Cyclist from the twin-city of Perm wons RedBullTrans-SiberianExtreme 2018

The annual ultra-marathon race – the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme- covered Russia’s immense territory  taking its route through Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Blagoveschensk, Khabarovsk and finishing in Vladivostok. 

6 athletes from 6 countries – Russia, Denmark, Brazil, India and Germany – took part in the race, cycling  across Russia along the Trans-Siberian route and covering the total distance of  nearly 9100 kilometers.  

The favorites of the race – Vladimir Gusev (Russia) and Pierre Bishoff (Germany, city of Duisburg , twinned to Perm) ) arrived in the evening of  July 27, finishing together stage 2 of a prestigious Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme 2018, coming from Kazan and covering  a distance of  963 kilometers.  The next stage,  Perm – Yekaterinburg, started on July 28.

The start of stage 3 in Sobornaya (Cathedral) Square of Perm was welcomed by a special support group representing activists of the twinned cities movement “Perm-Duisburg” who came to greet Pierre Bishoff. These were the  students from School No 140 in Perm who made special  coloured posters to support  Pierre ; they talked to him to learn about the start and challenges of his carrier  as a cyclist. 

The race ended with the final 766- kilometer stage from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok. The athletes finished in the same order as in the general qualification list. 

On August 18, 2018 Pierre Bishoff, a 33-year-old German cyclist from  Duisburg,  a twin-city of Perm, triumphantly won the race, improving showing a better result over his last year silver medal.  Michael from Denmark arrived the second and   Marcelo Florentino Soarez from Brazil  – the third.  Vladimir Gusev  from Russia  was not able to  complete  the race due to an old knee injury.