Glocknerkönig ULTRA

The Glocknerkönig Ultra race is the 4th 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 2,572 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.

Facts:

  • Start: 7 a.m. Dorfplatz Bruck
  • Distance: 28.9 km. Maximum gradient: 15%.  Vertical metres: 1.814
  • Route: Bruck 757m, Fusch 780m, Ferleiten 1.115m, turning to the Fuschertörl carpark at 2.394m, ascent to the summit through 7 more hairpins and on cobbles.
  • Finish: Edelweißspitze at 2.572m above sea level. The highest peak in the Alps officially reachable by bike.
  • Total height difference = 1.815 vertical metres
  • Refreshment point with tea and water at the Piffkar restaurant at 1.620m (approx. 20 km)

Ultra categories

  • Youth M/F born in or after 2002
  • Adult M/F born 1981 to 2001
  • Master M/F born in or before 1980

Entry fee

The first 100 to enter (Ultra & Classic & Light) will benefit from a special “early bird” rate of 40,00 EUR

 

  • Entry with payment received up to 31.01.2021     59,00 EUR
  • Entry with payment received up to 30.04.2021     65,00 EUR
  • Entry with payment received up to 31.05.2021     75,00 EUR
  • Late registration                                                          85,00 EUR

Included in the entry fee

  • Organisation
  • Start gift
  • Road closure for the Großglockner Hochalpenstraße to all traffic
  • Voucher for pasta party
  • Fresh “Kaiserschmarrn” and tea at the finish
  • Great prizes
  • Start number as a souvenir
  • Massage
  • Kitbag transport to the finish

 

Timing:

Computer chip timing provided by Fa. Datasport - Switzerland

N.B. New: the chip is moulded into your start number. Chip rental: 5 EUR, chip activation: 40 EUR (refunded after the event). If the chip is returned by post after the race, 20 EUR will be refunded (processing fee).

 

Rankings: Men’s classic: for the first 20 finishers, the gross time is taken. The first 20 riders are taken in the order they cross the finish line. From the 21st finisher, the net time is taken, and from then on the actual time ridden is measured.

 

Ladies’ classic: The same applies as for the men, the gross time applies for the first 20 finishers.

Race office

  • On the village square in Bruck - Raiffeisenbank
  • Start number collection on Saturday 5. June 2021 from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Sunday 6. June 2021 from 5 - 6.30 a.m.

Streckenrekord Ultra

Den Streckenrekord in der Männer-Classic-Wertung hält seit 2018 Thomas Frauenschuh mit einer unglaublichen Zeit von 1:25:59h.

In der Frauen-Classic-Wertung hält ihn seit 2018 Esther Fennel mit einer Spitzenzeit von 1:41:28h.