Alistair Brownlee and Daniela Ryf favorites at the Challenge Mogán

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The double Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee will debut in Half Distance in the event

The double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee and the Ironman world champion Danyela Ryf are the main favorites to victory in the Challenge Mogán - Gran Canaria while on the Spanish side the Catalan "TriArmada" formed by Judith Corachán, Sara Loehr, Jordi García y Joan Ruvireta they will try to fight for the podium, like the Basque Mikel Eglezabal

Tomorrow Saturday 22 in April will be held a new edition of the Challenge Mogán - Gran Canaria, test chosen by Alistair Browlee to perform his debut in medium distance which will also have the presence of the Swiss Daniela Ryf, both fellow triathletes Javier Gómez Noya at his club Bahrain Endurance 113, the best team in the world.

Even the very prince of Bahrain, Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the head of the team, has traveled to Gran Canaria not to miss the debut of the biggest "BB" in the middle distance and he will also compete in the race.

The test will start the 8: 00 Canarian hour (The 9: 00 peninsular time), with the elite male output, one minute later will elite triathletes and then the rest of age groups. Swimming will take place on the beach of Amadores over a two-lane course to complete the 1900m of this segment. Later the triathletes will face 90 hard kilometers of cycling with four climbs to Puerto de Mogán to finish with the 21km of running on foot around the beach of Amadores.

Favorites

In the male category Alistair Brownlee is the undisputed favorite, the other candidates for the podium are the Swiss Manuel KüngThe Australian Erik Watson and the Spanish JOrdi García, Joan Ruvireta M yikel Eglezabal. There will be another Spanish competing in elite category, Dani Múgica

As far as women's competition is concerned, Daniela Ryf is the number one candidate for victory. The rest of the favorites on the podium are the British Emma Pallant and the Spanish Judith Corachán y Sara Loehr You must also take into account the veteran Natascha Badman six times winner in Kona.

Finally, it is possible that the Challenge Mogán - Gran Canaria is one of the triathletes with the highest "level" by "number of titles" in history

Has there been any competition among its participants to gather 2 Olympic gold, 2 gold ITU and 8 wins in Kona? In Gran Canaria there will be three of the best triathletes in history: Alistair Brownlee, Daniela Ryf and Natascha Badman.

Photos:
Alistair Brownlee: d.ibtimes.co.uk
Daniela Ryf: triathlonsa.co.za
Judith Corachan: Thecameraman
Sara Loehr: Oriol Miro