2.300 duatletas take Soria this weekend

The Epaña Duathlon Championship is celebrated by teams and relays with more than 280 teams

 

 

El Duathlon of Soria For many years now it has become a benchmark for this sport in our country, managing to host several championships in Spain. While this weekend, which will be played on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 in April will be very special.

On the one hand, because it has managed to overcome the registration record of athletes, with a whopping over 2.300 participants during the weekend, but also because the appointment of the weekend, which is expected a great sporting event of the first order, could be the definitive accolade for the candidacy soriana to host the Championship in 2017 of duathlon Europe.

For this, it will be essential that the public from Soria return to give their heat to the triathletes in the downtown circuit of the Alameda de Cervantes, as they have underlined in the presentation of the test representatives of the City of Soria, sports councilor Angel Hernández; the provincial deputy Amancio Martínez; Pedro Asensio, technical secretary of the territorial service of the Junta de Castilla y León in Soria; Eduardo Munilla, marketing manager of Caja Rural de Soria; Amancio Del Castillo, president of the Triathlon Federation of Castilla y León; Rubén Andrés, organizer of the test.

Soria will enjoy a sporting event with a great capacity for tourist attraction, judging by the figures handled, probably one of the most important that has ever been organized. But on the other hand, you will enjoy thrilling races, very showy and exciting. Unlike the team that was held in Soria in 2012, this year, the relay modality is also organized, a very fast and spectacular test.

As for the circuits, there are several developments with respect to the Duathlon of last year, although they remain eminently central and with a demanding profile despite not having outstanding or significant difficulties.

The most substantial difference with respect to the previous course is that the transition area will not be located in the Mariano Granados square, but in the Alto de la Dehesa, since the surface of the square was not enough to accommodate the hundreds of bicycles cited for the test, so the image of the boxes in the emblematic park of Soria, promises to be spectacular. Therefore, the departures and arrivals, instead of taking place in the Paseo del Espolón, will take place in the aforementioned place.

In this way, the public can witness both departures and arrivals in a few meters. Therefore, from the City of Soria, main sponsor of the test, as from the organization, a portable stand has been prepared so that the public can follow the appointment with greater comfort. In addition, with this new layout it is not necessary to cut the street Nicolás Rabal and the incidence on traffic will be significantly lower.

Due to the more 280 teams that will participate on Saturday, the departures, which will start from the 13.00 hours, will be done every minute, with about three hours of race duration only to give all the exits. The format of the competition is very attractive, it is a very exciting fight against the chronometer, since at each arrival the participants will aspire to improve the time of the rivals and the differences may be minimal. At least four components must arrive, and it is the fourth participant who sets the time of the squad. The colorful uniforms, competition material and teamwork will delight sports fans.

Among the favorites to victory will be, as it could not be otherwise, the main sets of Spain. In elite men, highlights the Nfoque Race Team, current champion, while sets like the Rivas Devils, Ferrer Hotels, Saltoki Trikideak, Eresma Triathlon, Bikila ADSevilla or Isbilya, will seek to add his name to the prestigious list of the race. Along with the Eresma, the Campos de Castilla Triathlon and the local team, the Triathlon Deporama, will be the main Castilian and Leonese tricks.

In females, the great dominator is the Imps from Rivas, that in the last important appointments practically monopolized the victories, with help, among other important women, of Paula García Godino, current individual Spanish champion, who last week was fifth in the European Championship in Germany and who already knows the Soria circuit, since last year he was fifth on the finish line of El Espolón. Seeking to break the monopoly will be squads of the quality of the Cidade de Lugo Fluvial, the Navarre of the Saltoki Trikideak, the Triathlon Clavería de Móstoles or ADSevilla Bikila, among others. As for Castilian and Leonese, Atalanta Valladolid is in principle the main reference. 

The distances of the competition are 5 kilometers on foot, 20 kilometers of the cycling sector, in the direction of Navalcaballo, to finish with other 2,5 kilometers.

As for the Sunday, from the 9.00 hours, the relay event is disputed, so the competition format changes. In this case there will be a single exit of 280 runners (800 triathletes), one for each team consisting of three members. Each of these athletes becomes a reliever, having to do each of them, a complete duathlon. Of course, the distances are reduced (2km-5,3km-1 km), so that the triathletes can not save anything and the race pace is fast.

In both men and women, the candidates and main candidates for the final victory are mainly the same squads, although it should be noted that in men, last year the winner was the Montilla Córdoba Triathlon and in women the Imps of Rivas, which doubled, something that seems complicated by the high level and competitiveness of the teams that are going to meet in Soria.

It should also be remembered that the event will enjoy significant media coverage both locally and nationally, not only through the numerous and important specialized media in this sport, as there will be television coverage through Radio Televisión Española thanks to the Teledeporte thematic channel , that the week after the championship dispute will issue a full summary of half an hour. Another great showcase for Soria, as well as for a test that this year will have a budget close to the 100.000 euros.

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