The Collins Cup is born, a competition for nations to look for the best team in the world
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The Collins Cup is a team competition in long distance format between the national teams of the United States, Europe and an international team.
The Professional Organization of Triathletes, Challenge Family and DATEV Challenge Roth announced yesterday the creation of the Collins Cup for the next edition of the Challenge Roth that the next 1 of July of 2018 will be disputed.
La Collins Cup It is the first test of its kind held in the world, where the national teams of the United States, Europe and the rest of the world will compete (the "Internationals" to determine which region dominates the sport of triathlon worldwide).
What format does it have?
For this test they have set in the Ryder Cup of golf. The Collins Cup is a team competition in long distance format between the teams of the United States, Europe and an international team. Each team will be made up of 12 professional triathletes, six men and six women.
The test has the following format, each team member will carry out an individual test, against the other 2 representatives of the rest of the teams, that is, 12 different competitions will be carried out with an 3 participants' exit every 10 minutes.
The triathletes will add points according to their arrival position and the team with the best score will be the winner of the Collins Cup and therefore the dominator of the world triathlon. There will also be a prize for the team that finishes the last one, the Broken Spoke trophy.
Who will form the teams?
Eight athletes will earn a place in their respective teams through the PTO World Ranking System and the remaining four will be selected by the captains of each team.
The captains of the team for the Coling Cups 2018 are:
U.S.: Dave Scott and Karen Smyers
Europa: Normann Stadler and Chrissie Wellington
The rest of the world: Craig Alexander, Simon Whitfield, Erin Baker and Lisa Bentley
If the cup will be played this year the 8 athletes classified by this system would be the following:
Europa | U.S. | International |
Frodeno, Jan | O'Donnell, Timothy | Bozzone, Terenzo |
Kienle, Sebastian | Hoffman, Ben | Sanders, Lionel |
Don, Tim | Potts, Andy | McMahon, Brent |
Wild, Ruedi | Russell, Matthew | Reed, Tim |
Frommhold, Nils | Leiferman, Chris | Amberger, Josh |
Boecherer, Andi | Hanson, Matt | Kastelein, Nick |
Stein, Boris | Thomas, Jesse | Appleton, Sam |
Schildknecht, Ronnie | Collington, Kevin | Butterfield, Tyler |
Europa | U.S. | International |
Ryf, Daniela | Jackson, Heather | Hauschildt, Melissa |
Lawrence, Holly | Kessler (ML), Meredith | Blatchford (ML), Liz |
Sali, Kaisa | Piampiano, Sarah | Carfrae (ML), Mirinda |
Joyce, Rachel | Kaye, Alicia | Crowley, Sarah |
Van Vlerken, Yvonne | Corbin, Linsey | Lester, Carrie |
Siddall, Laura | Lyles, Elizabeth | Wurtele, Heather |
Gossage, Lucy | Brandon, Lauren | Bremer (ML), Michelle |
Vesterby, Michelle | McCauley, Jocelyn | Luxford, Annabel |
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Tim O'Donnell and Rachel Joyce, PTO Co-Chairs, commented, “We couldn't be more excited that the first Collins Cup is being held in Roth. The primary mission of the PTO is to celebrate the sport of triathlon. The Collins Cup will bring together the legends in the sport to take the best triathletes in a battle to see which region dominates triathlon. This will not only create a fascinating competition, but will also serve as a platform for professionals and amateurs to enjoy triathlon. We can't think of a better place to start that celebration than in Roth, where the fan support is truly incredible."
DATEV CHALLENGE ROTH CEO Felix Walchshoefer stated: “Europeans love triathlon and especially the 260.000 dedicated German fans in Roth. As Germany has failed to host the Ryder Cup on the last two occasions, we were not going to miss the opportunity to bring the Collins Cup to Germany.
The Collins Cup 2018 will be the highlight of the weekend celebrations at Roth. In order to give maximum diffusion worldwide, the first test of the Collins Cups will begin at noon.
Further information: http://thecollinscup.com
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