The Glocknerkönig Ultra race is the third and at the same time hardest of the Glocknerkönig races. The route leads to the highest peak in the Alps officially reachable by bike, the Edelweißspitze at 2,571 m above sea level. The additional 7 hairpin bends and 143 vertical metres together with the average gradient of 14% push participants to the limits. At this altitude the air is thinner, and the cobbled road surface doesn’t help!
As the road closure of this section too finishes at 10.30 a.m., the turning at the Fuschertörl restaurant car park must be reached by 10.15 a.m. So, any rider registered for the Ultra event who doesn’t reach this deadline must continue to the Classic finish and will be ranked as such. Any Ultra competitor changing to Classic before the deadline of 10.15 a.m. will be registered as pulling out.
The road closure from the Ferleiten toll point to the Gasthof Fuscherlacke and Edelweißspitze is in place between 7 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. . For the descent, the road is closed from 6.30 a.m.. For the course of the whole event, Austrian road regulations apply.
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