Category: 2025 Transiberica Race

Rückblick & Videos: 4.3.26 – Vorträge beim TravelSlam Köln: Transiberica Race & das “Warum” des Ultracyclings (in German)

[in German only]

Videos zu meinen Vorträgen gibt es unten.

Ich hatte die Freude am 4. März 2026 beim Travel Slam im Globetrotter in Köln über mein Transiberica Race (2025) zu sprechen.

Da ich das Publikums-Voting gewonnen habe (vielen Dank!!) durfte ich außerdem zusätzliche 5min+ über ein Thema meiner Wahl sprechen: ich habe mich für meine Gedanken zur Frage “WARUM?” entschieden und sie in 4 Kapitel eingeteilt: Großer Kontext, Kleiner Kontext, Unabhängigkeit, Verbundenheit.

Danke an den Travel Slam für die Einladung, das Publikum für’s Kommen, Interesse und Enthusiasmus, und an die beiden anderen Vortragenden Lena Wendt & Simon Nowara für ihre Vorträge.

Neben den paar Fotos (oben) findet ihr unten auch beide Videos, um meine Vorträge anzusehen (ggfs. ist es komfortabler sie durch klicken auf das YouTube-Symbol im Video direkt dort zu sehen)

TravelSlam – Hauptvortrag: Transiberica 2025

TravelSlam – BONUS-Vortrag: “WARUM? – Und warum als Rennen?”

01 Transiberica Race 2025: Coming Tuesday, Aug. 19th, 6:ooam | Bolzano-Bilbao | I’m Cap 92 | Live Tracking

Tuesday, 19th of Aug. 2025, 6:00 am CEST I’ll be at the start line of Transiberica Race.

Here you can track all riders in real time;
with options to save favourites, and much more.
I am Malte Hager Cap 92: Followmychallenge.com/live/transiberica25
I’ll appreciate any message of encouragement!
If I hang around too much, please kick my a**!

About this Transiberica edition

See all details on the Transiberica.club website. In summary:

  • From Bolzano (IT) to Bilbao (ES)
  • ca. 2600 km
  • ca. 40.000 m of altitude gain (more than in any past race of mine)
  • 10 amazing checkpoints all over the Alps, Massif Central, Pyrennees
  • among them: 4 parcours (Start (IT), Alpe d’Huez (FR), Combe de Laval (FR), Finale: Gaztelugaxte (ES))
  • free route, i.e.: all riders plan their own route between CPs/Parcours
  • ca. 220 riders. All genders, solo, pairs
  • as always: unsupported, i.e. no outside support or rider cooperation. Food, sleep, logistics, all up to the riders
  • as always: single-stage time-trial, i.e. clock runs through. no pre-defined stages)

Dotwatching – How to follow the race:

  • Live-tracking of all riders on a map through Followmychallenge.com/live/transiberica25
    There you can also save favourite riders to follow, and much more
  • I am Malte Hager, Cap 92
  • cheer me on, on Instagram: @malte.cc
  • I won’t be able to always reply, but be sure I read and appreciate messages

Some suggestions who to follow:

Tip: pick out some riders at the beginning that you find interesting, and follow their journey and cheer them on. Doesn’t have to be the top-contenders. But be careful: Dotwatching can be addictive!

If you need some inspiration, here are some riders who I know and think could be fun to watch (incl. their Instagram):

  • Michael Hokkeler, Cap 103 (Germany) – my friend from my local cycling club. Very strong rider, will most likely be quite a bit ahead of me.
  • Nora Battermann, Cap 121 (Germany) – we met at Transiberica 2024 when I scratched the race. She took the pics of me having a exhausted nap on the Stelvio climb. Super strong rider and good spirit.
  • Rishi Fox, Cap 143 (Australia) – Rishi is a Transcontinental Race veteran and somehow to me a familiar face in the scene, even though we have never met in person. As it happens in this niche sport, we’ve been in occasional contact before. She’ll be fun to keep an eye on!
  • Sami Martiskainen, Cap 150 (Finland) – I know Sami from the Transcontinental Race No. 8 in 2022. We had met on the road once or twice. But most memorably he passed me from behind on the final parcours, looking outrageously fresh (while I was a Zombie). He arrived deservedly minutes ahead of me : D
  • Sherry Cardona, Cap 156 (Netherlands) – a few years back I wrote the dotwatcher.cc commentary on transiberica. It was fun highlighting the …interesting route choices of Sherry and her partner. Sherry will be at the far front of the field.

And ca. 215 more riders.

Have Fun! I’ll make sure to have some, too. And in the best case put on a good show for you. : D