Veteran Ricci Zoidl

Even with lumbago, the veteran is still in top form

Steyr hosted a spectacular cycling event(Bild: Reinhard Eisenbauer)

In stark contrast to the downtown criterium in Wels, the “Voice of Cycling” was back behind the microphone at the criterium in Eisenstadt. Meanwhile, veteran Riccardo Zoidl led his Hrinkow team to a celebrated one-two finish despite back pain.

At the criterium in Wels at the end of July, the microphone had essentially been taken out of his hands, but at Saturday’s event in Steyr, Walter Ameshofer—Upper Austria’s vice president and the knowledgeable voice of local cycling—was able to chat freely for hours as the event’s official host