2013 Challenge Roth – day 3
Saturday in Roth is bike check-in day and starting at 1pm a constant flood of athletes poured into T1 to drop off their bikes and helmets for the big race tomorrow. We have a small selection of images here and will have more on the slowtwitch Facebook page.
All images © Herbert Krabel / slowtwitch.com
There are two entrances to check in your bike in Roth and here is one of them.
An interesting use of the arm rests and they came a long way like this.
Lothar Leder was the first Pro to check in his bike.
Konstantin Bachor had the fastest bike split in Roth last year and he looked ready to go.
The Casco helmets aren't very common in North America.
This crew traveled all the way from Sydney, Australia to race the 2013 DATEV Challenge Roth.
This S-Works Shiv TT of age grouper Till Schramm got quite a few looks by other athletes.
A very old school ride indeed for 45-year old Gerno Semmelroth.
Timo Bracht's Team Ironhorse edition Giant Trinity Advanced SL was checked in swiftly.
Walser bikes are still very rare today.
There were several new P3 bikes in transition.
The Canyon of Markus Fachbach is ready for action, but it looks like he could use a steeper frame.
Brit Chris Goodfellow has some very long extensions on his Giant Trinity Advanced SL.
Jürgen Zäck is back in Roth on a size smaller Canyon than last year. And is slotted next to Lothar Leder and Andreas Niedrig.
Yvonne Van Vlerken is sporting an ultra light Haero Carbon aerobar from Germany that apparently weighs sub 350 grams.
Dylan McNeice looked cool, calm and collected when he checked in.
The Stevens race bike of Sonja Tajsich, who is one of the favorites here.
Caroline Steffen checked in relatively late.
It appears that Jo Lawn documented her transition setup for either Twitter or some other social media.
Friendly smiles from the volunteers as Dirk Bockel dropped off his T2 bag close to closing time.
