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Senfter/Theiner save tight lead into St. Anton/Arlberg among the Women's
Team Latsch (Irene Senfter and Petra Theiner) were able to defend their leader's jerseys today even though not as comfortably as yesterday. While the two Italians had secured a lead of nearly four minutes ahead of 'Team Salomon Sexten' (also ITA) in the inaugural stage, it was just 22 seconds today.
Still, the formidable time of 03:41:03.3 hours landed Senfter, the former race champion (2006, 2007), and her new running partner Theiner on the top podium position. Martina Pfeifhofer and Elisabeth Egarter (Team Salomon Sexten, 03:41:25.6 hours) who claimed second place will likely stay on their heels for the rest of the week. Irene Senfter seems well aware that Team Salomon Sexten has to be reckoned with. "All went well today but then we noticed that Martina and Elisabeth were catching up so we had to speed up". For Gerti Ott and Sabine Kraus of 'Team Orthomol Sport I' it was a first time on the podium this year as they took third (04:00:22.3).
Repeat performances in the Master's category
Just as in all other categories, yesterday's victors Dr. Thomas Miksch and Philipp Anton of 'BLT Laufsport Saukel Hagloefs' will hang on to their leader's jerseys. They claimed the top of the podium arriving in St. Anton after 02:54:31.8 hours. Philipp Anton seemed satisfied with how today's race strategy panned out: "Early on we switched from running to walking on the steep ascent up Rüfikopf and pushed on with the leaders. We lost them when descending from Valluga Ridge. But that's ok."
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