He had had Challenge Wanaka on his bucket list for years, and last Saturday it was finally his dream come true: at his first race of his farewell year as a pro athlete, Sebastian Kienle was at the start of the race he had been waiting so long to do. Unfortunately he was not completely fit, but he was still able to race to an amazing third place (full race report here). Meanwhile, a great video was made about his participation, which you can watch here:
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