By There is just a little over five months, till the acclaimed Austrian, Landshaag Bergrennen Hill Climb (provisional 2027 dates; 17th-18th April) forty-sixth edition organised by ‘MSC Rottenegg’.
Last April’s ‘Oberlandshaag’ (near ‘Aschach an der Donau’) to ‘St Martin im Muhklkreis’ public road located time-trial thrills, would see overall victory go the way of Thomas Altenhuber before Markus Mitterbauer and 2026 European Hill Climb Road Race Champion in 1000cc class, Italian ace, Salvatore Sallustro (wishing lots of strength, support to ‘Salvo’, as he recovers from injuries received after opening day of Manx Grand Prix qualifying incident).
Fourth, Superstock 1000 category winner, European Hill Climb Road Race Superbike/Superstock 1000 Championship runner-up, was another Italian pilot Gabriele Peticca. As we previously informed, he announced the end of his racing career before the CIVS Finale at Saline-Volterra.
Others making their mark earlier this year at Austria’s fastest time-trial were for example, Alexander Kastenhuber (Supersport race victor, SSP track-record holder – 1.12.897 in 2025) and Germany’s fastest TT exponent, 2024 IRRC SBK Champion, David ‘Datziii’ Datzer (Naked Bikes class winner – overall track-record holder – 1.08.795 with Superbike plus 1.09.752 with Superstock apparatus).
2026 Manx Grand Prix newcomers, young-talent Moritz Klaus and Landshaag local-hero Thomas ‘Uccio’ Altendorfer, Southern 100 competitor Loic Sirot, 2026 ESR top ten finisher x3 as guest rider at Horice, Dominik Haslinger also illustrated their defined skillset.
It is good to re-cap, that second quickest racer in ‘Landshaag Bergrennen’ history is Italian time-trial doyen, Maurizio Bottalico (1.09.374 in 2025), one of the ‘dark horses’ for upcoming Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix.
We await confirmed dates for another Austrian hill-climb racing gem, Julbach, part of national Championship and its place within the complete 2027 European Road Race Hill Climb Championship calendar (this season the series graced Landshaag, Julbach and Spoleto/Forca Di Cerro in Italy).
All racers and road race aficionados are warmly welcome at Landshaag in 2027!
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Jan Vavra
