Being a good runner Dirksmeier started the first run quite aggressively to reach the first transition zone after less than 20 minutes in the head group.

Wietse Bosmans of ERA-Circus is Belgian Marathon Champion. After 115km on his STEVENS Sonora SL war he out-sprinted Roel Paulissen, who wins Silver at the finish line in Malmedy. For Bosmans who as a cyclocrosser normally is used to races not longer than a little over an hour this is his first title over a long distance. ”I am really proud of that,” he said after the race.

David Horvath of STEVENS MTB Racing Team won the Silver Medal at the German XCE Eliminator sprint championships in Kirchzarten. Gold goes to current runner-up world champion Simon Gegenheimer, Julian Schelb wins Bronze.

First one-day race after the Tour of Luxemburg was the Grand Prix Aargau – Gippingen in Switzerland on June 6th. In the race categorized as UCI 1.HC, Sean de Bie in a bunch sprint missed the podium by a margin.

At the Baloise Belgium Tour team Véranda’s Willems-Crélan on STEVENS Xenon made quite an impression with two third places in the first two stages. Tim Merlier prevailed in the final bunch sprints in Buggenhout and Knokke-Heist behind stage winner André Greipel using his good legs and keen eyes for the right rear wheel. In addition, the eighth place of team mate Sean De Bie on the second stage helped the Pro Continental team to meanwhile hold first rank in the overall team classification.

After successes on home soil, at the Austrian Kirschblütenrennen and in the ÖRV Radbundesliga (national league), the riders of the team Vorarlberg Santic on STEVENS Comet showed also in Europe what they are capable of.