Clear the Climb RedBull Challenge) we managed to escape, and gave everything to open a gap, and have a larger advantage in the coming days", said Tiago Ferreira.

The Queen stage had the best result of the duo formed by Olympic champion Jaroslav Kulhavy and Matous Ulman. "The Queen stage was really tough, mainly because the climbs were steep and difficult. We did a good job again and followed the overall standings, which is good for us. We look forward to the fifth stage when we will return to the beach. Maybe we can go up in the general classification, which would be very cool for us" said Jaroslav Kulhavy.

Women’s elite - In the women's competition, the orange jersey changed hands again, returning to the duo formed by Jaqueline Mourão and Danilas Ferreira, from Sense Factory Racing / Tropix Brasil. Jaqueline and Danilas won the stage, not only regaining the lead, but also opening a good gap ahead of Viviane Favery and Tânia Clair Pickler from Cannondale Brasil Racing / Soul Cycles, third place of the day. Karen Olimpio and Ilda Pereira, from FKS Racing Team / Casa Myze Team were second in the day.

Fifth stage - The return stage to Arraial is the second longest in distance, with 140 km. There is a false impression that it is just downhill. For many athletes, it is the most difficult sage, since it is the fifth stage, and has plenty of climbs, especially until halfway the stage. Many ups and downs until Km 50, when it reaches the second point of hydration and Shimano. neutral assistance. From then on, there are mainly dirt roads, where the pelotons are formed. Long flat roads, riders drafting in a long line. Around km 110, the trails enter the Pau Brasil National Park, a conservation area, and then goes on to the Brasil Ride Arena in Arraial d'Ajuda.

Results - Stage 4 – Guaratinga – 104 km

Men's
1- Tiago Ferreira (POR) / Hans Becking (HOL) – 4h38min39
2- Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) / Matous Ulman (CZE) – 4h41min52
3- Henrique Avancini (BRA) / Manuel Fumic (ALE) – 4h41min53
4- Lukas Kaufmann (BRA) / Konny Looser (SUI) – 4h52min10
5- Edson Rezende (BRA) / Nicolas Sessler (BRA) – 4h52min10

Women's
1- Jaqueline Moura (BRA) / Danilas Ferreira da Silva (BRA) – 6h23min32
2- Karen Olímpio (BRA) / Ilda Pereira (BRA) – 6h24min27
3- Viviane Favery (BRA) / Tania Clair Pickler (BRA) – 6h28min53
4- Letícia Cândido (BRA) / Hercília Najara (BRA) – 7h11min12

GC after 4 stages

Men's
1- Tiago Ferreira (POR) / Hans Becking (HOL) – 13h23min02
2- Henrique Avancini (BRA) / Manuel Fumic (ALE) – 13h30min49
3- Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) / Matous Ulman (CZE) – 13h39min25
4- Lukas Kaufmann (BRA) / Konny Looser (SUI) – 13h55min11
5- Kristian Hynek (CZE) / Martin Stosek (CZE) – 13h55min45 

Women's
1- Jaqueline Mourão (BRA) / Danilas Ferreira (BRA) – 18h08min39
2- Viviane Favery (BRA) / Tania Clair Piclker (BRA) – 18h12min54
3- Karen Olímpio (BRA) / Ilda Pereira (BRA) – 18h19min22
4- Letícia Cândido (BRA) / Hercília Najara (BRA) – 19h06min06

Live streaming - The broadcast commander will be journalist Cadu Cortez, supported by commentator Helio de Souza, Henrique Avancini’s coach, and Rosita Belinky, as the reporter. The broadcasts will be transmitted on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/BRASILRIDE  and

YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChs8s1lM7eI4NsacdyxTx9Q

Live streaming - Local time: UTC -03:00 Brasilia

Thursday - 10/24
7h45 - Stage 5 start
13h - Stage 5 finish line
21h - Stage 5 Award Ceremony and Briefing

Friday - 10/25
9h45 - Stage 6 start
19h30 - Stage 6 Award Ceremony and Briefing

Saturday - 10/26
8h45 - Stage 7 start
9h45 - Marathon of Discoveries 
10h30 - Stage 7 finish line
20h30 - Final Award Ceremony

Brasil Ride 2019 stages:
Stage 5 - Guaratinga to Arraial d'Ajuda - 135 km and 1.974 m climbing
Stage 6 - Arraial d'Ajuda - 31,72 km and 564 m climbing
Stage 7 - Arraial d'Ajuda - 46 km and 532 m climbing

About Brasil Ride - Considered the Giro d'Italia of Mountain Biking, the ultramarathon scheduled for October 20-26 offers a strong challenge for 570 participating athletes from 24 countries. For seven days, they will face about 600 km and almost 11,000 m of accumulated altitude, between trails and dirt roads that connect Arraial d'Ajuda, in Porto Seguro, to Brasil Ride Village, built annually in Guaratinga. On the last day of the competition, Saturday (26), more than 1,500 cyclists from all over the country join the stars of the international mountain bike, for the Marathon of the Discoveries race. A unique opportunity to ride and see the world's best mountain bikers in action.

Press Images - As of this season, Brasil Ride has an image bank specifically for press use: https://brasilride.photoshelter.com/index. In this space, there are photos of all the races performed in the year by the agency. To access them, simply register with the Photoshelter site system and download the chosen files. Any questions, just contact redacao@zdl.com.br.

The Brasil Ride ultramarathon is sponsored by the Government of Bahia, Land Rover, Shimano, Specialized and Unidas. Coca-Cola, Conect Car, Full Gas, Garmin, LAF Insurance Broker, La Maglia, Oakley, Red Bull, Shop2gether, Squirt, Vittoria and Thule are supporting companies, as are the municipalities of Porto Seguro and Guaratinga, as well as the Pau Brasil National Park are the institutional supporters of the event.

Videos and slideshows

Youtube playlist Brasil Ride 2018: https://www.youtube.com/user/BrasiRide/playlists?view_as=subscriber

Prologue - Stage 1:
Video - https://youtu.be/RYTpWMWGPfY
Video Wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-4JjW1zqaPy
Slideshow - https://youtu.be/dFgRO8hZYFo

Stage 2
Video - https://youtu.be/VtunNsh0jUQ
Video Wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-vexvhLUv3n
Slideshow - https://youtu.be/LhvG_jxIG4g

Stage 3:
Video - https://youtu.be/ngjyaCzkr7s
Video Wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-4kr2txF0Vw
Slideshow 10 Years - https://youtu.be/0FlCkwXz4Q4
Slideshow Stage 3 - https://youtu.be/ProWqmNYGp4

Stage 4:
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35M7oocz8HI&t=80s
Video Wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-mewhb3eRUl
Slideshow - https://youtu.be/4nT0ow4Tcdg
Slideshow Wetransfer  - https://we.tl/t-S6yurP5QPM

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