The US American secured today's qualification in Leogang. In the absence of the great Rachel Atherton, Tracey Hannah (AUS) set the best time in the women's event. From an Austrian perspective, Markus Pekoll and David Trummer qualified for the final of the top 80 men.
History was made at the 26TRIX final tonight. For the first time in the 12-year history of the event 31 riders battled for the title in the 26TRIX final in Saalfelden Leogang.
After the downhillers stopped off in Fort William last weekend, the stars of the scene are now approaching Saalfelden Leogang. Two days before the first training run of the world's best downhillers, preparations at Bikepark Leogang are in full swing.
Crazy tricks like cashrolls, twisters or backflips, the superstars of slopestyle and the gorgeous setting of the “Leoganger Steinberge”– 26TRIX in Saalfelden Leogang is a must-see for dirt jump and slopestyle fans.
The Jochen Schweizer Group and the Austrian tourist region of Saalfelden Leogang have already enjoyed a close relationship for many years. Now the business collaboration is being further expanded through a cooperation with the Jochen Schweizer Arena.
One of the challenges of the season awaits the downhill world elite on June 10th and 11th: the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup stops off in Saalfelden Leogang and the "Speedster" World Cup course in Bikepark Leogang becomes the setting for a spectacular chase for seconds.
Irene Bernatzky from Saalfelden is a versatile painter who combines figure and abstraction in various materials in her paintings. Until October, reproductions of her very special cow paintings will line the hiking trail between the mountain station and the middle station on 14 large-format panels.
Rheumatism, heart disease, obesity - more and more people are suffering from so-called common diseases, often caused by too little exercise in the fresh air. They spend all day at their desk in front of their PC or smartphone and half an hour on the cross trainer in the stuffy gym in the evening.
The 5th Stoaberg March will take place from June 24 to 25, 2017. Those taking part in this year's 24-hour hike can look forward to extraordinary impressions, as the mystical midsummer bonfires will accompany hikers on their long march through the mountains for the first time.
The Out of Bounds Festival in Saalfelden Leogang enjoys legendary status. It’s the only event in the world in which the world’s elite downhill racers and the stars of the slopestyle scene perform side by side on the same weekend during the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup and the FMB World Tour Gold Event 26TRIX.
Leogang is one of the oldest mining towns in Salzburger Land. Traces in the Schwarzleotal can be found as far back as the 14th century, where miners worked hard to extract mineral resources such as silver, copper, nickel, lead, cobalt and mercury.
It's not for nothing that Saalfelden Leogang is considered the epicentre of the European downhill scene: the Leogang mountain railways record more than 160,000 bike rides per year. From Friday 12 May, the season at Bikepark Leogang picks up speed again. The big event highlight follows in just under four weeks' time with the Out of Bounds Festival.
