The Triathlon World Cup returns to Madrid

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Madrid hosts on Sunday morning 28 May a test of the Triathlon World Cup that will have a broad preview throughout Saturday 27 with a popular triathlon at different distances and for all categories, highlighting the minors during the afternoon.

The lake of the Casa de Campo and all the surroundings will be a hotbed of triathletes of all ages before Sunday, part of the international elite, measure their forces with an exit on the same stage and an incomparable goal in the Royal Palace. The return of a test World Cup the capital of Spain is produced after taking over, back by 2009, the World Series that arrived in the city until 2013, confirming the confidence of the ITU in the Madrid organization.

The swimming circuit in the lake of the Country House of Madrid consists of 750 meters, which will be given two laps in the first sector of the competition. After the T1, next to the swimming circuit, you will have to travel almost 5 kilometers through the Casa de Campo park until you reach the Royal Palace, in front of which the T2 is located, and start a demanding route of six cycling laps in a circuit technical and hard that passes next to the main monuments of the city and includes the slope of the Vega, with a slope of eight percent. The race on foot, with four laps to a circuit of 2,5 kilometers, presents a flat profile with exit from the Plaza de Oriente and excellent views on the layout from the vicinity of the temple of Debod.

Elite Women

The women's elite start list, which will start at 10: 55 h, is headed by the Czech Vendula Frintova, which has been classified in three World Series events this year in the Top 15 rankings. The Americans Taylor Spivey, Erin Dolan y Kaitlin Donner are also among the favorites, without forgetting the presence of the Spanish Carolina Routier, called to raise battle from the initial swimming sector in front of the considerable foreign legion of participants. The British India Lee and French Audrey Merle also appear in a possible list of candidates for the podium. They will also represent Spain Anna Godoy, Camila Alonso, Sarah Perez Hall, Marta Sanchez, Melina Alonso, Ana Mariblanca, Anna Flaquer, Delioma González y Xisca Tous.

Male Elite

In the men's race the number 1 of the list is for the Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt, who signed at 2016 two victories in the World Cup and one podium in the World Series, and who took bronze this season in the WTS Yokohama. The French Pierre Le Corre y Dorian Coninx; the New Zealander Ryan Sissons; the South African Wian Sullwald; the American Kevin McDowell; the Austrian Drew Box or the Mexican Rodrigo González They are names to be taken into account, just like the Dutch Jorik Van Egdom, sub-23 world champion, or the Brazilian Manoel Messias, Junior world champion in 2015. The men's race will start at 13: 15 and on the Spanish side will fight for the best possible role Uxo Abuin, Antonio Serrat, Roberto Sánchez Mantecón, Jordi García, Genís Grau y Kevin Tarek Viñuela.

The Madrid event passing through the Royal Palace

Complete program of competitions

The awards ceremony of the Triathlon World Cup in Madrid will take place at the 15: 15 h on Sunday 28 in May, and before the start of the elite races will take place male qualifying events, at the 8: 30 h, and female, to the 9: 40 h, which will be added to all the show planned at the Casa de Campo on Saturday 27, with four Olympic distance races from the 8: 30 h; five sprint distance test starts from the 10: 30 h; a sprint relay sprint race at 11: 04 h; and three more outputs of a super sprint distance test from the 13: 15 h

. The 15 h of Saturday 27 will also be the start to the qualifying race for the Youth and Junior European Championship; and for the afternoon they will be, from the 17 h, the infantile races, alevín, benjamín and pre-benjamín, in which the FETRI will be added with different activities oriented to public and participants to the campaign "They look for brave" of awareness against the problem of child and youth school bullying.

The times of the competition can be followed live on triathlon.org/live, and the latest on twitter @TRIATLONSP using #MadridWC as a hashtag. The World Cup can be seen live through La Liga 4Sports.

Photos: FETRI

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