There has already been discussion and speculation on social media - and it's true: unfortunately, there will be no BIKE Transalp in 2025. But the good news is: the mother of all stage races is not being cancelled, it's just taking a year off. These are the reasons.

The Maxxis BIKE Transalp is the classic stage race par excellence. A race across the Alps - crazy! Especially if you're not actually a racer. Then the sporting battle against time and the mountains becomes a duel with your own identity. This can only be won by joining forces. The Team BIKE editorial team reports on their race premiere.

Team Diasporal Alpen Challenge has made it! BIKE readers Mona and Philipp have mastered the Maxxis BIKE Transalp with flying colours. In this interview, they talk about their experiences during the race, which covered 500 kilometres and 16,000 metres of altitude over the Alps.

In its 26th year, the Maxxis BIKE Transalp once again delivers perhaps the best bike pictures of 2024. Alpine landscape, people, emotions, race action: We have once again compiled the most beautiful photos of the Maxxis BIKE Transalp. Have fun raving about it!

The toughest stage race - the Maxxis BIKE Transalp is over. From 14 to 20 July, the athletes crossed the Alps in 7 stages. Here you can read all the information about the MTB race from Ehrwald to Lake Garda in our blog!

The BIKE Transalp is in the starting blocks and with it the Diasporal Alpen Challenge team. Preparations were going well until Philipp's bike slipped on loose gravel during training. A rough landing. Doctors give the green light for the start, despite a broken metacarpal bone.

What attracts the professional racers to the start of the Maxxis BIKE Transalp? Sure, the landscape, the alpine flair and, of course, lots of UCI points - but some of them still have a score to settle. Here are the prominent teams that will start from the front row on 14 July.

BIKE editor Jan Timmermann has ridden over the Alps many times - but never at race pace. A small but significant difference that has the 31-year-old sweating profusely in preparation. In this article, our editor reveals how he is approaching his first BIKE Transalp.

Queen stages are the salt in the soup. Those who master this stage on the Maxxis BIKE Transalp will also make it to Lake Garda, say experienced MTB racers. However, this extra-long day's ride requires special mental and physical preparation.

The 26th edition of the BIKE Transalp - the cult race across the Alps - will once again be a front-runner in terms of scenery this year. The eight stage towns and the Transalp service team will also give their all for the participants. Here is the information on stage 4. It leads around the Ortler and across Switzerland into Lombardy to the trail superspot Bormio.