Huber and Looser win sprint to decide stage 1

The 14th TransAlp kicked off with a sprint to decide the opening stage win. In the end, after 96 kilometers and 2,366 meters in climbing from Mittenwald, Germany to Weerberg, Austria, the victory went to Switzerland's Urs Huber and Konny Looser who nailed the winning time of 3:34:51. Team Stöckli was only 1.3 seconds ahead of runner-up Team Bulls 1 (3:34:53) with multi-time winner Karl Platt of Germany and his French teammate Thomas Dietsch. Another 0.5 second behind were Italian riders Massimo de Bertolis and Johann Pallhuber of Srmax Autopolar Cannondale (3:34:53) rounding out the podium as third.

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