The races
Vali Höll's downhill run is something to look forward to in particular. Last weekend, the Saalbach native celebrated her first elite victory at the World Cup opener in Leogang by a hair's breadth and is well prepared to compete with the winner Camille Balanche again.
Tyrolean Peter Kaiser has shown time and again in recent years that he can compete at the very top. This year, Kaiser will be competing in the Official European Whip-Off Championships presented by POC and the CLIF Speed & Style Innsbruck.
Since the start of the Crankworx Innsbruck races, Kathi Kuypers from Rosenheim has been competing in the men's category of Speed & Style. On Friday, 18 June, she will now be competing in the women's category with a total of 13 other girls. Alongside the event in Whistler, this is the largest field of female starters that a Crankworx Festival has ever seen.
Kilian Schnöller could ride the downhill course at Bikepark Innsbruck blindfolded, that's how often he has trained there in recent weeks. The eighteen-year-old from Innsbruck is not only on the start list for Crankworx Innsbruck this year, but is also on the Austrian racing squad for the Downhill World Cup.
With Tomas Lemoine, winner of last year's Speed & Style and runner-up in the slopestyle, and slopestyle and freeride legend Thomas Genon, aka Tommy G, there are two more first-class podium candidates. Exciting races are therefore pre-programmed.
Crankworx Innsbruck City Expo
The Crankworx Innsbruck City Expo will take place in Innsbruck city centre in front of the Tyrolean State Theatre. From 17 to 20 June, the Landestheater forecourt will be transformed into a veritable mountain bike circus: the LIVE broadcast from the Bikepark Innsbruck, test bikes from Specialized, community rides, workshops, Kidsworx, bike novelties to try out and marvel at, bike cinema and delicacies served by various food trucks await fans.
All information about the Crankworx Innsbruck City Expo HERE
Crankworx Innsbruck on Red Bull TV
All fans who can't make it to Innsbruck this year can follow the action live on their couch at home via Red Bull TV. All details HERE
Here are 10 fun facts that everyone should know:
- 5 Crankworx Innsbruck celebrates its fifth birthday.
- 500 almost 500 athletes ...
- 26 ... from 26 different nations ...
- 6 ... compete against each other in six different disciplines.
- 10 hours of LIVE broadcast on Red Bull TV await fans around the globe.
- 120 Volunteers help out on a voluntary basis and make the event possible.
- 500 The shape crew put hours of work into preparing the course.
- 2 The Crankworx Innsbruck City Expo is coming to the city centre for the second time.
- 41 Programme items await young and old.
- 3 Top-class bike films will be shown at the Bike Film Festival at the Expo.
