Namibia: Looser Conquers the ALPs

Vera Looser underlined her status as one of the world’s top MTB marathon riders when she won the Spar Swiss Epic on Sunday.

Riding for the Efficient Infiniti SCB SRAM team, Looser and her American partner, Alexis Skarda, dominated from the start to win the five-stage marathon over a total of 307km and climbs of up to 10 000m in 15 hours 49 minutes 27 seconds.

Rosa van Doorn of The Netherlands and Janina Würst of Switzerland trailed more than 13 minutes behind in second place, while Alessia Nay of…