During the weekend from 30.05. to 02.06. the Alpentour Trophy takes place in Schladming, Austria. Due to this event, all tracks below the intermediate station will be closed during the following time periods. The tracks above the intermediate station will remain open.

30.05. von 12:00 – 16:00

31.05. von 09:00 – 13:00

01.06. von 12:00 – 16:00

02.06. von 12:00 – 15:00

The Bikepark Planai opens on May 25th. New sections and a completely new designed last part is awaiting you.

Markus Pekoll the downhill pro from Schladming was leading the legendary Planai-top-to-bottom-downhill-mass-start-race from start to finish.

Boris Tetzlaff finished in second place, 3rd was Manuel Gruber.

Complete results are here

Like every year we present the Bikepark Planai with a little image movie…here we go – Video

The pictures from the second Shot in Thrill of the season 2012 you can find here!

Here are the results of the DHI Austrian national championships 2012:
Nationals
2nd run overall
1st run overall

Elite Herren 4:44,51
Rang StNr UCI Code Name Nation Geb.Datum Laufzeit Diff
1 7 AUT19810330 Haas Mathias Österreich 1981-03-30 4:44,51 +0:00,00
2 1 AUT19871013 Pekoll Markus Österreich 1987-10-13 4:44,60 +0:00,09
3 9 AUT19921127 Gruber Manuel Österreich 1992-11-27 4:45,83 +0:01,32

Elite Damen 5:31,45
Rang StNr UCI Code Name Nation Geb.Datum Laufzeit Diff
1 102 AUT19801112 Molcik Anita Österreich 1980-11-12 5:31,45 +0:00,00
2 101 AUT19801118 Bernhard Petra Österreich 1980-11-18 5:34,18 +0:02,73
3 103 AUT19770526 Rabeder Elke Österreich 1977-05-26 6:05,22 +0:33,77

Junioren Herren 4:49,87
Rang StNr UCI Code Name Nation Geb.Datum Laufzeit Diff
1 174 AUT19940601 Trummer David Österreich 1994-01-06 4:49,87 +0:00,00
2 151 AUT19941127 Kurz Alexander Österreich 1994-11-27 5:07,94 +0:18,07
3 153 AUT19950622 Allacher Marcus Österreich 1995-06-22 5:44,51 +0:54,64

Master 30+ 4:57,91
Rang StNr UCI Code Name Nation Geb.Datum Laufzeit Diff
1 206 AUT19820824 Purner Benedikt Österreich 1982-08-24 4:57,91 +0:00,00
2 201 AUT19811105 Jahnel Rüdiger Österreich 1981-11-05 5:02,82 +0:04,91
3 211 AUT19810308 Hauer Markus Österreich 1981-03-08 5:16,94 +0:19,03

U17 m/w 5:23,15
Rang StNr UCI Code Name Nation Geb.Datum Laufzeit Diff
1 272 AUT19960807 Lezuo Andre Österreich 1996-08-07 5:23,15 +0:00,00
2 287 AUT19960722 Wolf Georg Österreich 1996-07-22 5:25,50 +0:02,35
3 271 AUT19960622 Engel Pascal Österreich 1996-06-22 5:34,99 +0:11,84

FUN Class 5:03,55
Rang StNr UCI Code Name Nation Geb.Datum Laufzeit Diff
1 299 Eisner Jakob Österreich 1988-19-03 5:03,55 +0:00,00
2 328 Königsmayr Stefan Österreich 1984-03-22 5:12,34 +0:08,79
3 360 Schaffer Umar Österreich 1989-08-11 5:16,74 +0:13,19

The pictures from the first Shot in Thrill of the season 2012 you can find here!

After a few warm days the last remaining snow is gone and our shapers did a great job, so we could open the upper part of the bikepark on Friday June,8th. The first sections of the Rookie-Trail also got some innovations.

The Bikepark Planai opens on May 25th 2012 at 9h and the tracks in the lower section (from middle to bottom) will be rideable. The top part (from top to middle) will be obened on June 1st. The Alpreif Bikecenter and the bike rental will also be opened daily (9am to 6pm). The weather is good and dry and the tracks are in perfect conditions.

The registration for the Austrian downhill nationals 2012 is now online!

Whoever wants to stay up to date, about where and what is build in the Bikepark and which tracks and jumps were refreshed lately, the shaperblog is the right tool for you.

On May 25, 2012, the Bikepark Planai opens its trails for you again. It is the eleventh season and that means anniversary party. More on the opening and the 1o year anniversary in the near future under Events.

The latest photographs from Shot in Thrill Vol.5 are now availabe in our Gallery!

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We proudly present the all-new Bikepark Planai website! It introduces many new features as the interactive track map, a new events calendar, and a new Gallery.

After more than 3 weeks of building time the all-new Flowline is finally completed!

The trail is an highlight itself, spiced up by gimmics like the Jack Lumber Northshore Trail, the Single Wood Skinny Trail, the Golden Gate Stone Bridge and the Big Berm finish.

Jack Lumber Trail

 

Flowline

 

The team around the founder of Alpreif, Peter Fernbach, is now in charge of maintenance and taking care about the Bikepark Planai. Track building, maintaining, upcoming events and merketing will be hold by Alpreif from 2011 on. As a first success the team could win Lapierre Bikes as a main sponsor for the park – their first class bikes are now available at the Alpreif rental store.